2. Robyn Budd C O M M U N I C A T I O N D E S I G N
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esigning a brochure that stands out in a sea of brochures is a fine
challenge. Here I used an almost-full-frame professional photo for
the cover shot, supported by a gridded collage of location shots taken
point-and-shoot style. Rumour has it the combination is working!
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We need to Work
together to develop a
vision for our North
Island communities
which embraces
environmental,
economic and
social health. It’s
for our future and
our communities’
future.
CLAIRE TREVENA
campbell river office
908 Island Highway
Campbell River, BC V9W 2C3
hours
Monday through Thursday
10 am – 12:30 pm
1:30 pm – 3 pm
phone 250-287-5100
toll free 1-866-387-5100
fax 250-287-5105
email Claire.trevena.mla@leg.bc.ca
Web www.clairetrevena.ca
Claire
Trevena
MLA
contact
north Island
Making sure the
concerns and issues
of the North Island
are heard in the
BC Legislature
Claire
Trevena
MLA
north Island
as your mla it is a privileGe to take
your concerns to Victoria; I am committed
to ensuring that all residents of the North
Island are heard and are represented in
our Legislature. And when I’m in Victoria I
have a great staff team in the constituency
ready to help you with your questions.
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We need to Work
together to develop a
vision for our North
Island communities
which embraces
environmental,
economic and
social health. It’s
for our future and
our communities’
future.
CLAIRE TREVENA
campbell river office
908 Island Highway
Campbell River, BC V9W 2C3
hours
Monday through Thursday
10 am – 12:30 pm
1:30 pm – 3 pm
phone 250-287-5100
toll free 1-866-387-5100
fax 250-287-5105
email Claire.trevena.mla@leg.bc.ca
Web www.clairetrevena.ca
Claire
Trevena
MLA
contact
north Island
Making sure the
concerns and issues
of the North Island
are heard in the
BC Legislature
Claire
Trevena
MLAnorth Island
as your mla it is a privileGe to take
r concerns to Victoria; I am committed
nsuring that all residents of the North
nd are heard and are represented in
Legislature. And when I’m in Victoria I
e a great staff team in the constituency
dy to help you with your questions.
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A good educAtion system provides opportunity
and keeps our communities vibrant. It attracts fami-
lies and encourages them to stay – and that is vital for
economic regeneration.
But School Boards 72, 84 and
85 have to deal with the govern-
ment funding formula that’s based on the number of
students in a district. So rural schools inevitably get
less because they have fewer students. In addition,
the government has downloaded a variety of costs
on school boards meaning even less money goes
into the classroom.
We must change the funding formula to make
sure students who live in the North Island get equal-
ity of opportunity from the day they start school until
the day they graduate.
Education
closed emergency rooms, cancelled surgeries and
the continuing debate about building our new re-
gional hospital in Campbell River increase the vul-
nerability of North Islanders.
That’s why I continue to fight
for our new hospital – and call
for it to be a publicly funded building. It’s why I’m
insisting the government make keeping emergency
rooms open a top priority. It’s why we have to look at
different ways of providing care in rural communi-
ties, such as home support and nurse practitioners.
Health care
It’s a pleasure to work for everyone in the North Island to build communities in which we
want to live, work and raise our families. Young or old, unemployed or working, everyone has
a contribution to make to our society;
and I’m always willing to listen.
our forests Are the bAckbone of the North Is-
land. Our communities depend on them: we hike,
camp and hunt in them; we kayak through their
magnificence; and, we harvest them.
They are our environmental core and a
central economic resource.
This is why we need to have a comprehensive
plan for our forest land base that accommodates
these different needs. We must ensure we use and
develop these largely crown lands in the best inter-
est of our communities.
This means examining
tenure to bring local control
to communities, not just cor-
porations. It means ensuring
harvesting and manufacturing
are linked. It means realizing
that sometimes more value
can be earned by leaving trees
standing than logging them.
We need to embrace a vision
which will allow our forests to
sustain us and the many genera-
tions that follow us.
thousAnds of people live and work in ferry de-
pendent communities. Like people living elsewhere
in BC, they should be able to travel without
having to pay massive tolls.
Ferries are part of our highway
system. They are vital for the health, welfare and
economic well-being of many North Island com-
munities. It’s past time that BC Ferries – and the
government – recognize that fact; and instead of
gouging ferry users, concentrate on ensuring our
Island communities stay viable.
Forests
Ferries
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very so often
it’s smart to
switch formats,
even if things are
working! Here the
classic three panel
brochure gets a
makeover to a
friendlier double
sided newsletter,
folding down
from the top
accordion style.
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It Is unfortunate when ne-
gotiations do not work or are
abandoned, resulting in a strike
or lockout. I visited with the 14
members of CEP1123 at their
picket line outside the Island
Generation plant. They were
locked out during negotiations.
Workers have rights and em-
ployers have obligations; both
should be respected.
CLAIRE TREVENA MLA Report from North Island
I’ve been talking with forest
companies, with workers and
with communities about how
we can get and maintain a
balance: we need people out
harvesting, but we also need
manufacturing. And we need
to come to a common under-
standing about what we are
talking about when we cite
sustainable logging.
BC roads and ferries essential for
North Islanders’ prosperity
“I’m looking forward to
getting back to the Legis-
lature in February so I can
represent the interests of
people across the North
Island. Your voice has been
silenced since the govern-
ment snubbed democracy
and refused to reconvene
since May; it will be heard
strongly again in the spring
session.”
I was honoured to be able to
present four of the Queen’s Di-
amond Jubilee Medals to North
Islanders at the end of the year.
I asked an independent panel
to nominate the four recipients
and was pleased to celebrate
the day with them at both
Campbell River Museum and at
U’Mista in Alert Bay.
Celebrating theQueen’s Diamond
Jubilee
On the front lines
top right Locked out workers Gerry
Cummings and Steve Harrington speak
with Claire at the Island Generation plant
top centre Claire speaking at the
Quadra Island Ferry Consultation meeting
(picture courtesy of Brian Kieran of the
Campbell River Mirror)
centre LeFt Claire at Rose Harbour with
Shelly Kernovich, Robin Geary, Ellen Latta,
Bonnie McGill, Valery Puetz, Travis Brown,
Pat Grono, Melanie Towle, and Jodi Grundle
LoWer LeFt Claire with Cst. Tae Kim and
medalists Chief Robert Joseph and Jacquie
Gordon at the Campbell River Museum
highways – be they marine, gravel or paved – keep our North
Island communities connected. I have been talking with people
across the constituency about that crumbling infrastructure. Meet-
ings to discuss the future of ferries
were overflowing and the echoing
comment I heard was that the sys-
tem should be integrated into our
public highways. And at meetings in
Tahsis and Zeballos it was continu-
ally repeated that their economic
development depends on improved
roads. Safety on Highways 19, 28
and 30 is essential – that’s why I’m
regularly talking with the Ministry
about upgrades and work needed.
Forests: themainstay of BC’seconomy
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Rose Harbour plans
for a spring opening
I went to the Celebration at Rose Har-
bour, the new second stage housing
project for women in Campbell River.
When this opens in the spring it will be
an invaluable addition to the com-
munity, providing safe and supportive
accommodation.
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CLAIRE TrevenaMLA North Island
One Of the real pleasures Of
being the Mla for the North
Island is the opportunity to
get out into the constituency
to meet with individuals and
organizations. It’s a chance
to talk about what’s working
and what is needed, to work
together to find solutions.
North Islanders say ‘No’ to
oil tankers on our coast
above Claire with Lesley Mathews (left) and Lynn and Joanne
Conall in Campbell River left At the Vancouver Island North
Teachers’ Association office in Port Hardy with Amanda
Kiatipis, Sean Barfoot, Claire, Tiffany Baur, and Lani Siminoff
the MOMentuM against the nOrthern gateway pipeline and maintaining the moratorium on tanker
traffic off our coast is continuing. I was very pleased to attend the rally outside the Legislature in the
autumn and saw many people who made the trip down from the North Island. And it was great to
have such a big turnout to the rally just two days later at my office
in Campbell River. Our environment critic Rob Fleming also came
here to talk about the problems with the Enbridge project. We
need to protect our environment, to respect First Nations and have
the courage to stand up to the federal government on issues that
significantly impact our province.
i have been talking educatiOn with teachers, supervisors, parents
and educators. I’ve been visiting both elementary and high schools
around the North Island and have had the pleasure of talking
with students in class. Ensuring equality of access to education is
paramount for the health of our society now and in the future. That
means we should be investing in our kids before they go to school
through high quality public early care and learning programmes
and, where needed, early intervention. It means enabling teachers
to focus on teaching by providing real classroom support to ensure
real integration of all our kids in the classroom. It means improving
ways to get young people to move into training and post second-
ary so they can learn the skills they want and we need.
Access to education at all levels
a cOntinued cOncern
is the public private
partnership model un-
der which VIHA is de-
termined to construct
the new hospital. This
means a private consor-
tium will design it, build
it, and then maintain it
for 30 years. The province will
get the maintenance respon-
sibility just when the building
starts to age significantly.
healthcare is part of our social
infrastructure. That’s why the
stakeholders’ group I convene
Healthcare in BC: public or private?
caMpbell river Office
908 Island Highway
Campbell River, BC V9W 2C3
phOne 250-287-5100
tOll free 1-866-387-5100
fax 250-287-5105
pOrt hardy Office
Room 7, Robert Scott School
6855 Market Street
Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
phOne 250-949-9473
fax 250-949-9403
claire.trevena.mla@leg.bc.ca
www.clairetrevena.ca
has also been raising concerns
about being short changed
on the number of beds planned
for the new hospital. Port Hardy
Hospital is a serious concern;
I keep questioning the Health
Minister about the continued
closure of its emergency ward.
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5. Robyn Budd C O M M U N I C A T I O N D E S I G N
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ummer 2011: I teamed
up with Denis Thievin
and published ten issues
of The Gumboot Press,
a twice-monthly pilot
newspaper on the creative
culture of Quadra Island.
I developed the project’s
content, visuals, ads, and
promotion. Right: A few
covers I especially like....
Next panel: Some inside
stories.
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the pressgumbootvolume 1 issue 4
15 july 2011
‘Little
camels’
thrive on
the heights
of Quadra
Bringing what’s new on Q to you! distriButed free wherever people gather on Quadra and Beyond
alpacas were cherished
in incan culture, providing
food, fuel, clothing – and
were no doubt the go-to
guides for living well at
high altitudes
Quito (left) and Cuzco look as regal as chessmen as they perch atop their rocky bluff.
Tucking themselves into a tidy package, they like to periscope 360° over their terrain.
When you’re low on the food chain, everything depends on a good vantage point!
volume 1 issue 4 the gumboot press • page 115 july 2011
LittLe cameLs – that's how the span-
ish explorer Cortez described the
highland animals he encountered
when he trekked about in Peru. He
wasn’t far wrong: alpacas and llamas
are indeed members of the Fam-
ily Camelid, even though they’re too
small to land a job as human-bearing
porters like their cousins who cruise
the deserts. Skilled in the art of liv-
ing at altitude, alpacas and their kind
have proven themselves adaptable to
a variety of habitats very different and
far removed from their native South
American domain.
Take Quadra Island, for instance.
Our highest point of land tops out
significantly shy of four digits if you
measure topography in metres. What
we lack in vertical height, however,
we more than make up for in geog-
raphy. Our rocky coastal bluff ecosys-
tem boasts some pretty desirable real
estate from an alpaca’s point of view.
Which works out well for two
island residents of the four-legged
ungulate variety. Cuzco and Quito,
five-year old alpacas who hail from
a breeder on Vancouver Island, have
been living in the company of Tom-
my and Vibeke Pedersen most of
their lives, and like many Quadra im-
ports consider the island a rare find
indeed.
Most days you’ll find them doing
what their globe-trotting counter-
parts do the world over: they graze,
cavort, hum because they’re happy,
neck wrestle each other for fun, and
screech down any would-be predators
perceived as threatening their domes-
tic wellbeing. Dogs, wolves, and bears
may all be treated to an authoritative
display of braying, kicking, and oc-
casional spitting, although the latter
seems more reserved for mano-a-ma-
no disputes in the camelid zeitgeist.
A footnote on this penchant for
spitting: while alpaca spit is tradition-
ally a mix of a little saliva atomized by
a lot of hot air, the settling of more
serious matters brings up (yes, truly)
stomach acids and processed food,
creating a noxious green projectile
that garners results. Fast.
Although spitting is a well-aimed
show stopper, it’s really not the
thing for which alpacas want to be,
or should be, renowned. Originally
bred for their fibre (and for their
meat – shhhh), alpacas have a lus-
trous and silky fleece that bears some
resemblance to sheep’s wool. But its
differences are what makes it valu-
able: it’s warmer than wool, it’s not
prickly, and because it has no lanolin
it’s hypoallergenic. It also comes in
a variety of colours from cream and
white to many shades of brown, and
of course black.
What’s under the fleece, however, is
what makes Quito and Cuzco most
valuable to their human friends.
They’re sweet-tempered, inquisitive
animals, responsive to people, patient
with children, and they have a playful
sense of humour.
Vibeke tells a story of the alpacas’
early days on Quadra: She put water
in a five gallon bucket for the pair,
and saw Cuzco wander over to inves-
tigate. He sniffed, dunked his muz-
zle, than inserted a foot and tipped
the bucket. Vibeke refilled it. Out
of the corner of her eye she watched
him approach the refilled bucket and
spill the contents again. She filled the
bucket a third time. Cuzco knocked
it over in short order and jumped
around in the resulting muddy pool.
Vibeke got it. Thirst wasn’t the is-
sue. Play was the issue. So she set up
a lawn sprinkler and immediately
Cuzco and Quito did what kids ev-
erywhere do on a summer day. They
ran through the jets of water over
and over, splashing and playing. No
doubt there was a happy hum in the
air.
When Vibeke and Tommy first
brought Cuzco and Quito to their
small island farm, they envisioned
the alpacas mingling with the exist-
ing flock of sheep. But the newcom-
ers couldn’t relate. They were quite
dismayed at the sight of these fellow
wool-bearers, and it quickly became
apparent that parallel lives would
have to be led.
So Cuzco and Quito have their
own fenced meadows and bluffs adja-
cent to the sheep pasture, where they
keep watch over the farmstead. Says
Vibeke, “We don’t really ‘do’ much
with them. We just love them and
enjoy them.”
It looks mutual. Cuzco and Quito
exude what looks like deep content-
ment and affection, if one reads the
depths of those liquid eyes (with the
enviably long lashes) the way Vibeke
and Tommy do.
The alpacas have clearly made a
mark on their human friends – and
on the farm itself. Last year Vibeke
saw them digging away at a patch of
field grass below their bluff, and con-
jectured they were relocating the loo.
When the excavation was complete,
an area a few metres side to side was
devoid of ground cover.
A higher purpose soon became
clear as Vibeke saw both alpacas in
turn throw themselves into the pit
and roll on their backs, hoofs in the
air, and kick up a storm of dust. It
was bathing, alpaca style: dirt in the
summer, mud when the rains came.
And for the humans in the group,
it was one more chapter in living with
alpacas in the new world on Quadra.
Cuzco &
Quito:
field notes
Haircuts Their
body hair grows faster than their
neck and leg hair, so C & Q are shorn
in two stages a year apart. Shearing
is done in July to leave time for their
winter coats to grow in.
NeigHbours Cowbirds like to catch
a ride on sheep, but they steer clear
of the alpacas.
skip to tHe loo The alpacas are
fastidious in their personal hygiene,
creating a small communal poo zone
in a corner of their field.
aNd speakiNg of poo Alpaca pellets
reduce quickly to coffee ground con-
sistency and are great for the roses!
makiNg babies Alpacas know how.
Females ovulate in the presence of
an interested suitor, and the baby
‘kria’ (translated as ‘a living being’)
is born some 345 days after mom
and dad hook up. C & Q aren’t des-
tined for daddyhood, however.
PHOTOKristyPedersen
The SV Misty Isles cozies up to the dock – and a pile of
gear – at Discovery Islands Lodge in Surge Narrows.
volume 1 issue 8
the gumboot press • page 1
9 september 2011
story continues on page 2
National Geographic goes to Bute
There’s no saying no when an epic mountain calls
revered Base jumper,
free climber and slack-
liner Dean potter summit-
ed the northwest face of
Bute – then jumped off
story continues on page 6
Brent Swain: Origami boat man
Where the metal meets the math
9 sep 2011vol 1 issue 8
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Bringing what’s new on Q to you! DistriButeD free wherever people gather on QuaDra anD BeyonD
On august 19 a team Of fOur climbers
and five videographers made
Quadra Island’s Discovery Islands
Lodge their stage for a major expe-
dition to Bute Inlet. One of the ad-
venturers was the legendary Ameri-
can climber and BASE jumper Dean
Potter.
The group’s objective was to film
the first free ascent of the 7000 foot
west face of Mt Bute which towers
9200 feet over the head of the inlet.
The film will be produced by National
Geographic and aired on NGTV in
December of this year.The team chartered the Cortes
Island vessel Misty Isles and skip-
per Michael Moore to take them on
the 10-hour voyage up Bute Inlet to
Homathko Camp. A mountain of
gear was piled onthe Lodge’s dockand float, to beshipped to campthat day by wa-ter taxi – alongwith additionalcrew, some CoastMountain Expe-ditions staff, andFrances Stoakley,a young climberfrom
Englandwho was stayingat the lodge. “Wethought she wasjust going up forthe day,” said owner/operator Ralph
Keller, “but she was gone for a week!
She was so captivated by the beauty of
Bute and energy of the group that she
found a way to stay on and help out!”
Pouring rains at Bute delayed the
expedition start, and wet rock pre-
vented them climbing the lower wall
of the face. But when the weather
cleared four climbers embarked on a
fast, free, and technically difficult first
ascent: a 2400 foot new route of very
high quality on the upper part of the
face. After reaching the summit, Pot-
ter – clad in a wing suit – jumped off
the top of the mountain and glided
like a flying squirrel, landing three
minutes later in a meadow valley
7000 feet below.The film crew captured every detail
of the climb and Potter’s flight, in all
its physical, psychological, and emo-
tional intensity. The setting supplied
its own drama: the deep wilderness of
Bute Inlet, the Homathko Valley, and
Mt Waddington’s massif are the very
heart of BC’s Coast Mountain Range.
Dean Potter, who is one of the
world’s best climbers, lays claim to
numerous fast, free, and solo first
ascents in Yosemite and abroad – in-
cluding a climb and jump off the Ei-
ger north face in Switzerland. He said
the Bute climb was one of the finest
he had ever done – possibly one of the
best alpine rock climbs in the world –
thanks to the daredevil photography
of climbing partner Beat Kammerlander
(and a 5lb parachute), Dean Potter’s ex-
ploits on the world’s craziest verticals
have become visual legends.
above Potter leaps from the summit of
the Eiger in Switzerland (3960m) in a test
of his ‘freeBasing’ technique – a combi-
nation of free climbing and BASE jump-
ing. BASE jumping is an acronym for the
fixed objects from which jumps are made:
buildings, antennas, spans (bridges), and
earth (cliffs).
PHOTOCoastMountain
Expeditions
THANKSTOBeatKammerlander
You needn’t look far to find a local
boy with a global reputation.
Google his name or the ideas that
have made him iconic in the world of
boat design, and you’ll get hundreds
of hits for Brent Swain.
I first met Swain nearly 30 years
ago when I was studying in Vancouver
and very interested in building a steel
sailboat. His frameless designs were
already popular for the audacious ap-
proach they brought to the world of
yachting for builders concerned with
strength and maintenance problems
infamously attached to wood and fi-
breglass as materials.
Located at the south end of the Homathko Icefield, Mt Bute boasts a mighty west
face of sheer granite. An easier route climbs the lower angled east side.
PHOTOCoastMountain
Expeditions
Much as I would have liked, I never
had the chance to start on my own
sailboat in those years. I should also
mention that even though I’d bought
a set of his plans, Swain’s principles
were so unique that I may have been
a little uncomfortable trusting they
would stand the test of time. Now
zoom forward three decades.
Today it’s obvious that any hesita-
tion was silly. Today you’ll find Brent
Swain’s vessels in many corners of the
globe. His designs, and often his la-
bour, have been the basis for so many
boats that he’s lost count – more than Brent Swain stands amidships – in a manner of speaking. His frameless ‘origami’
boats put a different spin on building yachts out of sheets of steel.
PHOTOBrentSwain
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ine takeaway from The Gumboot newspaper: Working with text and design in tandem is a great skills
blend – one stop shopping meets streamlined budgets! Here are some inside pages from The ‘Boot.
Quadra islanders are fond, I’ve no-
ticed, of attaching numbers to
meaningful island events. The 14th
Annual Beach Clean-Up. The 20th
Quilt and Garden Tour. The three
hundredth May Day Parade at the
Spit.... (What, only 114? I stand
corrected.)
So here we are on the eve of the
Ninth Annual Studio Tour, a mile-
stone indeed for the intrepid art afi-
cionados who dreamed up the idea
back in 2002. It began with Susan
Wilson and the Discovery Island
Chamber of Commerce – which,
being savvy and living large as
Chambers of Commerce are wont
to do – approached local artists with
a proposal of hosting an island-wide
studio tour.
Apparently they were just waiting
to be asked. Susan Westren, Barb
Wager, Chris Rose, Dwayne Sime-
on, and Martha
and Gordon James
jumped onboard in
a heartbeat.
They must’ve
mobilized fast. The
first official Studio
Tour saw 30 artists
participating, about
half of them showing at the Com-
munity Centre, the others opening
their studio doors to visitors. Over
the years more and more artists
chose the open-studio approach,
but the Community Centre exhibi-
tors remained a focal draw.
It seems there was buzz in the
air from day one. Posters and fly-
ers were made – we’re talking art-
ists, remember – and Chris Rose
took on the herculean task of cre-
ating quadraislandarts.com
that gave each one a vignette and
thumbnails of their
work. By June 2002
Quadra Island art-
ists were on the
map – literally – as
potter Barb Wager
trotted out latent
cartography skills
and gave everyone a
name, a place, and a number.
Nine years later, the Studio Art
Tour is an event around which
many people on the island plan
their lives. (Well, okay, if you’re an
island artist, that is.) But come June
4 and 5, ferry line-ups will attest to
the interest of many who think this
event should not be missed.
This year there are 35 artists par-
ticipating, and the work on display
covers some far-reaching territory.
Island potters are well represented,
with everything from functional
ware to whimsy and all stops in be-
tween. Visual artists cover a range
of media from printmaking and
graphite to acrylics, oils, and pho-
tography. For art in three dimen-
sions you can take in blown glass
and stained glass, fabric art and jew-
ellery. Northwest coast native carv-
ing, and works in bronze, stone, and
metal are displayed in several studio
locations. And you’re not done till
you’ve seen Naked bicycles and Rich
guitars, and sampled a cool glass of
Ortega at Quadra’s very own vine-
yard... all in the name of art.
There was buzz in
the air from day one.
Nine years in, new
artists have joined
the tour, and the
crowds are loving it.
2011 Studio Tour
Long John SIlver’s Glass Studio
SouthEnd Farm and Vineyards
James Pottery
Windswept Studio
Gypsy Mama Studio 6
Earthlight Pottery
West Coast Wild
Firesign Art and Design
Classic Elegance Interior Design
Discovery Metal Creations
Spirit Bowls and Boxes
Naked Bicycles and Design
Rich Guitars and Design
Open Bay Farm and Fibre
I Blew It Studio
Lake Haven Atelier
Rainy Island Silver Works
Fusion Flux
Hands On Design
Angela Burnett Studio 1471
Snapperhouse
Bilz Rock Fish
Eagle Eye Studio
Lee Gass Gallery
Melissa Abram Jewellery
Frank Boas Paintings
Earth Empress
Quadra Fibres
Perry Johnston Studio
Elena Mason Stained Glass
Outer Island Photography
Tickets $5 (kids 12 + under, free)
Available on Quadra
at Hummingbird Office and Art Supply
and Quadra Island Tourist Info Centre
PHOTOS Top: Kevin, Discovery Metal
Creations. Left to right, images from:
James Pottery, Rich Guitars, Naked
Bicycles and Design, Lee Gass Gallery
Creating
outside the
box: Island
artists get set
to wow the
crowds
by Robyn Budd
volume 1 issue 1 the gumboot press • page 5june 2011volume 1 issue 6 the gumboot press • page 512 august 2011
The story
in the cedar:
Carver George Gilkin
‘washes his heart and
says all of who he is’
When you think ‘storyteller’, you
imagine someone for whom
words embody the truths they live
by, or at least the ones they want to
share. For such folk words are a me-
dium of distillation – of experience,
personal mythology, history, events.
George Gilkin has been called a
storyteller in wood, and the descrip-
tion fits.
Heading up island in the mid ‘90s,
George came to Quadra to spend
time with his longtime friend and fel-
low carver Mike Belatti. The two had
met at ‘art school’, George’s moniker
for the prison where their friendship
began. He credits Mike with teach-
ing him how to carve. Mike has al-
ways shrugged off the role of mentor,
claiming that “I never taught him
anything – I just put the knife in his
hands. He did all the rest.”
Quadra became home for George
and his son, and soon he began a
second family on the island. Al-
though he and his partner are no
longer together, they and their chil-
dren maintain a close family bond.
George says the relationship taught
him about what he calls ‘the givers
of life’ – friendship and care, and the
George acknowledges
many teachers on his
path, Joe Pitt and Tommy
Bruce amongst them
ALLPHOTOSGeorgeGilkin
way one flows and cross-dissolves
and reconfigures into the other.
When he speaks of this time, he
chooses his words carefully. Allowing
a more feminine principle to weave
into his life, he saw a parallel move-
ment unfold in his art. When he first
Eagle in flight: Carved from yellow cedar with abalone inlay for the eagle’s eye,
George says this 29” piece was a test of his skills leading to a larger project.
he was leaving behind.
As in many life passages, new foot-
ing is scarcely established when its
soundness sometimes gets tested. At
this turning point in George’s life, his
mother fell victim to a brutal home
invasion in Campbell River at the
hands of a young addict. As she lay
in hospital with a broken back and
multiple injuries, George recalls her
fixing him with her gaze and urging
him not to fall back into rage, but
Top righT Third in a series of four
yellow cedar plaques, telling George’s
recovery story Lower LefT Red cedar
bowl celebrating the birth of a daughter
learned to carve, he depicted humans
and animals alike with bold, mas-
sive strokes. As he gained an under-
standing of the concept of flow, his
lines softened and what he calls the
S-shaped curve emerged in his work.
Over the next years, he teased the
concept into higher definition, gen-
to recognize the vulnerability of her
young assailant. He struggled with
her words, and in the weeks ahead as
he searched fot the boy, he thought
about what his actions would be
when he found him.
The day came. George strode into
a crack house knowing he’d find the
boy there, but still not knowing what
he’d do when he saw him. The boy
knew who George was, and who he
was looking for. He was terrified.
George towered over him, and
could have crushed him in a mo-
ment. But instead of attacking him
he brought him to a meeting.
George’s battle was over. He got
the boy into recovery, and won his
own fight to let the gentle man inside
himself gain traction in the outside
world. The carving he made that tells
the story shows a huge and powerful
bear simply licking its paw.
by Robyn Budd
You can see George Gilkin’s magnificent work
at his new website, www.georgegilkin.com.
For information on exhibits and commissions
contact George at kwaawiina@hotmail.com.
tling the angularity and bringing an
exquisite tension to his forms. At the
same time he started paying closer at-
tention to spoken language, noticing
the impact that words could have on
his psyche and his artmaking.
Good, bad, right, and wrong were
four words in particular that chal-
lenged his emotional balance. Bad
evoked feelings of fatigue, whereas
good sometimes took the edge off his
desire to carve.
Through his evolving relation-
ships with mentors and recovery
partners,hecametoseethatlanguage
offered him unimagined freedom
for right action. New words created
a new mindset; taking the word
hate out of
his vocabulary
went a long way
towards healing
the generational
fallout from resi-
dential schools.
Says George,
“You can feed
off the juice of
grief as much as
you can off any
substance.”
The current chapter in GeorGe’s art
owes much to a milestone he
reached six years ago. He remem-
bers coming to the realization that
he didn’t want to spend the rest of
his career interpreting trauma; it was
time to take the story into what he
was learning anew rather than what
Quadra trailblazers 3
A notebook of treks chalked up by islanders who like to get
their shoes muddy in the service of outdoor adventure.
Name Michael Hechter. Mode of transport On foot with lots of
dogs. Duration 3 to 4 hours. Destination Up the south peak of
China Mountain and down the south side. Getting there Take Hya-
cinthe Bay Road past Walcan Road, and look for the China Mountain
trailhead and parking on the left.
Details After the bridge near the beginning of the trail, look
for a big climb that’ll really turn your dog’s crank! Dogs like
to work hard on the hills - it gets the feel-good chemicals,
like seratonin and adrenalin, rushing around in their brains.
There’s a sense of accomplishment and pack bravado. Meeker dogs
will often come out of their shells....
Just off the summit you come to a steep drop down the south
side of the mountain. The trail is rough and rugged here, and
anytime there’s water around it becomes a cascading stream. The
dogs level off this descent into an oxygen-laden forest, which
gets them all jacked up and happy - a real canine high!
Best thing It’s a great walk for dogs because most of their
day-to-day jaunts tend to be on flat ground where they just
don’t get the same juice. Because there aren’t many people
on the south side trail, the dogs have a chance to really be
themselves. Grunt factor 1 small sweat; 2 big sweat; 3 epic About
1.5, up to a 2 if you’re full-on running. Good to bring Water,
snack, big pack o’ dogs!
Broom, inglorious broom
Don’t look now, but we’re surrounded
volume 1 issue 3 the gumboot press • page 51 july 2011
Quadra trailblazers 1
A notebook of off-road adventures documented by
islanders who like to get their feet dirty and tell the
tale to others of their kind.
Name Erika Kellerhals. Mode of transport Cycling and running.
Duration 3 to 8 hours, depending on how much of each you do.
Destination Over Beeches Mountain through the old growth forest
on Nugedzi Lake trail system to Granite Bay Road.
Route First stash your bike at the Mount Seymour trailhead on
Granite Bay Road. Then get yourself to the China Mountain trail-
head and follow the signs to South China Mountain. Just before
the summit take the trail to Beeches. Look for the route that
drops off the back of Beeches, keeping an eye out for flag-
ging tape. The route’s quite tricky (crux move). Once you’re
off Beeches, get into the old logging road network. Look for a
beaten path with flagging tape and cairns. Then keep your eyes
open for signage indicating the Nugedzi Lake trail system. When
you’re on the trail system follow the trail signs to Granite Bay
Road. Hop on your bike and go home.
Best thing It’s a great traverse: no houses, fab views, old
growth forest. A great endorphin rush, plus you can swim in
Nugedzi Lake.
Worst thing You can’t really run down Beeches, and there’s a
reasonable risk of getting lost.
Grunt factor 1 small sweat; 2 big sweat; 3 epic Keep it at 2!
Good to know Bring water and energy bars. You need to be
pretty fit to do this route. It’s a good idea to bring a map
and compass, and make sure you know how to use them!
Why the ponderous look? Could be the sentinel by the cemetery is having
a hard time seeing the forest for the broom. Many broom species depend
on stand-regulating forest fires to activate growth of their roots and seeds.
Want to be noticed? Stand out in the crowd?
Consider this: Every two weeks, the Gumboot Press
gets delivered to over 50 locations on Quadra and beyond.
Our rates for both display and classified ads are the best, bar
none, on the island. And from what we hear, our paper is
turning heads. Contact us for our rate sheet, and we’ll get
you up and running in the pages of the Gumboot Press.
250-203-9792 • editors@gumbootpress.ca
Thousands of yellow blooming
bushes that adorn Quadra’s road-
side scenery at this time of year
might be seen by a stranger as a nat-
ural blessing. Alas, to most who live
here they’re nothing of the sort.
For about two months, Cytisus
scoparius, or Scotch broom, really is
quite beautiful. Then ugliness rears
hated plant in coastal British Co-
lumbia. By comparison, dandeli-
ons and salmonberries seem at least
manageable.
Ten years ago Heriot Bay Road
was mildly dotted with broom.
Today the plant has engulfed huge
tracts, choking out the natural flora
in most of Quadra’s
open spaces and creat-
ing an enormous fire
hazard. Residents need
to understand this. For
as much as we all fear
the threat of an island-
wide fire, we likewise
need a strategy to re-
move the abundant for-
est-fire fuel that broom
creates in all the corridors. And it’s
stockpiling right under our noses.
Strangely enough, broom has
only been with us for a short time.
It was brought from Hawaii by
Captain Walter Grant in 1850 and
planted on his farm near Sooke. But
because it’s so pervasive, it has now
spread over the west coast of the en-
tire North American continent.
Many of us have heard the dis-
tinctive crackle of broom’s ripened
pods when they explode and dis-
perse their seeds far and wide. The
key to eradication, says Natural Re-
sources Canada and the Canadian
Forest Service, is to cut the plant at
the base – no lower – and do it be-
fore the pods pop.
Scotch broom is not all bad.
Here’s a list of plusses, albeit a short
list:
1. As most of us can attest, broom
has a tenacious root system that’s
great for preventing soil erosion.
It’s actually in the legume family
and brings nitrogen into the soil. In
the right situation, broom has land-
scaping benefits. (Note: If you can
believe it, Art Knapp and a few other
nurseries actually sell broom.)
2. The seeds of Scotch broom
have a short-lived narcotic effect
and are known to have been roasted
and used as a coffee substitute simi-
lar to chicory.
3. Broom tops have been used in
numerous unproven folk remedies
for liver ailments and gout.
4. Flowers can be preserved and
used as a garnish in salads.
5. Sprigs of broom can be as-
sembled to make ... well, a broom
for sweeping your house, preferably
with dirt floor. And now you know
how the name came about.
Many Quadra Island residents
collectively spend thousands of des-
perate hours each year in the quest
to rid us of broom. It’s a battle we
may never completely win, but we
can make a real difference. Accord-
ing to Riki Vogt, who organizes the
broom-bash for Rebecca Spit, plant
populations have clearly decreased
since her teams first staged their war
on broom six years ago. If you would
like to join the Rebecca Spit group
or start a broom-busting group of
your own, contact Riki at 285-2640
for more information. There are also
dozens of websites dedicated to the
topic of Scotch broom, but a visit to
www.broombusters.org might
be the best, most localized source.
by Denis Thievin
Broom has surpassed
dandelions and salmon-
berry as the vegetation
we most love to hate
its head. When blossoms have fin-
ished enticing insects for pollina-
tion, the plant turns dark brown.
Stocks harden and thicken. Almost
overnight our countrysides go from
lovely to grotesque. But the dark
side of broom isn’t just the sudden
loss of its beauty or that it might be
the real cause of an allergic reaction
you’ve been blaming on the lawns.
Broom is prolific and highly inva-
sive – as if you didn’t already know.
In just a few summers, a single,
unchecked broom plant becomes a
dry, impenetrable, and highly flam-
mable thicket consist-
ing of thousands of off-
spring. Wildlife suffers
as the growth becomes
too dense for nesting
birds and dominates
the spaces usually for-
aged by deer. Natural
reforestation is deeply
affected because broom
is an aggressive com-
petitor for the soil that would have
otherwise been occupied by conifer
seedlings. The cost of maintaining
roads, ditches, and power lines is
increased dramatically by broom in-
festations since the areas they claim
are labour intensive to manage.
Broom might now be the most
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othership Adventures is a family-run business offering one-of-a-
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I’ve had the pleasure of designing their tour promotion since 2007.
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mothership specialty tours 2011
Art Tour with
Mark Hobson
June 26 to July 1, 2011 • $1800 Cdn
J
oin renowned West Coast artist and naturalist Mark Hobson
for a 5-day traveling art workshop as we explore the magnifi-
cent, wildlife rich Brough-
ton Archipelago.
Mark’s instruction in-
cludes daily technique ex-
ercises, demonstrations
and excursions ashore.
The one on one guidance
makes these five days a
unique and valuable ex-
perience for those wishing
to expand their artistic ho-
rizons. Both beginner and experienced painters are welcome.
Group size is limited to seven participants.
Mark is best known for his passionate portrayals of the BC
coast. Self-taught as an artist and trained as a biologist, Mark
has been painting professionally for twenty years. His work has
won many awards in the US, Canada and Europe.
This tour departs and returns to Port McNeill.
Photography Tour
with Boomer Jerritt
June 21 to 25, 2011 • $1650 Cdn
D
evelop your digital photographic abilities while experi-
encing the stunning beauty and abundant marine life of
the Broughton Archipelago.
In a relaxed, informal atmosphere, Boomer will discuss all as-
pects of photographic technique from the composition of the
photo to the manipulation of the data and enhancement tech-
niques after the image is captured. All skill levels are welcome.
A multifaceted visual
artist, Boomer studied at
the Western Academy of
Photography and has
been involved in the pho-
tographic industry since
1990. As well as teaching at
the college level he services
regional, national and inter-
national clientele and is a
contributing photographer
to All Canada Images and British Columbia Photos.
This tour departs and returns to Port McNeill.
Broughton Archipelago
destination:
First Nations Cultural Tour
with Lillian Hunt
July 2 to 6, 2011 • $1995 Cdn
E
xperience the remarkable culture of the Kwakwaka’wakw people and their
beautiful coastal rainforest home. Guided by Lillian Hunt of the Namgis First
Nation, we’ll tour the world renowned U’mista Cultural Centre, sway in the fire-
light to the drumming of the traditional dances, and travel to ancient village
sites where these cultural traditions first took root.
Lillian, born and raised in Alert Bay, possesses an extensive knowledge of her
nation’s history, and brings to life the rich cultural heritage of the Kwakwaka’wakw
people both ancient and modern.
This tour departs from and returns to Port McNeill.
mothership list of tours for 2011
Cruise • Photography Workshop B. Jerritt
Cruise • Artist Workshop M. Hobson
Cruise • First Nations Culture L. Hunt
Kayak
Kayak
Kayak
Kayak
Kayak
Kayak
Kayak
Kayak
June 21–25
June 26–July 1
July 2–6
July 7–11
July 12–16
July 17–23
July 24–30
July 31–Aug 6
Aug 7–13
Aug 14–20
Aug 21–24
4 nights
5 nights
4 nights
4 nights
4 nights
6 nights
6 nights
6 nights
6 nights
6 nights
3 nights
$1600
$1800
$1995
$1995
$1995
$2995
$2995
$2995
$2995
$2995
$1495
Broughton Archipelago / Johnstone Strait
Cruise • Artist Workshop R. Genn
Cruise • Coastal History J. Taylor
Cruise • Artist Workshop A. Watt
Kayak • Kayaking Skills Workshop
May 29–June 2
June 3–7
June 8–13
June 15–19
4 nights
4 nights
5 nights
4 nights
$2340
$1500
$1800
$1600
Desolation Sound
Kayak
Kayak
Kayak
Kayak
Aug 28–Sep 3
Sep 4–10
Sep 11–17
Sep 20–29
6 nights
6 nights
6 nights
9 nights
$3095
$3095
$3095
$4595
Great Bear Rainforest
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mothership specialty tours 2011
Bute Inletdestination:
Coastal History Adventure
with Jeanette Taylor
June 3 to 7, 2011 • $1500 Cdn
Q
uadra Island historian and author Jeanette Taylor will take
you back in time as she shares a wealth of tales, bringing
to life the hauntingly beautiful places we’ll visit, from ancient First
Nations sites to traces of homesteads and settlements.
We will visit the spectacular and history rich Bute Inlet, a re-
mote forty mile long fiord carved into the Coast Mountains, and
the tidal passages of the
Discovery Islands.
Kayaking will also be an
option on three occasions
for those interested - no ex-
perience necessary!
Jeanette has worked as
a historian for over 20 years
in the BC Archives and the
Campbell River Museum.
She is the author of River
City: A History of Campbell River (1999); Tidal Passages: A History
of the Discovery Islands (2008); and The Quadra Story: A History
of Quadra Island (2009).
This tour departs and returns to Campbell River.
Desolation Sounddestination:
Illustrated Journal Workshop
with Alison Watt
June 8 to 13, 2011 • $1800 Cdn
C
ruise stunning Desolation Sound with well known artist,
author and naturalist Alison Watt. An illustrated journal is a
wonderful way to keep a record of day-to-day life and document
your travels. During the five days aboard Columbia III we will go
over materials and techniques (basic watercolour and pen and
ink) and explore creative ideas to get you started on your own il-
lustrated journal. Using demonstrations and exercises, we’ll learn
how to simplify a scene to make a quick sketch using some basic
rules of composition and discuss the special challenges and re-
view techniques of coastal landscape painting.
Alison Watt, illustrator/author of The Last Island, has been lead-
ing natural history tours and painting workshops in North, Central
and South America for many years. She studied biology at Simon
Fraser University and botany at the University of British Columbia,
and currently maintains a studio on Protection Island, BC.
This tour departs from and returns to Campbell River.
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Canada V0P 1H0
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international distribution list.
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othership Adventures is a family owned and
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with an adventure beyond your expectations in a
socially and environmentally responsible manner.
We have been offering sea kayaking, natural his-
tory, cultural and special
interest tours to small
groups aboard the Co-
lumbia III on Canada’s
west coast since 1995.
We feel very fortunate
to live and work in one of
the most diverse marine
habitats on this planet,
and we strive to share
our love and knowledge of this unique environment
whileraisingawarenessofitsneedforprotection.We
support many organizations working to conserve
this crucial rainforest ecosystem. Minimizing our
impact on the wilderness we visit and ensuring
good relations with coastal First Nations are top
priorities for us.
Mothership Adventures’ captains and crew are
Ministry of Transport certified with a total commit-
ment to passenger and vessel safety. They possess
a wealth of local knowledge gained from years of
maritime experience on this coast.
Our professional sea kayak guides are certified by
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have guided commercially for many years. They are ex-
perienced in the art of leadership and always consider-
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they delight in exploring the natural world with you.
Our specialty tour leaders are skilled profession-
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with you in a relaxed and informative setting.
We thrive on providing our guests with attentive
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atmosphere. Whether you are joining us for a kayak-
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elcome aboard the beautiful prize winning 68’
Columbia III! After fifty years as an integral par-
ticipant in our coastal history, her classic lines are rec-
ognized and admired in every port.
Built in 1956 for the Columbia Coast Mission in Van-
couver BC, she operated tirelessly as a hospital ship
serving the isolated communities on Canada’s Pacific
coast. Now luxuriously refurbished, she displays an
immaculate elegance not seen in more modern ves-
sels. The gleaming exterior, polished brass, and bright
roomy salon invite you aboard, while her modern
amenities and variety of single and double berths in
five lovely staterooms entice you to stay. Three toilets,
two showers, and plenty of hot water ensure your
comfort.
Viewing the magnificent landscape and abundant
wildlife is always comfortable from the spacious cov-
ered back deck, through the large salon windows, and
from the captain’s bench in the wheelhouse. The Co-
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ten guests and four crew. Equally important, she is an-
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and a full complement of emergency supplies. Your
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a generous welcome to
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We offer
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◗ Wildlife viewing
◗ Expert guides
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