1975, ISBN: 1932762256

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[EAN: 9781932762259], [PU: Elderberry Press], Brand NEW unread book. Soft cover bound book. We ship using Royal Mail or courier in the UK and Europe with tracking number for heavier or more valuable items. All USA orders have a parcel tracking number.My husband Ted and I were married in Owen Sound, Ontario in June of 1975. Two months later we had everything we owned packed, and were on our way to British Columbia. Having spent much of my youth as the daughter of missionarys living in remote areas of Northern British Columbia and at times in Ontario, returning to British Columbia would be a welcome homecoming for me. In the years since I had left this amazingly beautiful country I had never lost my yearning to return to it. Ted on the other hand, was born and raised in Ontario, and had never been to British Columbia. As an avid outdoorsman, hunter and fisherman, he could hardly wait. Although having been raised in a fairly large town, we had no fear that Ted would have any trouble adjusting to the lifestyle we had chosen for our future. Our intentions were to head as far North in British Columbia as we could make it before our funds ran out, then, we would settle down and start our new life together. Due to a car accident and the Insurance Company of British Columbia being on strike, Kamloops, a thriving cattle town in British Columbia?s interior was as far as we were able to go. We were devastated with this turn of events and had no choice but to make the best of our situation. Needing work, Ted took many jobs over the next few years to make ends meet. These jobs included working in a sporting goods distributorship, the peat moss bogs of Alberta, the oil rigs in Northern Alberta and a plywood plant in central British Columbia. I took many small Jobs during this time to help meet expenses and to try and save some money. Not once during this time did our dreams of moving north fade. Now, five and a half years, two provinces, and many small towns later, we were once again ready to head North. This time we had a destination in mind. Atlin, the last utopia, the Switzerland of the north would be our home for the next nine years. This is the story of two green horns with a dream. The story of a woman?s view of survival in the wilderness; from building our first log cabin together and living off of the land, to a winter spent on a trap line in a cabin built in the late 1800?s and originally used as a line cabin when the historic telegraph trail was being pushed through this area. This story tells of big game hunters in remote wilderness camps and pack strings of horses that were often our only means of transportation. It is the story of how we learned to survive the challenges of every day living in the North and grew to love the simple things in life. How, by experiencing this lifestyle, we developed a special bond of closeness that grew from a total reliance on each other for day to day survival until we became not only husband and wife but each other?s constant companion and best friend.<