The Mystery of Big Island (Part Three)
It’s been nearly a year and a whole long winter of impassable trails through the river valley since I posted an update about the work being done to turn a small bit of land with a big local history into a small provincial park. The last time we thought about…
The Mystery of Big Island (Part Two)
Almost three months ago to this day, readers, I introduced you to a local puzzle that I was hoping to solve. Big Island, to catch you up, is a modest chunk of river valley wilderness with a backstory that both intrigued the explorer in me and piqued the curious pathfinder…
The Mystery of Big Island (Part One)
I had other writing plans this morning, but a mystery has been unravelling in my own backyard that has piqued and diverted my interest for an upcoming summer of potential exploration. Backstory. I live near the mighty North Saskatchewan River, a twelve hundred and eighty-seven kilometer long ribbon of glacial…