Last week saw the fourth anniversary of the publication of my first book - "New Beginnings in Vancouver Island" and today sees the third and final book in this Colville series with "Farewell to Vancouver Island". It tells Sam Gray's story in the Fraser River goldfields. When I stop to think about it, that's six… Continue reading Two sagas and six Books!l
Category: Nanaimo
Colville’s Bastion
My debut novel. For over six months the emigrants were cooped up on the Princess Rose, a three masted barque that had carried them from Liverpool to Canada. In Victoria they were transferred to The Beaver a steam powered side wheeler. They approach Colville, their new home. "To be charitable, the settlement looked promising, if… Continue reading Colville’s Bastion


