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Ambitious dreamer
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni47698
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- December 3 - 10, 2009
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- December 3 - 10, 2009
- Corporation
- Renewal Partners
- Vision Vancouver
- City Hall (Vancouver, B.C.)
- New Democratic Party of British Columbia
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Physical Description
- portraits
- Source Title
- Georgia Straight
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 2189
- Pages
- 19, 21-22
Atlin : A town of golden dreams
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni33938
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- Winter 1998-1999
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Atlin
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- "In this remote B.C. community, the clock is struck, the setting is matchless, and the dirt still pays out - a little at a time."
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Winter 1998-1999
- Topic
- Description and travel
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Atlin
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- maps
- Source Title
- Beautiful British Columbia
- Volume
- 40
- Pages
- 36-42
- Abstract
- "In this remote B.C. community, the clock is struck, the setting is matchless, and the dirt still pays out - a little at a time."
Books take traveller to lost places, times
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni32110
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- April 1-8, 2004
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver - Kitsilano
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- April 1-8, 2004
- Person
- Gale, Roger
- Corporation
- Amicus Books
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver - Kitsilano
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Physical Description
- portraits
- Source Title
- Georgia Straight
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 1896
- Pages
- 37
Downtown-Eastside deaths revisited
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni26596
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- October 24-31, 2002
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver - Downtown Eastside
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- October 24-31, 2002
- Person
- Pickton, Robert
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver - Downtown Eastside
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Source Title
- Georgia Straight
- Pages
- 15
Fast boat to hell
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni45006
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Watts, Ron
- Date
- Summer 2008
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Hell's Gate
- British Columbia - Fraser River
- British Columbia - Fraser Canyon
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- "Writer Daniel Wood plunges into history on the Fraser River, daring to run Hells Gate 200 years after Simon Fraser wisely dodged these deadly rapids."
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Watts, Ron
- Role
- Author
- Photographer
- Date
- Summer 2008
- Person
- Fraser, Simon, 1776-1862
- Peters, Nathan
- Blacklaws, Rick
- Baerg, Darwin
- Ruebsaat, Rika
- Marshall, Daniel
- Machell, Bill
- Topic
- Rafting
- Rapids
- Local history
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Hell's Gate
- British Columbia - Fraser River
- British Columbia - Fraser Canyon
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- portraits
- maps
- illustrations
- Source Title
- British Columbia Magazine
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 52-61
- Abstract
- "Writer Daniel Wood plunges into history on the Fraser River, daring to run Hells Gate 200 years after Simon Fraser wisely dodged these deadly rapids."
Hunting the monster
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni34634
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- September 2001.
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Cheewhat Lake
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- "...Wickheim's hometown of Sooke, British Columbia...The Cheewhat Cedar is located above remote Cheewhat Lake on Vancouver Island's west coast. It's a 51-kilometre drive from Victoria."
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- September 2001.
- Person
- Wickheim, Maywell
- Topic
- Logging
- Western redcedar
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Cheewhat Lake
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- portraits
- Source Title
- Westworld Magazine
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 19-21
- Abstract
- "...Wickheim's hometown of Sooke, British Columbia...The Cheewhat Cedar is located above remote Cheewhat Lake on Vancouver Island's west coast. It's a 51-kilometre drive from Victoria."
Kitsilano love-in : The roots of Vancouver's '60s hippie rebellion run deep in this hip, upmarket neighbourhood on English Bay
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni46716
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- Spring 2010
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver - Kitsilano
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Spring 2010
- Period
- Twentieth century
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver - Kitsilano
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- photographs
- Source Title
- British Columbia Magazine
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 20-23
Living fossils in peril
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni44442
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- Winter 2007
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Hecate Strait
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- "...the discovery of glass sponge reefs in British Columbia's Hecate Strait... These living reefs of glass, some as high as 21 metres, were thought to have died out in the Jurassic era... The 9,000-year-old Hecactinellid sponge reefs, built by silica-utilizing sponges, cover about 1,000 square kilo…
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Winter 2007
- Topic
- Sponges
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Hecate Strait
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- maps
- Source Title
- British Columbia Magazine
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 17
- Abstract
- "...the discovery of glass sponge reefs in British Columbia's Hecate Strait... These living reefs of glass, some as high as 21 metres, were thought to have died out in the Jurassic era... The 9,000-year-old Hecactinellid sponge reefs, built by silica-utilizing sponges, cover about 1,000 square kilometres. They are the only siliceous sponge reefs on the planet."
North of Everything
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni44419
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- Winter 2007
- Geographic Location
- North West Territories
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- "I find the circular ruins of an 800-year old winter house built by the ancient Thule people and seek shelter from the gale within its half-metre-high, lichen-covered rock walls... Unlike the privations of John Franklin's 1845 expedition to find the Northwest passage, the unhappy story of the tragi…
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Winter 2007
- Geographic Location
- North West Territories
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- portraits
- Source Title
- Westworld Magazine
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 34-42, 76
- Abstract
- "I find the circular ruins of an 800-year old winter house built by the ancient Thule people and seek shelter from the gale within its half-metre-high, lichen-covered rock walls... Unlike the privations of John Franklin's 1845 expedition to find the Northwest passage, the unhappy story of the tragic 1880s Greely expedition is not well known..."
Passion and the pulpit
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni40383
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- May 11, 2006 - May 18, 2006
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- May 11, 2006 - May 18, 2006
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Physical Description
- portraits
- Source Title
- Georgia Straight
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 2003
- Pages
- 40,42
Riding the Wokkpash
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni33961
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- Fall 2000
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Wokkpash Provincial Park
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- "In June 1999, the government set aside 1.4 million hectares as a series of linked parks and protected areas, including the astounding Wokkpash Valley inside Wokkpash Provincial Park..."
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Fall 2000
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Wokkpash Provincial Park
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- Source Title
- Beautiful British Columbia
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 20-29
- Abstract
- "In June 1999, the government set aside 1.4 million hectares as a series of linked parks and protected areas, including the astounding Wokkpash Valley inside Wokkpash Provincial Park..."
The secret life of Donald Flather
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni33941
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- Spring 1999
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- "It was into this milieu that Donald Flather, an untrained, hobbyist painter, stepped with his 1941 offer to help Harris found the Federation of Canadian Artists."
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Spring 1999
- Person
- Flather, Donald, 1903-1990
- Corporation
- Federation of Canadian Artists
- Topic
- Painters - Biography
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- portraits
- Source Title
- Beautiful British Columbia
- Volume
- 41
- Pages
- 28-35
- Abstract
- "It was into this milieu that Donald Flather, an untrained, hobbyist painter, stepped with his 1941 offer to help Harris found the Federation of Canadian Artists."
Sexual freedom fighter
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni39089
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- December 15-22, 2005
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- December 15-22, 2005
- Corporation
- British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Physical Description
- portraits
- Source Title
- Georgia Straight
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 1982
- Pages
- 54, 55
"Straight" bags two nominations
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni42423
- Author
- Staff reporter
- Date
- April 26 - May 3, 2007
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Author
- Staff reporter
- Role
- Author
- Date
- April 26 - May 3, 2007
- Person
- Wood, Daniel
- Ferrie, Jared
- Topic
- Awards
- Journalists
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Source Title
- Georgia Straight
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 2053
- Pages
- 13
Strangers in a strange land
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni49467
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- winter 2020-2021
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- Recent discoveries reveal the earliest nomadic humans traversed the BC coast into the rest of the Americas
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- winter 2020-2021
- Corporation
- University of Victoria (Victoria, B.C.)
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- maps
- Source Title
- British Columbia Magazine
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 32-41
- Abstract
- Recent discoveries reveal the earliest nomadic humans traversed the BC coast into the rest of the Americas
Tropic of Sandwyk
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni30808
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- November 6-13, 2003
- Geographic Location
- Fiji
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- November 6-13, 2003
- Person
- Sandwyk, Charles Van
- Topic
- Artists - Biography
- Geographic Location
- Fiji
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Physical Description
- portraits
- Source Title
- Georgia Straight
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1872
- Pages
- 21,22
Waterfront odyssey
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni36101
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- Fall 2003
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver Metropolitan Area
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- Author walks along Vancouver's 61-kilometre shoreline.
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Fall 2003
- Topic
- Views
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver Metropolitan Area
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- maps
- Source Title
- British Columbia Magazine
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 26-37
- Abstract
- Author walks along Vancouver's 61-kilometre shoreline.
Who were B.C.'s first seafarers? Chinese myths and tenuous archaeological evidence offer hints that explorers came here from the Far East long ago
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni45143
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- July 10-17, 2008
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Bella Coola
- British Columbia - Tofino
- Pacific Coast (B.C.)
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- July 10-17, 2008
- Person
- Beasley, Tom
- Tyne, Mike
- Burley, David
- Storey, Alice
- MacDonald, George
- Fedje, Daryl
- Keddie, Grant
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Bella Coola
- British Columbia - Tofino
- Pacific Coast (B.C.)
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Physical Description
- portraits
- maps
- Source Title
- Georgia Straight
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 2116
- Pages
- 38-39
The Wisdom of Forgiveness
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni36754
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Date
- February 17-24, 2005
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Bowen Island
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Author
- Wood, Daniel
- Role
- Author
- Date
- February 17-24, 2005
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Bowen Island
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Source Title
- Georgia Straight
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 1939
- Pages
- 52