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.
A log drive on the Shuswap River Despite the obstacles that many settlers encountered in gaining title to their homesteads due to the rights held […]
Forest industry was key to Shuswap settlement Read More »
The steamer Andover on Shuswap Lake, circa 1910 Before there were roads and automobiles, sternwheeler steamships served a vital role in the development of the
The sternwheeler era Read More »
North Shuswap pioneers, circa 1910 The pattern of early settlement in the Shuswap was influenced by the location of arable land, the modes and challenges
Shuswap’s multitude of communities Read More »
Shuswap settlers successfully lobbied Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier on his western tour in 1910 to ensure the size of their homesteads was not reduced
Early settlers were initially deemed squatters Read More »
Prior to 1896, there were few permanent settlers in the Shuswap. Other than the early-formed settlements in Chase, Westwold (Grande Prairie), Fortune’s Landing (Enderby) and
How the Shuswap was settled 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
