vancouver island

An old man tells the legend of the lost island and the story of a great Indian medicine man who had many dreams of the white man coming to their lands.

An old man tells the legend of the lost island and the story of a great Indian medicine man who had many dreams of the white man coming to their lands.

Discusses the discovery of one of the last pristine beds of Olympic oysters on a remote beach in British Columbia, examines the importance of oysters and other shellfish to the ecological health of the world's seas, explores the history of dependence on shellfish and the coast, and looks at what is being done to restore and protect native shellfish populations.

Describes the life of a Chinese immigrant family living in Vancouver, Canada's Chinatown during the years before World War II. The three children in the story find adult friends who take the places of their endlessly working parents.