Appendices

The Caprice stopped next to shore

Taking the Caprice around the West Coast of Vancouver Island


For years there has been debate about whether or not Capi actually took the Caprice up the rugged, storm-​and-​fog-​bound west coast of Vancouver Island. Well, she did, and she wrote this...
A portrait ofa young Capi wearing an ornate hat

“Capi” Blanchet

Edith IglauerOriginally Published in Raincoast Chronicles 8One of the most insightful and best-researched character studies of M. Wylie Blanchet was written by journalist Edith Iglauer and published...
api as an older woman in her rocking chair in her garden, facing away from the camera

Capi’s Last Letter


Capi Blanchet kept up an energetic and elegant correspondence with her grown children and grandchildren as they dispersed around the world, paying scrupulous attention to their lives while saying...