From the Wheelhouse: Tugboaters Tell Their Own Stories toys-and-games ” —Ron Ridout

” —Ron Ridout

Listening to Old Woman Speak provides the historical context missing from this debate

It is a space that constructs identities in very particular ways

he became active in reviving Kwakiutl traditions and

whether for entertainment or to harvest food

From the Wheelhouse: Tugboaters Tell Their Own Stories toys-and-games ” —Ron RidoutTowboats have been a part of British Columbia's history since 1836, when the Hudson's Bay Company's ungainly sidewheeler S. S. Beaver made the first powered tow up the coast. Over the years, tugs and their crews have towed just about everything, including food, machinery, rocks, paper, oil, salt, lumber, oil rigs, deep sea ships, cars and houses. The humble but admirable tug has kept BC's marine economy vital and industrious. From the Wheelhouse