Mac & the Princess: The story of Princess Louisa Inlet and James F. Macdonald

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“For many years yachtsmen and other mariners in the Northwest have know of Princess Louisa Inlet, hidden off Jervis Inlet behind Vancouver Island in British Columbia’s Inland Passage. It is a spot of rare beauty where towering snow-capped mountains stand with their flanks in tide water; a tranquil corner of the world where twentieth century problems slip away into the deep blue of the inlet. In his new book, Mac & The Princess, Bruce Calhoun has captured the beauty and spirit of Princess Louisa Inlet and of the man James F. Macdonald, who for more than 30 years made the inlet his home. James F. Macdonald went to Princess Louisa Inlet shortly after World War I, built a home there, and dedicated his life to preserving the inlet in its pristine natural beauty. Calhoun’s book describes the inlet and Mac’s life as host to yachtsmen from his home near Chatterbox Falls. It is a happy book, full of anecdotes about happy people enjoying themselves in one of nature’s most glorious spots. It is also the story of a group of yachtsmen, Canadian and American, who formed the Princess Louisa International Society to take up Mac’s crusade to preserve the inlet as a natural wonder so that their children and their children’s children may have the joy of discovering its beauty.”