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Acknowledgements

Many people helped with this book. I’d like to thank the staff at BC Archives in Victoria, Special Collections at the Vancouver Public Library, and Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Library in Vancouver. I fondly remember the company of my deceased wife, Shiane Scott, on an early 1990 visit to Sointula. Katherine Johnston, who came with me on several later journeys of research and discovery, offered much encouragement. I’m grateful to the Canada Council, without whose financial help the project could not have been completed.

The following people all provided assistance. The list is alphabetical, and I apologize in advance if I’ve left anyone out. Thank you all so much: Anne Blaney, 100 Mile House; Vivien Bowers, Nelson; James Bowman, Calgary; George Brandak, Rare Books and Special Collections, UBC Library; Kate Brauer, formerly of Sointula; Liz Bryan, Rock Creek; Jan and Tom Bulman, Vancouver and Langley; Maureen Butler, Langley; Alan Carpenter, Langley; Brianna Cerkiewicz, Madeira Park, for her fine edit of this second edition of Promise of Paradise; Dawn Child, Cedar-by-the-Sea; Wilf Christensen, Bella Coola; Sue Collerman, Langley; Tracy Cooper, Victoria, for alerting me to the existence of Duthie; Maureen Cumming, BC Ferries, Victoria; Susan Davidson, Aldergrove; Kathy Day, Bernholz & Graham, Anchorage; Wallace Dergousoff, Grand Forks; Simon Dick, Mitchell Bay; Barb and Hugh Duff, Aldergrove; Larry Ewashen, Castlegar; Leslie Field, Rare Books and Special Collections, UBC Library; Laura Fisher, Bradner; Merroly Frostrup, Bella Coola; David Gluns, Nelson; Tom Gooden, Burnaby Village Museum; Peter Gritchen, Grand Forks; Gwen Hansen, Quatsino, who kindly gave me a tour and put me in touch with many old-timers; Ralph Harris, Sointula; Hugh and Agnes Herbison, Argenta; Fred Horkoff, Grand Forks; Jack Howich, Quatsino; Jack Hudson, Metlakatla, Alaska; Stephen Hume, who shared his interest in Walhachin; Nora Johnson, Quatsino; Gary Kent, Roberts Creek; Don and Marian Knoerr, who helped track down utopian communities in the Smithers area; Len Laurance and Taquan Air, for generously flying me from Prince Rupert to Ketchikan and over to Metlakatla, Alaska, and back; Patti Mackey, Ketchikan Visitors Bureau; Michael Marrapese, Glorious Organics, Aldergrove; Stewart Marshall, Sointula; John Masters, Vancouver; Elizabeth McLean, Shawnigan Lake, who edited the first edition of Promise of Paradise; Mark Mealing, of Castlegar’s Selkirk College, for reading the original chapter on the Doukhobors; Nan Meister, Calgary, for helping me develop patience and trust; Bob Mercer, Vancouver; Linda Mickle, Alaska Marine Highway System, Juneau; Anna and Robert Miles, Aiyansh; Alvin Nelson, Kincolith; Carl and Doreen Nelson, Sointula; Chief Harry Nyce, Gitwinksihlkw; Willie Olney, Sointula; Joan Payne, Sechelt; John Pearson, who showed me around Metlakatla, Alaska (and mayor Jack Booth for letting us use his car); Eli Popoff, Grand Forks; Annette Island School District superintendent Bob Pratt; Heather Pringle, Victoria; Gary and Anita Raaum of Innside Passage Bed & Breakfast, Ketchikan, for hosting above and beyond the call of duty; Fran Reece, band manager at Metlakatla, BC; Cathy Ringham, Langley; Tauno and Ruth Salo, Sointula; Lynn Sherrill, Smithers; Peter and Barbara Solhjell, Hagensborg, their hospitality; John and Helen Stevenson, Nelson; Kaz Takahashi, Vancouver; Betty Tillotson, Argenta; Catherine Traer, Victoria; Richard Van Cleave at Ketchikan’s Tongass Historical Museum; John Verigin, Jr, Grand Forks; Maureen Waller, Aldergrove; Lillian Weedmark at the Bulkley Valley Museum, Smithers; Al Whittaker, for letting me camp at Quatsino Lodge; Gloria Williams, Sointula; Doris Wold, Quatsino; Daniel Wood, Vancouver, for suggesting the original idea; and Rob Wood, Vancouver.