Roderick Haig-Brown (1908–1976). English-born Canadian author, magistrate, and pioneering conservationist. Emigrated to British Columbia in the late 1920s, settling permanently in Campbell River on Vancouver Island. Best known for his non-fiction on angling and the natural world, Haig-Brown combined literary craft with a deeply held environmental ethic. He published extensively between the 1930s and 1970s.
A reflective year-book of rural life by the noted British Columbia writer and conservationist. Writing from his farm on Vancouver Island, Haig-Brown escorts the reader through a full cycle of the seasons—beginning in March as winter loosens its grip, moving through the quickening of spring, the fullness of summer, the mellowing of autumn, and the quiet closure of winter. His chapters blend close observations of local wildlife—with meditations on weather, land, and the rhythms that shape both nature and human endeavour. Interleaved are personal reflections on his duties as a magistrate, the satisfactions and strains of family life, the pleasures of books, and the place of community in rural British Columbia.
