A blog to help you explore Shuswap geography by Jim Cooperman, author of Everything Shuswap, including his newspaper columns with more images and information that did not appear in print, as well as other commentaries and memoirs.
Since Shuswap and Mara Lakes are the source of drinking water for a large percentage of the region’s population, some residents have referred to the […]
Shuswap and Mara Lakes are rich ecosystems Read More »
Our “hippie log mansion” today In the summer of 1970, I had just finished post-graduate work at the Professional Development Program at Simon Fraser University
Building our “hippie log mansion!” Read More »
One way to gauge the environmental health of the Shuswap is by understanding how well rare species are fairing, given the growing impacts from resource
Shuswap’s Species at Risk Read More »
1862 map showing trail location to the Columbia No discussion of mining in the Shuswap would be complete without a review of the early Cherry
Mining the Shuswap, part two Read More »
‘Lovely Rita, the meter maid’ – my first vehicle on its long trip in the summer of 1967 from Berkeley, north to Vancouver through the
My first visit to Lee Creek, where I have lived since 1969 Read More »
Fun, insightful, inspiring and intriguing videos of music, backcountry ski-touring, environmental events, hiking, and biking.
Roots & Blues Retro – a retrospective tour of festivals since 2011
.A brief tour of the 2018 Adams River sockeye salmon run. The soundtrack is a song by Anie Hepher.
Most of the images from the book, Everything Shuswap with an original soundtrack by Sylvain Valle
