By Heidi Gollub This trip was hosted. All opinions expressed are entirely my own. Vancouver Island is an explorer’s dream.

British Columbia permits almost unfettered hunting ... Nevertheless, at such times, an ancient, rugged coast can suddenly appear fragile. The male wolf stalks nearer, closer.

Thanks to their location in the rain shadow of British Columbia's Coast Mountains ... Quadra native and historian Jeanette Taylor traces the rugged history of the islands from their First Nations ...

The Fraser River courses through more than one half-dozen distinct geo-climactic zones, North America’s most diverse indigenous landscape and the essence of British Columbia (B.C.) history.

From the thundering waters of Niagara Falls to the rugged peaks of the Canadian Rockies to arctic tundras, rugged coastlines, ...