Author(s)	Kathryn Willcock
Publisher	NeWest Press
Publication Year	2022

ISBN: 9781774390511

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Up the Coast

Name: Up the Coast
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One Family's Wild Life in the Forests of British Columbia

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Kathryn Willcock and her sisters grew up in logging camps on the coast of B.C. in the 1960s when children were set loose to play in the wilderness, women kept rifles next to the wood stove, and loggers risked their lives every single day. The author’s tales of grizzly bears, American tourists, and a couple of terrified gangsters, along with the wisdom of Indigenous elders, pour off the page like warm syrup on a stack of cookhouse hotcakes.

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Kathryn Willcock

Kathryn Willcock was born in Vancouver and spent her early years in logging camps on the coast of B.C., particularly Bute Inlet where she and her sisters spent their days playing on the banks of the Orford River, an area considered one of the world’s best locations for viewing grizzly bear.

Chapter	Contributors	Pages	Year	Price
Preface An introduction to the methodology, maps, and the explanation of “up the coast.” View	Kathryn Willcock	3	2022	$0.30
Flying In Chapter One focuses on getting up to Oxford Bay, the bush plane the “Beaver”, logging life, passengers on the plane, and the small community up the coast in the 1960’s. View	Kathryn Willcock	6	2022	$0.60
A Normal Childhood Chapter Two focuses on the author’s father John Brandon Willcock, leaving North Bay, Ontario for work, hardship during the Great Depression, his father’s (the author’s … View	Kathryn Willcock	10	2022	$1.00
Fired or Dead Chapter Three focuses on Willcock’s time working in Swanberg’s cook house, Greasy Erickson, getting “Up the hill”, becoming a “Whistle punk”, the risks of logging, and the Schnarr girl’s … View	Kathryn Willcock	14	2022	$1.40
That’s the Navy for You Chapter Four focuses on the author’s mother Joan O’Connell’s time working during the Second World War, working in the boeing aircraft plant, disposable income, dancing, her special … View	Kathryn Willcock	8	2022	$0.80
Belly Up Chapter Five focuses on the creation of the Willcock & Wankel Logging company, the timber industry and licences, “timber cruising,” uncle Harold and Ron, their life in Church House, their … View	Kathryn Willcock	30	2022	$3.00
Summer Camp Chapter Six contrasts life in North Vancouver and Oxford Bay, logging life and realities, evidence of previous loggers in the areas, Smokey the dog discovering a human skull, American tourists on … View	Kathryn Willcock	30	2022	$3.00
Pass the Spuds Chapter Seven focuses on the cook house, the cook Dave, the routine at the logging camp, grizzly bears in the shed, and the cook Lousia the nazi. View	Kathryn Willcock	10	2022	$1.00
The Truth About Loggers Chapter Eight focuses on the truth about loggers, entertainment at logging camps, calls in and out of the camps, sport at the camps, animals visitors, the star loggers Erik and Olaf Nyström, life … View	Kathryn Willcock	25	2022	$2.50
Women’s Work Chapter Nine focuses on women’s work, food orders, defending the camp and children from bears when the men are away, the authors stash of nanaimo bars attracting bears, laundry and the … View	Kathryn Willcock	37	2022	$3.70
Calling It Quits Chapter Ten focuses on the twilight years of the logging camp, struggles with machinery, injuries on the job, the death of an employee at her fathers camp, her parents first international holiday … View	Kathryn Willcock	28	2022	$2.80
Postscript: A Work Diary The postscript is the author’s reflection on her fathers 1959 work diary. View	Kathryn Willcock	5	2022	$0.50

Up the Coast

One Family's Wild Life in the Forests of British Columbia

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Kathryn Willcock

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