Copyright

First published by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., Edinburgh, UK, 1961

First Canadian edition by Gray’s Publishing Ltd., 1968

First Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd. edition, 2024

Foreword by Michael Blanchet and Judy Reid © Michael Blanchet and Judy Reid, 2024

“Capi” Blanchet by Edith Iglauer, originally published in Raincoast Chronicles 8 © 1979

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Cover design by Dwayne Dobson

Cover: Painting by Harry Heine, courtesy of Paula Blanchet, used by permission of Mark Heine

Text design by Libris Simas Ferraz / Onça Publishing

Indexed by Colleen Bidner

Printed and bound in Canada

Printed on 100% recycled paper

Sincere thanks to Michael Blanchet and Judy Reid for permission to use photographs from the Blanchet family collection and to Janet Blanchet for her very helpful assistance.

Harbour Publishing acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of Canada, and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: The curve of time / M. Wylie Blanchet ; publisher’s preface by Howard White ; foreword by Michael Blanchet and Judy Reid ; author’s foreword to the first edition by M. Wylie Blanchet ; “‘Capi’ Blanchet” by Edith Iglauer.

Names: Blanchet, M. Wylie (Muriel Wylie), 1891-1961, author.

Description: “‘Capi’ Blanchet” by Edith Iglauer previously published in Raincoast Chronicles 8, Harbour Publishing, 1979. | Includes index.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20230621155 | Canadiana (ebook) 20230621171 | ISBN 9781990776786 (softcover) | ISBN 9781990776793 (EPUB)

Subjects: LCSH: Blanchet, M. Wylie (Muriel Wylie), 1891-1961. | LCSH: British Columbia—Description and travel. | LCSH: Boats and boating—British Columbia. | LCGFT: Autobiographies.

Classification: LCCFC3817.3 .B65 2024 | DDC 917.1104/3—dc23