Around the Sound

Allen H. Soroka is assistant law librarian at the University of British
Columbia Law Library and an avid sportsman.

The astonishing scenery of British Columbia—snow-capped mountains
meeting white-capped seas dotted with mountainous pine-covered
islands—finds a concentrated expression in the Howe Sound Whistler
area, just around the corner, as it were, from Vancouver. Around the
Sound is a literate, entertaining, and welcome contribution to the
history of this beautiful region.

The author begins her account 30,000 years ago, when a new ice age and
volcanic activity transformed the Northwest Pacific Coast Range. In 11
chapters, she traces the history of the region from its birth through
the colonial and gold-rush eras, through the times when logging and
fishing held sway to the present. Included in this history are the
memories and stories of many long-time residents of the area, who also
contributed advice and photographs. The story that results is well told
and worth reading.