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Alone in the great unknown : one woman's remarkable adventures in the Northwestern wilderness / Caroll Simpson.

by Simpson, Caroll, 1951-

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Harbour Publishing, 2022.

Simpson, Caroll, 1951-

Authors, Canadian (English) -- Biography.

Fishing lodges -- British Columbia -- Anecdotes.

Outdoor life -- British Columbia -- Biography.

9781550179941 (pbk.)

x, 245 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

After fifteen years of teaching Art and Culture to elementary students, author and illustrator Caroll Simpson moved off the grid to a remote fishing lodge in northern British Columbia. On the shores of this wilderness, with water access only, Simpson operated a successful fishing business for over twenty years. She lives on Vancouver Island with her husband, Helmut.

The inspiring story of how an urban woman came to own and operate a remote fishing lodge nestled deep in the British Columbian wilderness.

"When Caroll Simpson fell in love with a cabin located on pristine Babine Lake, BC, she knew her life was about to change. For two years, after convincing her husband they should buy the remote lodge and move north, the adventure was a blissful dream. Then, tragedy struck. Following the sudden death of her husband, Simpson was forced to decide her next move alone, amidst deep grief -- would she sell the lodge, or would she stay, running the business by herself? No easy feat, given accessing the lodge in summer required a three-hour round trip by boat and , in the winter, passage on an icebreaker barge and a perilous snowshoe trek. This heartfelt memoir tells Simpson's story -- of living and working in the remote wilderness, and and of fighting off a proposed mining operation and, ultimately, of emerging as an accidental environmental activist and spokesperson for the wilderness tourism industry, helping to create new parklands and sanctuaries that will preserve the land for generations."--Back cover.

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