Silence is my homeland: Life on Teal River

148 Pages·2001·7.742 MB·English

by  Gilean Douglas

My
Silence Is
Homeland
Life on Teal River
Gilean Douglas

CENTENNIAL
Silence Is My Homeland
I stood perfectly still. . .
right across from me,
gazing into my face with
its deep-set windows was
—my home.
Silence Is My
Homeland
Life on Teal River
Gilean Douglas
Battle Maid Press *0* Whaietown, B.C.
Copyright © 2001 by estate of Gilean Douglas
Copyright © 1978 by Gilean Douglas
First edition published 1978 by Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pa., & Thomas
Nelson & Sons, Don Mills, Ont., in association with The National Writers Club
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any
form or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher
or, in case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a licence from
CANCOPY (Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency), 1 Yonge Street, Ste.
1900, Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1E5
The publisher acknowledges the assistance of the University of British
Columbia. The Gilean Douglas Fonds may be found in the University of
British Columbia Library, in the Special Collections and Archives Division.
Afterword by Andrea Lebowitz & Gillian Milton
Cover art by Brigid Weiler, Whaletown, B.C.
National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data
Douglas, Gilean.
Silence is my homeland
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-9686933-0-X
1. Douglas, Gilean. 2. Natural history—British Columbia—Coquihalla River
Region. 3. Outdoor life—British Columbia—Coquihalla River Region. 4.
Coquihalla River Region (B.C.)—Biography.
QH106.2.B7D68 2001 508.711*37 C2001-910511-8
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Printed and bound in Canada by Friesens
This book is for Dorothy,
Audrey, Elsie and Susan
Also by Gilean Douglas
Poetry
Now the Green Word
Poetic Plush
The Pattern Set
Seascape With Figures
Now In This Night
Prodigal
Kodachromes at Midday
Seascape with Figures: Poems Selected and New
Nature Writing
River For My Sidewalk
The Protected Place
Short extracts from this book have been published in the Victoria Colonist,
Saturday Night, The Country Guide, Montreal Star, Forest and Outdoors,
Canadian Mining Journal, Vancouver Sun, Trails, The Improvement Tra,
Literary Florida, The Land, Front Rank, The Young People, United Publications,
and The Villager. Thanks are extended to these publications.
Contents
1 Home 9
2 The Blossoming 20
3 Sun In The Valley 33
4 The Pilgrimage 41
5 Commissioner of Trails 53
6 High Mountains Are A Feeling 69
7 Now 93
In September
8 End And Beginning 108
9 Wilderness Winter 127
Sources For Quotations 137

Afterword by Andrea Lebowitz & Gillian Milton
About the Author 140

About the Book 141
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