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Doug MacLeod published the memoir, On The Edge of Wilderness: Tales From Hazelton and the Kispiox Valley (self-published 2020) about leaving Vancouver in 1976 with his wife (both young teachers) to work in Hazelton. The MacLeods built their dream log home in the nearby Kispiox Valley, bought horses and enjoyed the rhythm of the seasons. Local ranchers taught the greenhorns how to (safely) fell trees, keep lambs alive, and what rules to ignore. Doug's sense of awe, adventure and humility comes through in the writing. He eventually faced hearing loss and trained to teach Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. The MacLeods left the north after 11 years, but not before it had carved a path through their hearts like a Kispiox River riffle.
Doug MacLeod has worked as a CBC studio technician, a high school English and Social Studies teacher, an educator of the Deaf and a school administrator. He and his wife Mariette now live in North Vancouver where Doug is active in the North Shore Writers' Association and the Gulf Yacht Club, splitting time between his passion for sailing and writing.
On The Edge of Wilderness: Tales From Hazelton and the Kispiox Valley (self-published 2020) $15.70 978-1092844321
[BCBW 2020]
Doug MacLeod has worked as a CBC studio technician, a high school English and Social Studies teacher, an educator of the Deaf and a school administrator. He and his wife Mariette now live in North Vancouver where Doug is active in the North Shore Writers' Association and the Gulf Yacht Club, splitting time between his passion for sailing and writing.
On The Edge of Wilderness: Tales From Hazelton and the Kispiox Valley (self-published 2020) $15.70 978-1092844321
[BCBW 2020]
