"Vancouver is a profoundly rural city," says walking enthusiast Charles Clapham, a retired mathematician. A note on him (including his photo taken on the SeaBus) was included in the National Geographic article about Vancouver in April of 1962.

DATE OF BIRTH: 1925/10/16

PLACE OF BIRTH: LINCOLN, ENGLAND

ARRIVAL IN CANADA: JULY 5 1958

ANCESTRAL BACKGROUND: Conceived in Newfoundland

EMPLOYMENT OTHER THAN WRITING: Consultant, now retired

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Great Walks of Vancouver: The Lower Mainland at Your Feet (Granville Island Publishing, May 2004; 2010)

Walk the Burrard Loop (Peanut Butter Publishing, Jan 2000)

Walk Horseshoe Bay to the U.S.A. (Peanut Butter Publishing, Feb 1998)

[BCBW 2010] "Outdoors"