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Four Seasons by the Salish Sea: Discovering the Natural Wonders of Coastal Living
Part travelogue, part natural history, this enchanting book explores life over the course of a year by waters that extend from Port Renfrew on the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Desolation Sound.
After moving to Vancouver Island from the Prairies in the early 2000s, Carolyn Redl made it her mission to learn as much as she could about life along the Salish Sea. She wanted to know about all the things that dig, float, swim, or merely grow in and around her new salt-water realm. With each passing day, she discovered answers to her many questions.
Four Seasons by the Salish Sea evolved over more than two decades of observation, curiosity, discovery, and delight at the natural wonders and seasonal ebbs and flows along this magnificent stretch of coastline.
This profoundly personal and deeply informative book contains facts about plants, animals, history, parks, and communities. It highlights events in nature, such as spring flower blooms and herring and salmon spawns, and reveals mysteries in the water and in the coastal cedar, hemlock, and Douglas-fir rainforest. It describes places as diverse as Malcolm Island, the Sunshine Coast, and Stamp Falls. Experiences range from viewing orcas in the distance to finding sand dollars, Turkish towels, and nudibranchs in the intertidal zone. While celebrating the area’s idyllic setting and warm climate, the book also recognizes potential threats such as earthquakes, water shortages, and challenges for gardeners.
Illustrated throughout with stunning photography, Four Seasons by the Salish Sea is a must-have book for anyone who dreams of living by the sea.
After moving to Vancouver Island from the Prairies in the early 2000s, Carolyn Redl made it her mission to learn as much as she could about life along the Salish Sea. She wanted to know about all the things that dig, float, swim, or merely grow in and around her new salt-water realm. With each passing day, she discovered answers to her many questions.
Four Seasons by the Salish Sea evolved over more than two decades of observation, curiosity, discovery, and delight at the natural wonders and seasonal ebbs and flows along this magnificent stretch of coastline.
This profoundly personal and deeply informative book contains facts about plants, animals, history, parks, and communities. It highlights events in nature, such as spring flower blooms and herring and salmon spawns, and reveals mysteries in the water and in the coastal cedar, hemlock, and Douglas-fir rainforest. It describes places as diverse as Malcolm Island, the Sunshine Coast, and Stamp Falls. Experiences range from viewing orcas in the distance to finding sand dollars, Turkish towels, and nudibranchs in the intertidal zone. While celebrating the area’s idyllic setting and warm climate, the book also recognizes potential threats such as earthquakes, water shortages, and challenges for gardeners.
Illustrated throughout with stunning photography, Four Seasons by the Salish Sea is a must-have book for anyone who dreams of living by the sea.
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278 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 2, 2023
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June 28, 2023
I’ve been making my way through Four Seasons by the Salish Sea: Discovering the Natural Wonders of Coastal Living by Carolyn Redl, and it’s such a beautiful book.
Vancouver Island is an extraordinary place to visit. My family likes to vacation there once a year, and it’s a place I often dream of moving to one day. This book is perfect for people like me who like to visit the island from time to time and want to know it on a more personal level.
Carolyn Redyl grew up in prairie-rich Alberta, and when she moved to the Salish Sea, she wanted to learn more about her new home. As she became more intimate with the landscape, flora, and fauna, she documented her experience through the seasons, which in turn became this beautiful book. Filled with gorgeous nature writing and photographs, Four Seasons By the Salish Sea would make a lovely coffee table book to peruse. It can also serve as a travel and nature guidebook.
I know that my next trip to the island will be richer because of reading this book. It’s definitely coming along with me and I’ll be using it in my planning. There are so many new places I want to visit!
Four Seasons By the Salish Sea impressed me and if you love the area like I do, definitely pick this beautiful book up!
Thank you to Heritage House Publishing for the gifted copy and putting your small publishing house on my radar
I’ve added two more of your books to my summer reading list: Galena Bay Odyssey by Ellen Schwartz and A Complex Coast by David Norwalk! I can’t wait to read these beautiful inspiring books!
Vancouver Island is an extraordinary place to visit. My family likes to vacation there once a year, and it’s a place I often dream of moving to one day. This book is perfect for people like me who like to visit the island from time to time and want to know it on a more personal level.
Carolyn Redyl grew up in prairie-rich Alberta, and when she moved to the Salish Sea, she wanted to learn more about her new home. As she became more intimate with the landscape, flora, and fauna, she documented her experience through the seasons, which in turn became this beautiful book. Filled with gorgeous nature writing and photographs, Four Seasons By the Salish Sea would make a lovely coffee table book to peruse. It can also serve as a travel and nature guidebook.
I know that my next trip to the island will be richer because of reading this book. It’s definitely coming along with me and I’ll be using it in my planning. There are so many new places I want to visit!
Four Seasons By the Salish Sea impressed me and if you love the area like I do, definitely pick this beautiful book up!
Thank you to Heritage House Publishing for the gifted copy and putting your small publishing house on my radar
I’ve added two more of your books to my summer reading list: Galena Bay Odyssey by Ellen Schwartz and A Complex Coast by David Norwalk! I can’t wait to read these beautiful inspiring books!
July 14, 2023
A beautiful narrative about appreciating this wonderful place we live here on Vancouver Island. As did my husband and I, Carolyn and Hans moved here from the prairies later in life. They explored the whole island in great detail. I could relate to many of their travels. It is wonderful to see it all again through her eyes. The magic never wanes. Thank you Carolyn.
November 5, 2023
Carolyn's warmth and curiosity pull the reader in, getting up-close-and-personal with coastal inhabitants from herring to cedar to intertidal critters.
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