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Hanging OutOriginal Arthur Erickson-designed fl oating stairs (with a modern, safety-conscious handrail added) make the perfect perch for summer reading. Story page 42.

Great Outdoors34 / / Treasured IslandFor two lawyers from the American Deep South, a contemporary farmhouse on the San Juans by Olson Kundig isjust what retirement ordered.

42 / / The ComebackA legendary Arthur Erickson home is given new life, thanks to a couple who take their custodial responsibility very, very seriously.

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Due West23 / / The GoodsThe coolest new people, places and products from across the West.

26 / / 48 Hours In...Oahu’s North Shore features monster waves, chill vibes and low-� dining.

30 / / My NeighbourhoodMeet Janet Cardi� , the art star living in our own Shus-wap backyard.

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Travel69 / / TheGetaway GuideBe it by plane or by train, summer is the time to pack a bag, lock the door and head for the hills—or at least over or through them.

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A N I C K A Q U I N // E D I T O R -I N- C H I E F // A Q U I N@ W E S T E R N L I V I N G M A G A Z I N E .C O M

When I moved out of my parents’ home over two decades ago, my �rst statement of

independence was to become vegetarian. As a staunch environmentalist, I believed the diet was more sustainable—and given that I was moving into university residence and my food would be cooked for me, it was an easy switch to make. (Easy, yes; good, no: the campus cafeteria had about a half-dozen names for what was essentially their only vegetarian dish: vegetables in cheese sauce. “Garden Medley” was one of my favourites.)

I always said I didn’t miss meat, but last fall, 22 years into my diet—and a£er thinking about it for the previous three years—I started eating meat again. I was impressed with the sustainable agriculture methods being put into practice by some of our local farmers, and I found myself willing to revisit my decades-

old stance. (It’s going okay.)And so, this summer, I’ll be back on

barbecue for the �rst time since grunge rocked the airwaves and I had cobalt-blue bangs. And, lucky me, our food editor, Neal McLennan, has put together the perfect summer barbecue package for this issue: from apple burgers and per-ogy potatoes to rhubarb-marinated pork tenderloins and grilled corn and peach salad. (With a few condiments from the Hotel Georgia’s David Hawksworth, no less.) I’ll be taking my annual journey up

to our Powell River cabin this July, copy of this issue in hand, to astonish my friends with my new repertoire on the grill—expect to �nd my successes (and possible missteps) on Instagram.

You can show us your own summer cooking adventures, too—just tag West-ern Living on Facebook or Instagram and we’ll share your best with others doing the same across the West. May it be a season of family and fun—I look forward to seeing your pictures.

Bring on BBQ

The campus cafeteria had about a half-dozen names for what was their only vegetarian dish: vegetables in cheese sauce.

Behind the Scenes Food stylist Lawren Moneta (top) preps a burger for photographer Clinton Hussey (page 60); writer John Burns snaps a photo of a bear through his binoculars (above)while visiting the remote fishing lodge, Nimmo Bay (page 69).

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Willow and Stump cra�pieces with West Coast heart.

Local Heroes

Living small. It’s a concept thatmany Vancouverites have come to

embrace, including Kalyca Ryan and Bram Sawatzky, the creative minds behind wood-based furniture design company Willow and Stump. A� er graduating from the University of Alberta’s industrial design program in 2011, the duo decided to make the move to B.C., where they now create multi-functional furniture pieces designed for both small spaces and a locally focused lifestyle.

It’s these very principles that led Ryan and Sawatzky’s Ballast night-stand—a modular interpretation of a bedside table that can be adjusted according to a bed’s height—to win the People’s Choice award at last year’s Prototype design competition at IDSwest. “The objects we create not only need to function in small spaces,” says Sawatzky, “but we also want them to look good there, too.”

The pair’s designs are at once clean and innovative, from playfully curved chairs and cut-out tables to branch-like wall lamps and stream-lined growler transporters. “We love cra� beer, so that was a bit of a sel� sh project,” laughs Ryan as she recalls the origins of the Cutlass carriers. The result, however, was a paragon of West Coast-inspired design: stylish, envi-ronmentally friendly and extremely practical. —Lucy Lau

Best of the West Kalyca Ryan and Bram Sawatzky infuse each of their products—from growler carriers to dining tables—with a signature West Coast sensibility.

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New in storesacross the West

Hot Buys

VancouverWest Coast Modern

Home Tour

July 11

Explore fi ve spectacular modern spaces, from mid-century marvels to sleek contemporary homes, that dot the West Vancouver slopes. westvancou

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CalgaryAntiquing at the ARC

August 22 and 23

We love a piece that tells a story. Swing by the Acadia Recreation Complex for two full days of serious treasure hunting through the bevy of vintage dining sets and antique armoires. antiquesbydesign

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Take the farm-to-fork dining experience to the extreme with a tour of Nature’s Green Acres before sitting down to a fabulous “prairie haute cuisine” meal crafted from NGA’s harvest by chef Blair Lebsack. rgerd.ca

New in storesacross the West

Hot Buys

Take Your Place The fl at fi nish of the Vera Wang Polished Noir cutlery set ($140) brings an element of natural cool to the dinner table. Hudson’s Bay,

across the West, thebay.com Summer Love Nothing says summer quite like Marimekko’s bold prints, and the new line of colourful fl oral Sitruunapuu cushions ($45) is no exception. Marimekko

Vancouver, Vancouver,

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Beach Bound We know these Nantucket Flamingo beach towels ($40), spotted at Calgary’s new Pottery Barn Kids, are for children, but the saucy nautical bird printed in vibrant colours on cotton velour has us ready for a seaside adventure, too. Pottery Barn Kids, Vancou-

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Bowled Over The grey crackle fi nish of this Rina Menardi ceramic bowl ($399)—handmade in Italy using centuries-old techniques—echoes the natural texture of a sea-shell. Provide, Vancouver,

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Colour Code You don’t need a special occasion to doll up your space with these pretty paper Färgton decorations (from $5)—the beauty of the colourful ombré pinwheels is a great excuse for a party in and of itself. Ikea, across

the West, ikea.ca shell. Provide, Vancouver,

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Watch It Ti� any and Co. founder Charles Lewis Ti� any was the man to coin the phrase “a New York minute,” so it’s not surprising to see the brand’s watch collection so expertly executed. Our fave? The art deco East West watch ($4,400), featuring a sideways dial on a black alligator strap. Ti� any and Co., Vancouver,

ti� any.ca

Shine Bright Diamonds are forever, but fi nished with chic rose gold, the geometric, glass-topped Nuevo Living Diamond co ee table ($1,700) manages to be of the moment, too. Monarch Boutique,

Victoria, victoriamonarchfurnishings.com; Novo

Furniture, Vancouver, novofurniture.com

CalgaryWEST ELM

Taking a coveted spot in the Mount Royal Village expansion, the home boutique will include independent design alongside classic West Elm pieces—think mid-century-inspired side tables and quirky animal-print bowls. westelm.ca

VictoriaBRENTWOOD BAY VILLAGE EMPOURIUM

Part café, part gourmet grocery and part gift shop: the Brentwood Bay Village Empourium is o° cially a triple threat. Grab an espresso and some house-made granola to go, or browse a well-curated collection of pretty tea towels and other giftables. facebook.com/

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Red DeerBLACKTHUMB

Director Nicola Fanstone became mesmerized by Scandinavian design during a surprise trip to Helsinki years ago; now she sells smart pieces from Nordic designers through her Alberta-based webshop. black

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What’s the secret to finding the rightpaint colour?

You may see a colour in a magazine, or at a friend’s house, and think that colour can work for you, but it really depends on the space. In my space, the colour actually changes throughout the day because of the way the light re� ects o� of it. Get a big swatch or small can of paint so you can take a week to live with it, to understand how the light works be-fore saying “I hate this” or “I love this.” And watch out for cool undertones. If we were liv-ing in Greece or a tropical place, they would be great, but for Western Canada, you need warmth and light.Find Beach Interiors online at kimsbeachinteriors.com.

ONE-QUESTION INTERVIEW with

KimRobertsonColour consultant and interior designer at Beach Interiors in Victoria

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Swell TimeThe map says that Oahu’s North Shore is only 65 klicks from Honolulu, but the area’s monster waves, chill vibe and low- dining couldn’t be further from the frenetic bustle of Waikiki.

ranch-cum-movie lot. Skip the movie tours—unless you really loved You, Me and Dupree—and instead hop on the back of a horse to realize how quickly civilization recedes from these parts and to slow down your urban pace to the North Shore set-ting. Once oneness with nature is achieved, dismount, slide into your car and proceed the remaining half-hour to Turtle Bay. The iconic resort has dened the North Shore since it opened in the early 1970s, but now it’s had a brand-new overhaul and is being managed by Joe Houssian’s (of Intrawest fame) new company—and that combo makes it the only serious lodging option in these parts.

SATURDAYThe new day starts with too many possibilities. Tennis? Golf 36 holes? But you’ve got to at least try ge�ing up

FRIDAYOahu is a medium-sized island (it’s smaller than Maui, just larger than Kauai, and it could t into Vancou-ver Island 20 times with a Lanai le� over), and it’s blessed with multi-lane highways, which means that the drive from the airport in the south to the North Shore can happen in under an hour if you time it right. Ignore Google maps that dictate you head up the east route—it’s marginally faster, but the western route rewards you with the ocean on one side and soar-ing verdant mountains on the other. The trip is so quick that you can jag just steps o� the main road to Kua-loa Ranch, the 4,000-acre historic

on a surfboard or it’s like going to the Vatican and skipping the Sistine Cha-pel. There’s an on-site outpost of the famed Hans Hedemann surf school, which will take you to one of the nearby coves to see if you have what it takes to hang ten. Ask (okay, insist) on Rocky Canon, former pro surfer turned wave whisperer, to be your spirit guide—if the sight of his e�ort-less cool on a board doesn’t spur you on to take up the sport, then you’re a lost cause, grommet. By lunchtime your arms will be rubber and your pride tenderized, so head in, towel o� and hit one of the nearby surf meccas to see how it’s really done. Grab lunch at the institution that is Ted’s Bak-ery—for $10 you’ll get a plate lunch (a scoop of white rice, a scoop of maca-roni salad and your choice of a main, like chicken katsu) and a slice of Ted’s famous pie—a series of cream-lled


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towering creations that look likethey belong at the Brady Bunch’s table. You can probably now roll yourself into the parking lot located across from Sunset Beach Elementary School a short distance away. The beach is unmarked, but you are now at Banzai Pipeline. It’s tough to overstate the size and power of the waves here. They break insanely close to shore (this is why the Vans Triple Crown of Sur�ng calls this spot home), so much so it’s as if tiny earth-quakes are happening several times a minute as they crest and crash. Grab a patch of sand, sit down and u�er, as has been done a thousand times before, “Those guys are nuts.”

On the way home, go at one of the cluster of shrimp stands (look for the tourist buses full of day trippers from Waikiki) not far from the entrance to Turtle Bay. Giovanni’s is the old-school classic and still great, but we liked the shorter lines and nice char on the li�le fellas from Romy’s. Either way, grab them to go and feast while strolling through Turtle Bay’s 850 acres (for perspective, all of Waikiki can �t into 600 acres)—there’s always a secluded spot to �nd.

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up at the crack of dawn to catch some early-morning waves, but we won’t tell if you sleep in. You can get your �tness boost the easy way—an acai bowl. There’s an unnamed truck manned by a pair of Brazilian surfers just up from Pipeline, but if the surf is good they might not show, so continue on to the more reli-able Haleiwa Bowls in Haleiwa Town. At either spot, grab your bowl of fruity goodness and spend one last session regarding giants, this time at Waimea Bay. The waves break further o¡-shore than at Pipeline, but when they’re big they have almost no comparison in size. Those guys are really nuts.

On the way back to Hono-lulu, take in a sport that no one associates with the North Shore—polo. The Hawaii Polo Club, just past Haleiwa, opened in 1963 and Sundays are game day. You can o¥en see interna-tional sides from Argentina and England ride against the best of the Islands, and it’s only $12—how North Shore is that? Match over, it’s time to hit the airport, less than an hour away. You’ll be sharing the road with many Honolulu residents, who treat the North Shore as their per-sonal vacation spot, but unlike them, you’ll soon be ªying back to reality.

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As soon as it’s warm enough, I’m all about swimming, swimming and more swimming: I hit Gardom Lake in early summer, then Mara Lake in mid-summer.

This area is amazing for hiking. The Enderby Cliff s trail has a great view and a well-kept path.

We have two favourite restaurants: Tanuki Sushi House in Armstrong has fantastic, real Japanese food, and the New Bombay Grill has very good authentic Nepalese food.

World-renowned installation artist Janet Cardi� praises the activelifestyle of living in B.C.’s Shuswap region. Cardi� and her Edmon-

ton-born partner, George Bures Miller, located their studio in the Grindrod area in 2006—the small village just outside of Salmon Arm. It acts as a natural counterbalance to the international art scenes in Madrid, Paris and Sydney, where the duo created projects in the last year. This summer, that international in� uence will meet the lush landscape of the Shuswap when their works, Experiment in F# Minor and The Muriel Lake Incident, will show at the Salmon Arm Art Gallery. The de� nitely-worth-a-drive-to-see show opens July 11 and runs until the end of August.—Louise Wallace


Green Croft organizes the annual garlic festival in August.

Gardom Lake and Mara Lake are the quiet cousins to the more boisterous beach culture.

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FOR TWO LAWYERS FROM THE AMERICAN DEEP SOUTH, A CONTEMPORARY FARMHOUSE ON THE SAN JUANS BY OLSON KUNDIG IS JUST WHAT RETIREMENT ORDERED.

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TREASURED ISLANDPrime-Time ViewingOnce home to an art-ist’s ambitious seaside English garden—restored after the new home was built—the waterfront property captures both garden and ocean views.



ARight Angles The home is perfectly positioned over the water (left). Designed as a contemporary farmhouse, the place is open-concept: the homeowners wanted the sense that they could easily talk to each other anywhere in the space (right). The house shutters completely in the o�-season (below).

s Margaret Greene tells it, theproperty in the San Juan Islands that she and her hus-band, Sco�y, bought some 15 years ago “found them” rather than the other way around. Margaret, an a�orney based in Atlanta (as is her husband), was speaking at a telecom-munications conference in Sea�le. The Greenes had a cou-ple of days tacked on to the end of their trip, so they decided to spend them in the San Juans, which Sco�y remembered fondly from time spent there while in the military.

“It was 90 degrees and muggy in Atlanta when we le�,” recalls Margaret, “and here we were, having our co�ee in �eece and wool socks, and we looked at each other and said, ‘How about moving here?’ We had been discussing where to go for part three of our lives. It had a li�le bit of everything we ever talked about.”

Margaret had also fallen in love with a piece of art at Friday Harbor House, where they were staying, by Cor-nish landscape artist Amanda Richardson. When the Greenes started looking for a place, their realtor drove them down a long driveway to a four-acre property on False Bay with the remnants of an ambitious English seaside garden. “The realtor said, ‘The woman who used to live here was a big gardener—she was English.’ And I

said, ‘This is Amanda Richardson’s house!’ He looked atme and said, ‘How did you know?’”

They had been on the island for a total of 36 hours—and ended up with a second home.

The Greenes, now 63, were only then starting to plan for their retirement years, but they knew what they wanted: a home where they could get away from the bustle of city life, and a place that would comfortably ¦t the two of them, yet allow them to entertain their two children (now in their late 20s and early 30s) and a wide variety of friends, family and business associates. They also wanted to maximize the home’s view potential without expanding its footprint.

A few years a�er living in the existing house, the Greenes contacted Sea�le architects Olson Kundig and began working with one of the partners, Kirsten Murray,


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“They had come to under-stand the importance of agriculture to the area,” says architect Kirstin Murray. “The idea of having the form get some inspiration from agricultural architecture came into the design process.”

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to help them reimagine the site. (Tom Kundig, one of the owners at the �rm, is one of the judges for this year’s Western Living Designers of the Year awards and had designed a 500-square-foot guest house for the Greenes, separate from the main house, in 2009.) “They had come to understand the history of the place, and the impor-tance of agriculture to the area,” says Murray. “The idea of having the form get some inspiration from agricultural architecture came into the design process.”

The Greenes se¡led on a contemporary farmhouse look, with simple form and simple volume. “They really wanted the sense that either of them could be at any place in the house and talk to each other,” says Murray, who describes the two-storey open concept as “lo¤-like.” The couple also wanted to see False Bay from just about any point in the building. In the old house, says Margaret, all the water views were on the second §oor, where their master bedroom and o¨ce are now. “We didn’t want to have the public areas on the second §oor, so Kirsten came

up with the idea to raise everything up by about half a sto-rey—building up the foundation so that we’d have views from both levels.”

One of the most intriguing design features of the 2,800-square-foot house (completed in 2010) is the exte-rior spruce blinds: a 20-foot-tall system that serves both to limit sun and heat from the big western exposure and completely shu¡er the building (with its §oor-to-ceiling aluminum-grid windows) when the Greenes aren’t home. With an over-scale, steel-clad pivot door and a hopper win-dow at the east-facing entrance and big sliding screens o° the western deck, “natural ventilation just §ushes out all the built-up heat of the day,” according to Murray.

Beyond the big, open living spaces, there are also plenty of interesting nooks for the Greenes to sneak away to, including a casual si¡ing room o° the kitchen (where Margaret likes to take her co°ee and read one of the books from their well-stocked library) and, just outside, a small patio with wicker chairs and a �replace that serves as an outdoor eating area. And then there’s the garden—overgrown and almost lost by the time the Greenes arrived. “A lot of things were damaged or dead, but a lot of things were still there,” says Marga-ret, herself an avid gardener. “And they were the most unusual plants, because the woman who had laid out the garden, Amanda’s mother, was a horticulturalist in England.” Working with local landscape architect Steve Schramm, Margaret has helped return the garden to its former glory.

When I reach Margaret, it’s late spring in Atlanta and the Greenes are counting the days until their annual West Coast pilgrimage. I ask what she’s looking forward to most. “It’s probably lying on the couch in the living room and looking out the window, which is pre¡y much the �rst thing we do once we get in the door. Dump the bags and… well, we head straight to the wine cooler, actually,” she says with a laugh.

Rest EasyThe lofted second floor is a favourite for reading and enjoying the view (below). In the master bedroom (right), antique maple art deco chairs, from the homeowners’ collection, o�er warm contrast to the modern metal and concrete fireplace.


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THE COME BACK The Water’s EdgeArchitect Arthur Erick-son’s Eppich House in West Vancouver was first built in 1972. Extensive work on the property—including repairing major leaks—brought the home up to modern-day standards.



A saph Fipke doesn’t do any-thing the easy way. Back in 2002, the acclaimed cartoon producer was rapidly climbing the corporate ladder at Mainframe Entertainment (now Rainmaker) when he decided to launch his own venture. And over the course of the next decade, Fipke helped turn Vancouver-based Nerd Corps into one of the largest children’s animation studios in North America, with Emmy-award-winning fran-chises such as Slugterra to his credit.

So it should come as no surprise that when the now-44-year-old entrepreneur and self-described architecture bu� went in search of a new house for his young family in 2010, he wouldn’t se�le for what he calls a typical “match-stick and drywall” abode. Indeed, he abandoned plans to build his own custom home and instead purchased one of the most acclaimed—and challenging—homes then on the market: architect Arthur Erickson’s iconic Eppich House in West Vancouver.

“I’d seen this house in architectural books before,” says Asaph as we sit on cedar stools at the home’s new kitchen island, staring out at the expansive deck, heated pool and, beyond, the 1.2-acre property’s verdant garden and for-est. “At �rst I just wanted to gawk, but when I came and walked down the stairs, and I stood here and looked out—I fell in love with the space. It was so unique; there was nothing that I’d stood in before quite like it.”

But there were issues with the house—big issues,

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Historic RecordArchitectural firm Battersby Howat was charged with restoring the property, which included installing a window o� the main entrance and creating a terrace (above). The original stairway had no handrails; the architects installed visually subtle (but much safer) steel rails (opposite). The Fipkes’ sons, Zane and Elias, lounge on a Tufty Time sofa by B&B Italia (opposite).


“I decided to protect it,” says homeowner Asaph Fipke, “by putting in the e�orts that would make it so it would never need to be looked at as a teardown again.”



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including the endemic problem of so many Erickson prop-erties: it leaked. What makes the late architect so revered is the sense of connectedness his buildings have with their surroundings. The terraced Eppich House is built into a steep incline in long, lateral bands: the fourth �oor, where there’s a modest carport, is at street level, with two of the four bedrooms and Asaph’s o�ce on the third �oor, the kitchen and living room on the second, and the mas-ter bedroom at the lowest level, facing re�ecting ponds. That connectedness invariably comes into con�ict with the rainy West Coast environment, however. The house, built in 1972 for Helmut and Hildegard Eppich, features exposed concrete beams that run from the terrace on the roof through the inside of the house—making it virtually impossible to rain-screen.

When Asaph and his wife, Hemsa, bought the house, it had been on the market for over six months. Many prospective buyers were intimidated not only by the price (it was listed for $5.695 million, ultimately selling for $4.75 million) but also the amount of work and money

that would be required to rehabilitate the property. Not the Fipkes. “I decided to protect it by pu£ing in the e¤orts that would make it so it would never need to be looked at as a teardown again,” says Asaph. “We did everything we could to bring the house up to a modern standard while still retaining what was the hope and purpose of the build-ing in the ¦rst place.”

To help with that, the Fipkes called in Vancouver architectural ¦rm Ba£ersby Howat. For David Ba£ersby, who was ¦rst introduced to architecture at the age of 16 when �ipping through a co¤ee table book of Erickson’s work, the Eppich restoration project was both thrilling and nerve-racking. “We were excited to be doing this, but we also knew that all eyes would be on us—seeing what we’d done and not done.”

Beyond the leakiness (which was addressed by adding a membrane to the top terrace, covering the exposed beam, and adding a drain tile to the back of the house), there were a variety of smaller ¦xes required. “The architecture is very robust, but the details on the house were very, in a

Master ArchitectureThe kitchen was originally a galley, which the architects opened out to the living area and upgraded with quartz countertops and Corian veneer cabinetry. Asaph Fipke is an art collector: a piece by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun hangs just outside the kitchen (below), a Gordon

Smith painting hangs in the nearby lounge area (opposite, top); and a Shawn Hunt mask rests in the master bath (opposite, bottom right). On the lowest level of the terraced home (opposite, bottom), the master bedroom and bathroom look out on the reflecting ponds.



“We did everything we could to bring the house up to a modern standard,” says Fipke, “while still retaining what was the hope and purpose of the building in the �rst place.”



Great OutdoorsHomeowner Asaph Fipke, with sons Zane and Elias (above), plays around the pool, newly lined and updated. A new membrane on the top terrace addressed the leaks that had plagued the original design. The outdoor space shown above exists on the mid-level of the home; the master bedroom and bath are below.


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way, crude and simple,” says Ba�ersby. Wood doors and door frames were replaced with steel frames and �oor-to-ceiling doors, aluminum grilles supporting a new central air system replaced aged ones, and quarry tile �ooring was replaced with polished limestone. And then there was the lack of certain modern-day elements—like hand-rails on the staircases. (“When I �rst walked in here, I just saw death,” says Hemsa, laughing.) Steel handrails and cables were added throughout to make the home safe for the Fipkes’ two young boys, Zane and Elias.

There was also a desire from the homeowners to unlock unused space in the 4,500-square-foot home—particu-larly in the kitchen, which was critical for Hemsa, an avid cook and entertainer. “The kitchen was enclosed and cut o¦,” says Ba�ersby. “It was from an era that hadn’t quite swept o¦ the idea that spaces had to be di¦erentiated.” The galley kitchen was opened up and upgraded with new quartz countertops, Corian veneer cabinets and stainless steel appliances. The Fipkes also converted storage rooms in the lower level into a toy room for the kids and a media

room for the whole family. (“It has no windows and great acoustics, so it makes for the perfect theatre,” says Asaph.)

And then there’s the roo¨op patio on the top level, just o¦ the carport and mud room, which had been closed o¦ since the house was built some 40 years ago. “You couldn’t even see that the roof was there,” says Hemsa. “It’s the one place where you get a view of the water and the whole property.” The Fipkes punched in a window and door o¦ the mud room and converted the crude pebble roof into a stone-tiled terrace, where Hemsa now has a small garden.

Both Asaph and Hemsa talk about being “custodi-ans” of the Eppich House—and acknowledge that work remains to keep it livable for another four decades. Still, already they are seeing dividends from their investment of time, money and love. David Stouck, who wrote a 2013 biography of Arthur Erickson, happens to be the Fipkes’ next-door neighbour. “One day he saw me on my roo¨op garden,” recalls Hemsa, “and he said, ‘Arthur would be very proud of what you did here.’ That’s when I knew this had all been worth it.”


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Quiet Respite Designer Robert Ledingham and architect Robert Lemon shared this vacation home in northern Washington State for over three decades. The arbour (opposite) was specifically built to support rambling heritage roses they purchased in Langley,

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FOR OVER 30 YEARS, A SUNNY PATCH OF WASHINGTON STATE WAS THE WEEKEND RESPITE FOR ARCHITECT ROBERT LEMON AND HIS LATE PARTNER, THE GREAT DESIGNER ROBERT LEDINGHAM.

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B ob’s last words before I le� for Istanbul were:“Don’t buy a carpet.” Then, on the penultimate day of a week at a her-itage conference, having till then resisted all rug temptations, I was lured into a shop by a charming salesman, just to have some apple tea. I called Bob that night about the lovely 9-by-12 Turkoman Kan-dilli I had seen, to which he said, “Don’t buy the carpet.” Undeterred, I returned home with it neatly folded into one of my two pieces of luggage. Eventually, that rug ended up gracing the �oor of the living room at our weekend house, Estergreen.

Such was the dynamic of two designers coexisting for over three decades. Me, the architect with an interest in historic preservation, and Bob—Robert Ledingham—the interior designer with a discern-ing modernist eye. Imagine Sir Edwin Lutyens living with Flor-ence Knoll. Our divergent design paths did cross on occasion during collaborations on several houses, including our own art moderne heritage home in Vancouver (which appeared in Western Living back in January 1991), still freshly modern 25 years a�er its renewal. But it was at our rural retreat where we relaxed both our design di£er-ences and our souls.

My late partner and I had shared this beautiful patch of northern Whatcom County since we met in 1981. So close to the Canadian bor-der that cell phones think they are in Abbotsford, our ¥ve-acre plot has a private and elevated position bordering a lake thick with wild birds (and, this year, an impressive eagle’s nest) and a neighbour-ing hazelnut plantation, and is surrounded by neat parallel rows of raspberry canes. Wild blackberries line the half-kilometre drive from the road. A distant view of Mount Baker and the Coast Range completes the bucolic se§ing, both rural and natural.

We called it Estergreen a�er the Scandinavian homesteaders who se§led here in 1887 and built a log cabin on what would become a thriving dairy farm. Nicely, Estergreen comes from the term for east meadow in Swedish, and that is much of what it is now, a ¥ve-acre patch, part garden and part pasture, with a vestige of the origi-nal log house and two outbuildings. A�er three renovations in as many decades, the place’s co§age charm has evolved, re�ecting our interests in Asian, Scandinavian and Canadiana culture.

Early this century, Bob and I expanded the kitchen, adding a covered porch—perfect for morning co£ee—and wide bay windows in the living and dining rooms. Their large double-hung sashes, ¥t-ted with sash weights and screens, are thrown open on nice days. To replace the old ship’s ladder to the upper �oor, I had Tim Ewert make a ¥r kaidan-dansu based on a traditional Japanese step cabi-net, with larch treads capping its stacked chests—perfect for holding ¥rewood and our large collection of vases. Rustic larch �ooring was

Made of Memories Vancouver designer Robert Ledingham (top, left in photo) and architect Robert Lemon found a way to combine their disparate tastes—Ledingham a modernist, Lemon with an eye to historic pres-ervation—into one warm and inviting space in this home in northern Washington State. The rug in the living room (above) was a souvenir from Lemon’s trip to Turkey. The gardens were designed by the late Bill Reed (opposite, left and bottom right). Unique pieces fill the home, including high back English wing chairs (above) and French café chairs in the eating nook (opposite, middle).


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We called it Estergreen after the Swedish homestead-ers who settled here in 1887 and built a log cabin on what would become a thriving dairy farm.



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laid in most rooms, with travertine added to the hall and bathrooms. Finally warming to that Turkish carpet, Bob worked his magic on a colour scheme based on its rust and indigo tones: cream linen che-nille on the sofa, indigo hemp denim slipcovers for the lounge chairs, ginger-painted walls and walnut-toned linen drapery. A bit of Scan-dinavia is found in the Hans Wegner chairs, which theme with the vintage Royal Copenhagen dishes—cobalt and white—reserved for our best guests. My Ontario heritage shows in some Clark McDou-gall paintings and a gothic mantel clock.

In the kitchen, an antique Japanese mizuya cabinet anchors one wall and a 16-foot-long stainless steel counter spans the southern side with views of the raspberry canes. John Bird made the central work table from salvaged teak and �r, and he took inspiration from the mizuya. Glazed doors open to the porch and sundeck. More French doors connect the octagonal dining room, lined with �axen-coloured linen drapes, to the decks.

The main bedroom is the opposite of Bob’s modern aesthetic, but in a way re�ects his Saskatchewan roots. During the �rst renova-tion, cedar planks and beams were discovered in what was the origi-nal Estergreen cabin. These were le� exposed and now backstop an antique prairie bedstead (cleverly widened to queen-sized by Joe Edwards) that dominates the room. A prized Duncan Grant nude—a bit of Bloomsbury in the bedroom—seems right at home.

The garden had its �rst evolution through the hard work of the late Daryl McConnell, who shared Estergreen with us in the early years. A grand garden plan was devised by our friend Bill Reed, the late landscape architect, and much of it has been built. We had inherited more than the cabin from the old Estergreen farm: ancient apple, plum and pear trees, a gnarled wisteria, old lilacs and tower-ing conifers. Slowly, Daryl and his weekend guests toiled to add peo-nies, lilies and a burgeoning vegetable garden. His contribution lives on in the spectacular spring showing of masses and masses of irises.

The garden has changed again, re�ecting my architectural eye. The lawns are levelled with concrete retaining walls, de�ning hedges of box, ilex and Russian laurel and a handsome row of kat-sura trees. Fledgling quince and crabapple trees have been added to the orchard. The old wisteria now shades a pergola supported by

Sunny Days Vintage Hans Wegner chairs nod to Ledingham’s love of modern design (above). In the kitchen (top left), a totem pole by carver Ga-Ba-Kaawk Muh-Teese-Ko-Ah perches by the sink, where vintage Royal Copenhagen servewave rests in the drying rack, reserved for the couple’s best guests.


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hemlock columns, which I designed for the Canadian Cra� Museum decades ago on a terrace of “carib brown” brick pavers (Bill Reed’s favourite) edged with salvaged rust-glazed terraco�a blocks from Vancouver’s Georgia Medical Dental Building. Nearby, a large bronze basin, a souvenir of our trip to Jaipur, sits on the stump of an old mountain ash. That massive tree’s fate was the topic of debate in our household. I loved the �ligreed shade; Bob hated cleaning up the mess it dropped on the deck. He won.

Stretches of high fencing and an arbour were built especially for the rambling heritage roses we got from Christine Allen’s collection at Free Spirit Nursery in Langley. While tulips were Bob’s favourite £ower, we never did much to plant them in the fall, favouring dri�s of da¤odils, which spread themselves in a woodland garden, blooming in time for his March birthday. Lately, Daphne Frost has helped with her keen eye for plants and colour, grouping and editing things with great skill. Thanks to her, there is order to the peony border, a bed of persicaria among the laurel hedges, and the shapely, cloud-pruned boxwood surrounding the cream-glazed pot in the front yard.

Our weekends at Estergreen usually began with guests arriv-ing late Saturday a�ernoon, in time for drinks and a walk in the garden. Then, everyone would gather in the kitchen around the teak work table while dinner preparations progressed. Our entertaining routine had Bob tending bar and the Ball-B-Q while I manned the gas range. With the dining room drapes closed, the space was a cozy venue for dinner, unless warm weather allowed an evening under the pergola, lit by Turkish lanterns. Music was from old vinyl, and we would listen to Songs of the Auvergne over and over and over. Evenings were spent by the �re in winter, reading or watching a well-worn DVD of Roman Holiday if it was just the two of us.

Then there would be lazy Sunday mornings, reading newspa-pers and drinking co¤ee. But not so lazy as to miss a bracing run on the country roads or a bike ride. Sometimes a long bike ride along the lower reaches of Mount Baker (even up to the top one time—a 160-kilometre round trip), with stops for co¤ee at the many espresso huts peppered throughout Whatcom County. Then lunch, preferably an alfresco meal under the pergola, which could last all a�ernoon. Other times, excursions would take us to Bellingham, or down to Christianson’s Nursery in Mount Vernon. And, on special occasions, out to Lummi Island for a foraged dinner at the Willows Inn.

This spring I spent a weekend alone at Estergreen writing this memoir with Bob’s favourite Four Last Songs playing in the back-ground. While out picking early asparagus and rhubarb from the vegetable garden, I noticed the oddest thing under an old maple tree: a random cluster of seven tall, near-black tulips. I do not recall ever seeing them before, let alone planting them. I cut them and brought them home to Vancouver. In a plain crystal vase they stayed, ramrod straight, in their silent beauty until they �nally faded, two years to the day a�er Bob died. I’ll plant more tulips this fall.

The main bedroom is the opposite of Bob’s modern aesthetic, but in a way re�ects his Saskatchewan roots.

Warm and Woodsy The master bedroom is all warmth with its prairie bedspread and vintage Quebec rag rug (top). The stairs, based on a traditional Japanese step cabinet, are perfect for holding firewood (above).


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WILD So let’s get our nomenclature straight. Barbecuing is cook-ing very slowly with indirect heat. It’s fantastic; if you have the surplus of time to do it, then we congratulate you for investing in Apple stock in 2002 and earning your life of leisure. Grilling, on the other hand—that’s what the rest of us do when summer hits. We use gas, occasionally charcoal, and

it doesn’t have to take an entire day. But just because it’s faster doesn’t mean that it can’t result in the season’s most memorable meals. We’ve enlisted Brian Misko, champion barbecuer, world-class griller and author of the recently publishedGrilling with the House of Q, to help navigate your path to outdoor cooking nirvana in a few short and easy steps.



Val’s Award-Winning Apple Burgers A� er a� ending a number of bar-becue competitions with House of Q, my sister, Valerie Bielenda, was inspired to create a burger and asked if she should enter it in the Canadian National BBQ Championships on behalf of the team. There were 35 or so entries that year, and at her very rst competition, she was awarded third place for this burger. Not a bad rst try.

1½ lb ground beef½ red bell pepper, diced½ onion, diced3 Granny Smith apples, unpeeled

(1 cored and grated, 2 sliced o� the core)

1 tbsp your favourite barbecue seasoning

Pinch cayenne pepperPinch salt1 lb bacon, cut in thick slices½ to 1 cup your favourite fruit-based

barbecue sauce6 to 8 very thick slices extra-aged

cheddar cheese6 to 8 soft white burger buns,

toasted and cut in half2 to 3 leaves green leaf lettuceWhite barbecue sauce (optional;

see westernliving.ca for recipe)

In a large bowl, combine ground beef, red pepper, onion, grated apple, seasoning, cayenne and salt. Using your hands, mix until ingredients are evenly distributed through the meat.

Line a baking sheet with waxed paper or parchment paper. Divide meat into 6 to 8 equal balls, then form each one into a patty about ½- to ¾-inch thick. Arrange patties on the baking sheet, then refrigerate for 30 to 60 minutes while you prepare your grill.

Prepare your grill for direct grilling on medium heat. Place bacon on the grill and cook until the fat starts to render and crisp. Transfer cooked bacon to a plate lined with paper towels, then increase temperature to medium-high.

Place burgers on grill and sear on one side, with the lid closed, until a crust has formed. Place apple slices on the grill to warm through and get some grill marks. Flip burgers over, brush with the fruit-based barbecue sauce, and top each one with a slice of grilled apple and a slice of cheese.

Close the lid and cook for another 4-8 minutes, or until the meat’s internal temperature reaches 160°F.

Remove from the grill and allow to rest for a few minutes. Slide burgers onto individual buns, top with lettuce, bacon and a generous smear of the optional white barbecue sauce. And let’s congratulate Val! This is an awesome burger. Serves 6 to 8.

TIP After forming the patties, put them in the fridge or even the freezer for 30 minutes or up to an hour—they’ll retain their shape better when they’re cooking.

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SMOKE-PLANKED PEROGY POTATOES

Smoke-Planked Perogy Potatoes If you really know your pero-gies, top these potatoes with sour cream and sautéed onions. Have a wooden plank on hand to cook the potatoes.

3 large russet potatoes, washed and scrubbed

¼ cup butter½ sweet onion, diced1 cup cottage cheese2 cups grated cheddar cheese2 tbsp sea salt or kosher salt1 wooden plank, unsoaked6 to 8 slices bacon, fried until crisp,

cooled and crumbledSour cream (optional)

Prepare your grill for indirect cooking on medium heat. Place potatoes on the cool side of the grill and roast for 40 to 60 minutes, or until a knife or toothpick can pierce them and easily be removed. Take potatoes o� the heat, and allow to cool until easy to handle. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Using a spoon, scoop out the fl esh, leaving enough attached

to the skin so the potato has some structure. Place potato fl esh in a large bowl and set aside.

Melt butter in a sauté pan on low to medium heat. Add onions and cook until softened (5 to 15 minutes). Using a fork, stir onions into the potato fi lling, then mash. Add cottage and cheddar cheeses and salt and mix thoroughly. Adjust seasoning, as necessary. Scoop this fi lling into the reserved potato skins. (You can make the potatoes ahead to this point, then chill them until you’re ready to fi nish them at your cookout.)

Prepare your grill for cooking on medium heat. Set the plank on the grill and set stu� ed potatoes on top. Close lid and plank-roast the pota-toes for 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from heat once heated through and cheese is melted. Garnish with bacon bits and sour cream (if using) before serving. Serves 3 to 6.

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Rhubarb-Marinated Pork Tenderloins with Jack Daniel’s Apples I grew up with my grandma’s rhurbarb.

1 to 2 lb fresh rhubarb, rinsed and chopped

½ cup + 3 tbsp brown sugar, divided3 tbsp orange juice1 tbsp apple cider vinegar2 to 3 pork tenderloins, trimmed2 to 3 tbsp butter2 Granny Smith or Gala apples,

peeled, cored and cut into wedges⅓ cup bourbon or Jack Daniel’s

whisky1 tsp ground cinnamon1 tsp ground nutmeg

In a sauté pan, combine rhubarb, orange juice, vinegar and 3 tablespoons of the brown sugar and simmer on medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes, or until rhubarb is soft. Remove from heat. Pour half the rhu-barb mixture into a resealable plastic bag large enough to hold the pork tenderloins. (Reserve the remaining marinade in a bowl.) Add tenderloins to the bag, seal and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or, if you can, overnight. In a medium saucepan, melt butter and the remaining ½ cup brown sugar on medium heat. Add apples and simmer for about 30 minutes, until the apples are soft and a sauce has thickened. Add bourbon (or whisky), cinnamon and nutmeg and cook for 5 more minutes to allow the fl avours to combine. Reduce heat to low and keep warm until the pork is cooked.

Prepare your grill for direct grilling on medium-high heat. Brush or wipe the grates with oil, if necessary. Remove the tenderloins from plastic bag and scrape o� any excess marinade. Place pork directly over the heat and sear it, rolling the meat every few minutes. Continue cooking until the internal temperature of the meat reaches 145°F. Remove meat from grill and allow to rest. To serve, cut each tenderloin into 2-inch slices. Place 2 or 3 slices on individual plates, top with spoonfuls of the reserved marinade and serve with the Jack Daniel’s apples. Serves 4 to 6.

If these recipes have you dreaming of grill marks, you’re in luck—Brian Misko has collected his recipes and wisdom into this smartly designed little package. Just wipe your sticky hands before you thumb through.

Grilled Corn, Black Bean and Peach SaladThis salad is awesome with chicken, pork or steaks, or with burgers.

½ cup extra-virgin olive oil2 tbsp apple cider vinegarJuice of 2 limes3 to 4 ears fresh corn, shucked,

or 2 large cans corn kernels, drained and rinsed

1 large can black beans, drained and rinsed

2 or more fresh freestone peaches, diced

1 red onion, diced1 red bell pepper, diced1 bunch fresh cilantro, roughly

choppedSalt and black pepper

In a stainless steel bowl, whisk together olive oil, cider vinegar and lime juice. If using fresh corn, prepare your grill for direct grilling on medium-high heat. Place corn on the grill, turning the cobs every few minutes, for 10 to 20 minutes, or until kernels have colour and start to separate from each other (an easy sign that the corn is cooked). Remove corn from grill and allow cobs to cool. Cut the kernels from the cobs. In a salad bowl, toss corn, black beans, peaches, onion, bell pepper and cilantro. Pour dressing over salad and mix thoroughly. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve family-style. Serves 6 to 8.

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BURGER SAUCE CHIMICHURRI



Pride in SidesWe’ll let you in on a li� le secret. Chefs don’t eat beef Wellingtonfor dinner every night. They cook just like us—they just do it be� er. So that’s why we went to the top of the heap, the Hotel Geor-gia’s David Hawksworth, to help us kick our game up a notch.

Chimichurri2 bunches parsley1 bunch cilantro1 shallot chopped2 cloves garlic1 Thai chiliTaste sherry vinegarTaste salt

Combine ¾ of the herbswith shallot, garlic and Thai chilli and blitz until almost smooth in blender. Add remaining herbs and pulse to achieve texture through the mix. Season with sherry vinegar and salt.

BBQ Butter⅔ cup butter1 tbsp chili powder1 tbsp honey1 tbsp lemon juice1 tbsp Worcestershire sauceTaste salt and pepperHandful cilantro, fi nely

choppedHandful mint, fi nely

chopped

Combine all ingredients save for cilantro and mint and beat until liquefi ed. Add herbs at very end. Brush over all cooked meats moments before serving.

Burger Sauce500 ml ketchup150 ml water150 ml apple cider vinegar 150 ml brown sugar100 ml olive oil2 tbsp sweet smoked

paprika2 tbsp ancho chili2 tbsp Worcestershire

sauce½ tbsp herbes de Provence1 tbsp salt1 tbsp black pepper5 garlic cloves, minced1 onion, minced

Sweat onion and garlic till lightly browned. Add remaining ingredients and cook to desired consistency. Blend and reserve in fridge.

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am standing in the middle of the Rocky Mountaineer train station, scowling. It’s bright and sunny, and every-one around me is buzzing with excitement, craning their necks to get a view of the train outside on the platform, but I’ve got baggage beyond my suitcase: the last train trip I took was for a government-sponsored student exchange program, during which I was shoved with hundreds of other sweaty teens into a passenger car and trundled from Vancouver to rural Quebec, so I am not exactly jazzed to ride the rails again.

On that last trip, there were no showers. We slept in our seats. The days passed in a sluggish haze: you counted down the restless hours between meals because there wasn’t anything else to do, but when lunchtime came, you were still full from breakfast. (Playing cards isn’t high on the calorie-burning index.) The train would stop only to pick up more kids or kick o� the ones who had snuck vodka aboard. They were the second-longest four days of my life—the longest happening eight weeks later, when we spent four more days making the same trip in reverse, homesick and bored.

I’ve been assured by my travelling companion that this trip will be in no way a replay of that trip, but I’m approaching with caution. We’ve booked passage on the Rocky Mountaineer—a far cry from the cramped cabins of CN Rail all those years ago. I sink into my lush seat, and a smiling a�endant in a jaunty cravat approaches me, a mimosa in hand, with another employee following, pass-ing out warm cinnamon scones. “A toast to our journey ahead!” they say, and my fellow passengers cheer and clink glasses. I cautiously raise my own. So far, so good.

Nobody takes this train because it’s convenient—it turns what would be a nine-hour drive or an hour-and-a-half �ight from Vancouver into a two-day event. And nobody takes it because it’s an inexpensive alternative—take a bus if you want to save a few bucks. It’s one of those rarities in 2015: a trip that is literally about the journey. The destination is a nice one, of course (the route takes you right to the iconic Fairmont Ban� Springs Hotel), but by selecting the long way around, you’re making a speci§c choice, declaring train travel an experience in and of itself.

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wi� on the train. I make to-do lists for the next week, orga-nize my purse, � ag down the porter to � nd out what time we’re making our overnight stop in Kamloops so I can plan a workout routine for the evening. As we chug past landmarks (the churning waters of Hells Gate), the Rocky Mountaineer hosts o� er history lessons and corny jokes, and I perfunctorily acknowledge the majestic scenery before turning back to my busy work.

But by the end of day one my Type A personality is transitioning into Type B, verging on C as I blow o� the workout. The whole point of this experience is to power down and enjoy being o� the grid. Breakfast is a two-hour a� air: fresh croissants and co� ee followed by fruit followed by creamy scrambled eggs with smoked salmon and caviar. Lunch is just as leisurely, enjoyed in the dining car alongside friendly strangers—the three-course meal on day one is inspired by B.C. ingredients, and on day two by Albertan ones, both meals paired with a never-ending � ow of Okanagan wines.

A few glasses of chardonnay in, at the advice of my dining companions, I try to think of this as a personal challenge: the measurement of success on this train will be how li� le work I can get done. Yes, I think, slamming my laptop shut, I am going to relax so hard. I am going to be the best at relaxing, a champion. I will relax circles around my fellow passengers.

It’s tough competition, of course. The Rocky Mountain-eer a� racts expert loungers—senior citizens who love the scenic route; international travellers well versed in living in the moment; honeymooners happy to alternate between gazing into each other’s eyes and gazing out onto the jag-ged mountainside.

But eventually the gentle sway of the train, the mur-murs of relaxed conversation and the rolling scenery start to work their magic (that and the bo� omless Baileys and co� ee). I start to lose track of the hours, stop refreshing my email. Curled up in the plush seat, I alternate between reading a guilty-pleasure thriller and scouting out the windows for mountain goats. Further down the car, some-one shouts that they spo� ed a bear, and it’s a silly scramble to jockey for a view as we all play wildlife paparazzi. And when I feel like stretching my legs, I walk down the spiral staircase to the open-air vestibule, where windswept photographers with Australian accents lean slightly too far over the railing to snap photos of the engine turning around the bend.

And soon, too soon, we’re checking into the Ban� Springs, and I’m � lling my backpack with hiking essen-tials (the house-made chocolate bars from the hotel) and heading out onto the Spray River Loop trail. It feels good to move around again, to be free and alone to explore the same landscape that I had been watching for two days, but I can’t help but think that it all looked just a li� le be� er framed by the window of the train.

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Vancouver-PortlandAt 10 and a half hours the Amtrak Cascades takes longer than driving and you still have to stop for customs. But this is the classic urban-hub-to-urban-hub trip—perfect for a four-day escape. amtrak.com/

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Jasper-Prince RupertVia Rail operates this line, which is sort of a slightly blue-collar alternative to the chi-chi Rocky Mountaineer (though it’s still pretty nice). Expect plenty of foreign nationals as well—just the slightly more rugged ones. viarail.ca

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Glory Days The route follows the engineering marvel that is the original country-uniting

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Three decades on, the tiny lodge they built has found sure footings in its home in the secluded Broughton Archi-pelago, 300 kilometres northwest of Vancouver. That’s as the crow � ies, but planes take a more circuitous route, so if you’re visiting Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort today, you’re likely to � y over the Inside Passage to Port Hardy, where one of the lodge’s helicopters or � oat planes will whisk you just above the treetops the 18 minutes across the Johnstone Strait.

And when you arrive? What began as a humble staging area for days of � shing and nights of whisky from the bot-tle has grown into a world leader in luxurious adventure. National Geographic recognized Nimmo Bay at the start of this year as one of its 24 inaugural Unique Lodges of the World (Canada’s only other contribution is the Fogo Island Inn o¦ Newfoundland), calling it “the very de� nition of a secret hideaway.” It’s a fair description, though words can go only so far in capturing the extreme, isolated beauty of the se� ing—so absurdly majestic you’d be forgiven if, when you step onto the dock from your Grumman Goose, you burst into laughter at the audacious, unreasonable splendour of a half-dozen chalets stilt-set over the inter-tidal zone, their faces to the sea, their backs to the mid-coast’s forested grandeur.

Stays aren’t cheap. (You’re starting at $3,000 a night per couple, with � ights, accommodation, food, and adven-turing thrown in.) But if you commit the cash, this is a guaranteed life memory. It starts with li� le things, like fresh-baked cookies in your chalet, wine chilling in the fridge. Each day’s itinerary is built to your interests, and the range is impressive for a lodge with only 18 guests (and the same number of sta¬ ). Like to � sh? Nimmo Bay was built as a � shing resort, and thrived for its � rst two decades on U.S. corporate jaunts until Lehman Brothers ruined expensed trips for everyone. The area’s still packed with rivers—50 of them thread across 130,000 square kms accessed by helicopter—that are themselves packed with so much salmon and steelhead and char and trout that you could pull a hundred out in a day, guides say. Then put them back: Nimmo Bay is strictly catch-and-release.

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Far Out West The swank cabins are a far cry from the original, which were far more rough hewn and catered mostly to hard-core fi shermen. Now fi shing is just one of many activities.

A short airborne jaunt north of Vancouver opens a whole new world of possibilities.

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Sonora ResortYou can actually helicopter the 50 minutes to this Desola-tion Sound gem, giving you more time to kayak or get massaged. Or take cooking classes or practise archery or... sonorareort.com

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You can’t gut your prey, but you can eat their cousins.Chef Sandi Irving (ex-Sooke Harbour House) feeds you from the moment you land, making a priority of regional ingredients and foraged fresh foods. (Wines are B.C., too.) Dinner our � rst night started with smoked salmon on the � oating dock alongside G&Ts with Victoria Spirits gin bearing disks of cucumber, then into the communal dining lodge for albacore on an heirloom tomato salad with arugula vinaigre� e, followed by halibut with bacon cabbage rolls and roasted red pepper cream and fresh asparagus. To � nish, a vanilla-honey cheesecake with birch syrup ice cream, berries and Italian meringue—all prepared by pastry chef Brooke Lodge in the bakehouse � oating next door. Nights � nish back on the dock, lolling like walruses in Adirondack chairs pulled up to the � re pit, blankets and wine generously to hand, as the stars � icker into view.

If � shing’s not in the plans, guides are well versed in all aspects of back-country adventure. Wildlife is plenti-ful, so, gourmet picnic in hand, head out by boat for grizzly watching (this is the Great Bear Rainforest, a� er all) or by helicopter to track wolverines on the nearby glaciers or by kayak in search of porpoises and dolphins or on foot up the side of nearby 5,000-foot Mt. Stephens.

Where Nimmo Bay excels (beyond top-tier accommo-dations, killer food, faultless service and apex views) is in the relationships the guides have with local experts. If it’s possible to get your � ll of back-of-beyond � y-� shing and extreme-solitude kayaking in the � rst days, bookmark time for more cultural pursuits. The area’s First Nations are enthusiastic resort partners; Mike Willie will accom-pany you to Alert Bay or into the forest to tell the history of the Kwakwaka’wakw people. At 80, Billy Proctor has spent his entire life in the area; visit his museum of found objects and go foraging with help from his friend Nikki van Schyndel. If traditional artmaking is your thing, accomplished carver Henry Speck is only a boat ride away.

Reluctantly heading to the Port Hardy airport, I run into Craig Murray, the man responsible for this magical enterprise. You must be so proud, I say. The perfection of the se� ing, the unbeatable � shing, the chalets and food. Nah, he says. This place isn’t special because of all that. “It’s the people,” he says as he walks me onto the tarmac. “The rest is just sticks and nails.”

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No Respite Heli-hiking, waterfall encounters or getting up close and personal with some of the furry local inhabitants—getting bored is not an option here.

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TREASURED ISLANDPAGES 34-40 Architect, Kirsten Murray, Olson Kundig, Seattle, WA, olsonkundigarchitects.com. PAGES 34 & 35 EXTERIOR Janus et Cie patio chairs, Janus et Cle, online, janusetcie.com. PAGE 36 HALLWAYAyers Rock aboriginal art piece, homeown-ers’ own. Fleetwod Pacifi c/Everest doors, Diversifi ed Glazing Systems, Vancouver, diversifi edglazing.com; Thermal Aluminum and Glass, Calgary, thermalal.com. PAGE 37 LIVING ROOM (VIEWED FROM SECOND STOREY) Kravet custom sofa, Kravet, online, kravetcanada.com. Custom slab cocktail table, Hudson Furniture, online, hudsonfurnitureinc.com. B&B Italia Maxalto chairs, Inform Interiors, Vancouver, informinteriors.com; Robert Sweep Homefurnishings, Calgary, robertsweep.com; Le Belle Arti, Ed-monton, lebellearti.com. Christopher Burke custom bookcase and custom cabinets, Christopher Burke, online, christopherburkefurniture.com. PAG-ES 38 & 39 DINING AREA Lee Indus-tries velvet Donghia Favours chair, Sagers, Victoria, sagers.ca; Brougham Interiors, Vancouver, broughaminteri-ors.com; Domicile Interiors, Calgary,

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OUR ESTERGREENPAGES 53-58 Architect, Robert Lemon, Vancouver, robertlemon .ca. Designer, Robert Leding-ham. PAGE 53 WALKWAY Carib Brown clay pavers, Mutual Mate-rials, Langley, B.C., mutual materials.ca. PAGES 54-55 LIVING ROOM Turcoman Kandilli rug, high-back English wing chair, antique secretary cabinet, Walnut Slub linen curtains, indigo hemp denim ot-toman, Georgian antique table, Robert Kuo Closinee enamel lamp, Hans Wegner vintage chair, Clark McDougall painting,

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TRADE SECRETSPAGE 82 Designers, Miguel Brovhn, Studio Brovhn, Van-couver, studiobrovhn.com; Julie Miller, Creative Shift Studio, Vancouver, creativeshiftstudio.ca. Filigree table, Italinteriors, online, italinteriors.ca. Bocci 28.19 lights, Inform Interiors, Vancouver, informinteriors.com; LightForm, Calgary and Edmon-ton, lightform.ca.

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