Trevor Carolan has written about the years that celebrated writer Malcolm Lowry resided in a shack in the Maplewood Mudflats. It is where he wrote his epic novel Under the Volcano. published in 1947. Carolan never met the author, but became good friends with many of Lowry’s neighbours of that time, this article informs us of Malcolm Lowry’s Maplewood days.
We have a story about Kucki Low, South Africa’s first female commercial pilot, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation bring us up to date on the Indian River Watershed, Wild Bird Trust’s 15th Annual Osprey Festival is on July 30 from 10-4pm. We have information on an exhibition in Maplewood Flats regarding Repairing Relations, our annual high school scholarship went to Everett Klassen – you can read his submission and Janet Pavlik will be facilitating a new program with Elder College.