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Upper Columbia River Region

The Submerged Canoe

November 4, 2019 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 5 Comments

The Submerged Canoe

The Sinixt, or Arrow Lakes Tribe, have been in the news lately. After a decade of legal battles over the right to hunt in the Canadian portion of their territory, their case will be heard at the Supreme Court of Canada. It’s hard to imagine why, in an era of cultural reconciliation for Indigenous people, […]

Filed Under: Home page, Maps, Upper Columbia River Region Tagged With: Columbia River, Kettle River, Sinixt

A reluctant spring

March 22, 2019 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 1 Comment

A reluctant spring

It has been a reluctant transition to spring in the mountains of the upper Columbia Basin. Those who have been here all winter have been tearing their hair out. I have merely been staring at the unmelted snow with astonishment, since I returned several weeks ago. In my garden, a statue of Kuan Yin has […]

Filed Under: Home page, Landscapes, Upper Columbia River Region

Full Flowering and the Columbia River Treaty

June 10, 2018 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes Leave a Comment

Full Flowering and the Columbia River Treaty

The last time my life was as busy as it has been this spring was the year my second son came into the world. That sunny, damp day in mid-March 26 years ago set off a whirl of caregiving for family that only began to abate in 2002, when my first book emerged in the […]

Filed Under: Home page, Landscapes, Upper Columbia River Region, Water Tagged With: A River Captured, Columbia River Treaty

An Eagle’s Eye

April 3, 2018 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes

An Eagle’s Eye

Last week, I travelled south of the international boundary, to Kettle Falls, Washington. Standing on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River, I watched the reservoir pool around a land mass exposed by low water. The indigenous word for this place is ksunkw, “island.” Sinixt and Skoyelpi fishermen, their families and the Salmon Chief once spent […]

Filed Under: Land, Landscapes, Upper Columbia River Region, Water

Boundary Dam

March 2, 2015 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes

Boundary Dam

  This dam is just below the international boundary between Canada and the U.S., in a tucked-away corner.  Pacific Northwest dams are often in tucked-away corners…..though they share water’s power with millions of people living in cities like Vancouver and Seattle.

Filed Under: Upper Columbia River Region, Visual Notebooks

Spokane River Shell

March 2, 2015 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes

Spokane River Shell

  I found this shell in a sand bank on the Spokane River.   It is this sort of noticing that opens up water’s mystery for me.

Filed Under: Upper Columbia River Region, Visual Notebooks

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About Eileen

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes is a published author and skilled public speaker.  Her artistic eye and lyrical style bring Western landscapes and their cultural history to life.

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  • The Submerged Canoe
  • Nothing that is big or grand starts out that way
  • A reluctant spring
  • From Sea to Source
  • Beauty and Airport Landscapes

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