Dave tells history with a modern perspective through his Vancouver Island history Blog (located on his website). He’s a freelance writer and editor devoted to thoughtful analysis of your work. A firm believer in literary currency, Dave volunteers for the Comox Valley Writers Society as a beta reader coordinator and facilitates stand-in readers for writers with disabilities for monthly reading nights. Dave is privileged and grateful to be allowed to work and study on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish, Kwakwaka’wakw, and Nuu-chah-nulth Peoples and pay respect to their rich cultural heritage and natural environment.
Dear Townspeople, You’ve probably seen me around town before. I’m everyone’s favourite stretch of asphalt. The name’s Ryan . . . Ryan Road. What makes me so likeable? Could be […]
Words by Dave FlawsePhotos Courtesy of Courtenay Museum and Archives
In 1862, the paddle steamer Brother Jonathan drifted into Victoria’s harbour, trailed months later by the Tynemouth, a bride ship out of England. The Tynemouth carried the promise of life. […]
He finds seashells by the seashore Most tourists who visit Hornby Island make a beeline for the warm waters of Tribune Bay. They visit in the summer months to relax […]
During a beach cleanup on Vancouver Island’s West Coast, Jeff Ignace notices a familiar sight—a luxury cooler. This one is a bright orange colour, dubbed King Crab. Ignace, a member […]
If you’ve spent any time around Comox Lake, you’ve likely heard the clap of gunfire booming out from the “Fish and Game,” or Courtenay & District Fish and Game Protective […]
In 1979, a certain smell sustained the herring gillnetters of British Columbia. It hung from their bibs and clung to their fingernails as they laboured to prize heavy nets, hand […]
In October 2023, I had the chance to speak with Wedlidi Speck. Wedlidi is Kwakwaka’wakw, Nuu-cha-nulth, and E’iksan, and is the head chief of the Gixsam namima of the Kwaguł […]
Interview by Dave FlawsePhotos courtesy of Wedlidi Speck
Over a century ago, on a Monday in late September, crowds of young and old thronged Vancouver’s sidewalks. Mothers fussed over their children’s hair. Dressed in their Sunday best, onlookers […]
A lone modular office building with blue vinyl siding rests at the end of a gravel driveway on the edge of Homalco First Nation near Campbell River. From a wide, […]
In 2015, on his way to Whistler, Duncan Hague flew over the Rocky Mountains and peered out the plane’s little oval window. Almost one million square kilometres of British Columbia’s […]
At the end of a meandering gravel driveway tucked among lush cedars stands the Deep Bay Marine Field Station, a building that resembles a giant oyster. “It was designed to […]
Words by Dave FlawsePhotos courtesy of The Centre for Seafood Innovation
“What was that?” says Scott. His head swivels in the direction of the sound. I raise my hand above my head and blast the Hoochie Mama. The imitation cow-elk call […]
The red embers of cigarettes glow through a thick fog. It’s 6am and workers outside the processing plant at Mac’s Oysters chat with one another. Beside them is a heaping […]
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