Victoria's Mary Ann Snowden was born on the West Coast in 1953 and returned to it in 1984 as a kayaking instructor and guide with Ocean River Sports. Her Island Paddling (Orca, 1990) outlined 37 paddling trips around the Gulf Islands and Barkley Sound. It was republished in an updated version as Sea Kayak: The Gulf Island (Rocky Mountain Books, 2004). She also wrote Sea Kayak Barkley & Clayoquot Sounds (Rocky Mountain Books, 2005).

[BCBW 1992] "Outdoors"