Vancouver Island Book of Musts
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Whether it's savouring whiskey-toned Scrumpie cider in Cobble Hill, getting with the goats on the roof in Coombs, scanning the surfers in Tuff City (Tofino), taking a gander at the brants—the noisy little sea goose that's so popular in Qualicum Beach—or grokking the alien growth on the Avatar Grove cedars near Port Renfrew, this book has the MUST list every Islander and every visitor MUST have. From the wild, windswept shores of Spring Island to the best bang-for-your-buck breakfast in Victoria, it's all here. Plus, cognoscenti from across the island weigh in with their own five MUSTs. Author Lynne Bowen, birder Bruce Whittington, wine connoisseur John Schreiner and sacred places finder Star Weiss all have a Take 5 of must-see places. You're holding the ultimate insider MUST list. If you love Vancouver Island, you simply MUST have the Vancouver Island Book of Musts.
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Peter Grant was born on Vancouver Island—unlike most everybody he has met there since. After gaining an education in Ontario and Vancouver and teaching experience in the BC interior, Peter and his wife Paula, a public servant, settled in Victoria. They have a daughter, Molly Grant, a photographer. Peter has traveled the length and breadth of the islands by kayak, rowboat, bicycle, cross-country skis, on foot, in airplanes and helicopters, on freighters, whalers, sloops, Zodiacs and a converted logging tug, in railway Budd cars and pickup trucks, slept in canvas tents, cabins, yurts and on the CPR night boat. Whether on writing assignments or just to see for himself, Peter has spent much of his life visiting the amazing, remarkable, in-your-face or downright strange places and people that abound on these islands. This is his sixth book about Vancouver Island. Most recently he co-authored the Vancouver Island Book of Everything.
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"Grant has travelled extensively on Vancouver Island and written an engaging, research-rich handbook Grant's little softcover book—sized to slip easily into a purse or a back pocket —contains answers to everything Vancouver Island, even to questions you may never ask." —Vancouver Sun
"If you like list-based books, this compilation of 101 Island destinations was made for you. From the obvious to the road less travelled, the author and famed guest voices offer their thoughts on what make up the essential Island bucket list." —Monday Magazine
