John M MacFarlaneJohn MacFarlane is a fifth generation Vancouver Islander whose family came there from California in 1859 for the Fraser River Gold Rush. He has worked to protect and interpret Canada's natural and historical heritage since 1969 when he joined the Candian National Parks Service. He is the Curator Emeritus of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia in Victoria BC. The author of 14 books, he was the co-recipient of the prestigious 2020 John Lyman Book Prize of the North American Society of Oceanic History. His book Around the World in a Dugout Canoe was on the Best Seller List for 25 weeks. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (London) and a recipient of the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers. He lives on the central east coast of Vancouver Island. His almost full-time avocation is The Nauticapedia (www.nauticapedia.ca), an online nautical history resource which is accessed more than 4 million times yearly. Read More Read Less