Tales from the Vault - John Jewitt (GVPL)
In 1807 a short book was published. Called "A Journal Kept At Nootka Sound”, it was the story of a young sailor held captive by the Nootka Indians. It consisted mostly of short notes of his everyday life, and had little literary merit. It received...

HOW HE SAVED HIS SKIN - The New York Times
Ms. Kizer's review disappoints on various fronts. For a start, it seems quite full of inaccuracies, apparently due to her literal reading of these "Adventures and Sufferings." She fails to emphasize that this is a FICTIONALIZED account of...

When the World Began...
"John Jewitt, the young English blacksmith aboard the trading ship the Boston was struck by the Nuu'chah'nulth people whom he met in 1803. He was particularly struck with the look of one their chiefs, Maquinna, who had extended welcome to...

Brother Twelve
The story of Brother Twelve (it was a superstition of his to use the roman numbers) starts on Vancouver Island British Columbia in the late 1920's. Edward Arthur Wilson is proported to have had a number of visions telling him to found a new...

Wild Birds Unlimited - Vancouver, BC
I buy birdseed here. Many locations in Canada and USA.

Visit Vancouver
Why not visit beautiful Vancouver, Canada for the 2010 Olympics, or just because you want to enjoy our many features. This page contains tourist information about Vancouver, including pictures, a video, links to attractions and links to the hidden jewels...