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category: History
published: Jan 2004
ISBN:9781894898133
publisher: TouchWood Editions

Packhorses to the Pacific

A Wilderness Honeymoon

by Cliff Kopas

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Babes in the woods. That’s how Ruth and Cliff Kopas were described by one of many colourful characters the pair encountered on their amazing journey across the Rockies through to British Columbia’s west coast in 1933.

 

Married on the day they left on their dangerous trek, Ruth and Cliff were eager for adventure, and their courageous spirits and resourceful minds made up for any experience they lacked. Their motive was to fulfill Cliff’s childhood dream of following in Alexander Mackenzie’s footsteps to the Pacific.

 

For four months, the two slogged, scrambled and sloshed their way through some of the roughest terrain in North America. Their horses were their loyal companions, and the towering peaks, azure lakes and shimmering skies that greeted them were their reward. Their story, full of excitement and suspense, is peppered with humorous observations, historical anecdotes and a deep love for the Canadian wilderness.

About the Author

Cliff Kopas

In 1933 Cliff Kopas and his wife led packhorses from Calgary to Bella Coola, where they opened a general store. Cliff was instrumental in the completion of the famous Chilcotin Highway, and wrote many newspaper and magazine articles as well as the books Packhorses to the Pacific, Bella Coola and No Path But My Own (Harbour, 1996).

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