Packhorses to the Pacific

KOPAS, Cliff

Gray's Pub

Bella Coola

Douglas Mcintyre/see Pgw

Bella Coola Man

Tenas Tiktik Publishing

Cliff Kopas fell in love with the "wild country" when he was a boy, and he never got over it. Here are stories and photos from four memorable pack trips he took in the 1920s and 1930s, compiled by his son Leslie. In his teen years, Kopas and a buddy packed out from the Chilcotin to Banff and Lake Louise. Later, Cliff and his young wife accompanied medics to remote Ulkatcho Indian settlements, where they met Clayton Mack, the famous Nuxalk hunting guide. In the third story, on horseback in the dead of winter, Kopas and Mack face howling snow and howling wolves. In the last story, three travellers in Tweedsmuir Park confront wasps, wind and grizzlies.

No Path But My Own: Horseback Adventures in the Chilcotin & the Rockies

Sports & Outdoors

Biographies

Harbour Publishing

In what has been called "regional history of the best kind," "Bella Coola" blends anecdote, legend, fact and a cast of vibrant characters into a highly readable account of a remote but very special place. Soon after 22-year-old Cliff Kopas arrived with his bride in Bella Coola, he began to appreciate the rich heritage of the long-inhabited coast and the adjacent plateau that he had recently crossed to reach his new home. Alexander Mackenzie had arrived in this ancient homeland of the Nuxalk people in 1793, completing his overland journey to the Pacific. After 1858, a portion of the gold-hungry horde from around the world used this port as a gateway to the Cariboo goldfields. And years after that, a government army landed here en route to the confrontations that would be known as the Chilcotin War. Settlers arrived by both land and sea, and as this unique community grew, it welcomed newcomers like Cliff Kopas. Fortunately for those who have followed, Kopas listened to the stories about the early history and the Native mythology of the coastal people.

Bella Coola: " a Romantic History "

Heritage House Publishing Company, Limited

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