Three Against The Wilderness

349 pp. Illustrated with photographs and maps, and line drawings by well-known illustrator Joseph Cellini. Three Against the Wilderness is a true story of courage and perseverance in the Canadian wilds. Collier, who came to Canada in 1919 from England, traveled with his quarter-Indian wife and their child across British Columbia to claim 150,000 acres of land to which he had sole trapping rights. Together they revitalized the area surrounding their modest home, raising the water table by recontructing dams ravaged by forest fires. The British Columbia Game Department acknowledges Collier's efforts as indicative of people's ability to protect, preserve, and fortify natural resources. Filled with exciting first-hand accounts of Collier's survival in the barren regions of Canada, this is an important work and a wonderful read.