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Island Crafts - Books
Books by Judith Williams are available on Cortes Island at the Cortes Craft Shop Co-op, The Cortes Island Museum and Archives, Marnie’s Books and at The Refuge Cove Store, West Redonda Island and Book Bonanza on Quadra Island.
High Slack: Waddington’s Gold Road and the Bute Inlet Massacre of 1864
Follows the events leading to the only major First Nations/ Incomer conflict in British Columbia in the words of those involved. Generously illustrated with archival photographs and maps.
Dynamite Stories
A lighthearted look at the use of dynamite in settlement and industry on Canada’s West Coast.
Two Wolves at the Dawn of Time : Kingcome Inlet Pictographs, 1893-1998.
An investigation of Kingcome rock art as a record of events during the Canadian government Potlatch ban and documentation of a new pictograph painted by a member of the Dzawada’enuxw tribe in 1998. Illustrated with archival and contemporary photos.
Clam Gardens: Aboriginal Mariculture on Canada’s West Coast
Only book available on the recent re-discovery of ancient clam terraces built by First Nations to grow the butter clams that were an essential food source from Puget Sound to Alaska.
High Slack: Waddington’s Gold Road and the Bute Inlet Massacre of 1864
Follows the events leading to the only major First Nations/ Incomer conflict in British Columbia in the words of those involved. Generously illustrated with archival photographs and maps.
Dynamite Stories
A lighthearted look at the use of dynamite in settlement and industry on Canada’s West Coast.
Two Wolves at the Dawn of Time : Kingcome Inlet Pictographs, 1893-1998.
An investigation of Kingcome rock art as a record of events during the Canadian government Potlatch ban and documentation of a new pictograph painted by a member of the Dzawada’enuxw tribe in 1998. Illustrated with archival and contemporary photos.
Clam Gardens: Aboriginal Mariculture on Canada’s West Coast
Only book available on the recent re-discovery of ancient clam terraces built by First Nations to grow the butter clams that were an essential food source from Puget Sound to Alaska.
High Slack by Cortes author Judith Williams