From savoring wild blackberry dessert wine in Cobble Hill and attending professional tea leaf readings at the Calico Cat to browsing the local produce at the Qualicum Farmers’ Market and gazing up at the country’s largest tree in Che...

From Hudson’s Bay outpost and gold-rush fever to coal and lumber barons and political scandals, and from the mighty Douglas fir and Pacific salmon to profiles of Emily Carr, Cougar Annie, and the Dunsmuir clan, no book on Vancouver Island ...