Harrowsmith – September 2019

118 SMALL PONDS Listed by musician Randy Bachman as one of Canada’s “best slide guitarists,” Rachelle van Zanten has spent most ...

Harrowsmith Fall 2019 | 119 SMALL PONDS Years in residence? 32 Where do you live now? Palling, B.C. (10 minutes west of Burns La ...

120 SMALL PONDS Why do/did you like living there? I love the fact that I can head out my front door and discover that my Scandin ...

Harrowsmith Fall 2019 | 121 BEN HEPPNER Dawson Creek, British Columbia MICHAEL COOPER Ben Heppner is a renowned operatic tenor, ...

122 SMALLPONDS around the world, and provides insightful backstories and personal anecdotes. Currently, Heppner and his wife, Ka ...

JAMES RAFFAN Guelph, Ontario SMALL PONDS GAIL C. SIMMON ...

124 SMALL PONDS James Raffan is a prolific writer, speaker and geographer who is currently the executive director of The Canadia ...

Harrowsmith Fall 2019 | 125 SMALL PONDS Speed” between Goldie’s Mill and Monkey’s Bridge. Best date spot? Riverside Park. Favour ...

126 “I am demented and all my friends are scared of me,” Mo Kenney sings on a beloved, unreleased staple of her live shows. “I a ...

Harrowsmith Fall 2019 | 127 SMALLPONDS melds her extraordinary knack for nuance: the dreamy, award- winning folk tune. It is a w ...

PAGES! WELCOME TO 2020 your W E ATHER BY MARK SIROIS SMALL PONDS ...

Harrowsmith Fall 2019 | 129 WET COWS, COLD CATERPILLARS AND ACHY JOINTS Debunking some of the most famous weather myths. BY MARK ...

130 WEATHER Of course, when this weather tale was created, we did not have these tall towers and buildings, so what about your h ...

Harrowsmith Fall 2019 | 131 W E AT H E R MYTH 4: You can’t get sunburned if it’s not summer. It’s winter. The days are shorter, ...

132 WEATHER MYTH 6: Fuzzy caterpillars can predict winter weather. This particular piece of weather lore is well known throughou ...

Harrowsmith Fall 2019 | 133 WEATHER MYTH 8: Big storms (hurricanes and tornadoes) are the deadliest type of weather. Big storms ...

134 WEATHER LOCATION HOTTEST DAYCOLDEST DAY GREATEST 1-DAY RAIN GREATEST 1-DAY SNOW Vancouver, BC 33.8°C Jul 29, 2009 –17.8°C Ja ...

Harrowsmith Fall 2019 | 135 WEATHER REGION 7 <C</DCB/<2 3/AB3@< <=@B6E3ABB3@@7B=@73A REGION 6 GC9=< /<2 E3A ...

136 WEATHER EARLY START TO WINTER AVERAGE TO ABOVE-AVERAGEPRECIPITATION SEVERAL STORMS WITH RAIN/SNOW/ICE MIX SOUTH COLDER THAN ...

Harrowsmith Fall 2019 | 137 WEATHER cold lingers WET AND COOL EARLY LINGERING COLD, DRIER THAN NORMAL MILD EARLY, THEN SEASONABL ...