This book depicts the west coast of British Columbia in all its glory. The distinctive peeling bark on the trunk of an arbutus tree. Towering Sitka spruce trees. Migrating sandpipers in Clayoquot Sound. A grizzly bear feeding on pink salmon near Knight Inlet Lodge. Author/photographer Chris Cheadle walked the streams of the rainforests, kayaked to remote beaches, sailed the inlets, explored the islands and listened to the wisdom of First Nations elders to capture these striking images.

Chris Cheadle is a professional photographer based in Sidney, north of Victoria, on Vancouver Island. His photographs are published around the world in advertising, books, magazines, calendars and an array of other media. His images have appeared in National Geographic, Canadian Geographic, Sunset, GEO, Conde Nast Traveller, Sunset, British Columbia Magazine, the London Times and MacLean's to name a few. As a long-time contributor to Getty Images and on assignment for such clients as Lonely Planet, he has worked throughout the world: across Canada and the United States, to Asia, the South Pacific, Central America, Alaska and throughout Europe. Chris's images can be seen at AllCanadaPhotos.com, of which he is the managing director.

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