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Vol. 1 No. 3 Raising Awareness of Cascadian Bioregionalism June 2012

A gigantic wave of euphoria sweeps across the the best in the region. They named it after the Becoming Cascadian crowd as they realize the player has scored a region. They named it after Cascadia. By Nate Jensen goal for their city. Their Club. Their soccer team. The three teams had played against each other It was in this environment that I fi rst before, in a bygone era when soccer was having encountered the Doug and Cascadia. It was its fi rst major bit of success in America. They Boom! Boom! Boom! A drum sounds out, a few short years ago that I’d hardly heard played in front of some of the country’s largest keeping the chants of crazed fanatics in rhythm. of the Sounders, let alone the Timbers or the crowds at the time, and the regional proximity The noise sounds like a warband preparing Whitecaps. I’d heard mumblings. A comment made for great rivalry. for battle against an ancient enemy. All eyes are here, a “Did you know Seattle has a professional But this era passed. The 70s gave way to directed onto a contested fi eld. 22 players chase soccer team?” there. Marketing doesn’t reach the 80s. The 80s weren’t as kind to soccer in around a sphere, sometimes tripping each other out to where I live in central Washington when America, and the legends from that time faded just to get a toe on the ball. a sports team is on a very limited budget. And into memory. that’s where all 3 clubs were only a few short The crowd continues chanting and urging years ago. The revived rivalry in the United Soccer their side on. Suddenly, a player gets a little Vancouver, Seattle and Portland were all in the League brought a new interest from a new bit of space and puts his boot through the United Soccer League, a minor professional league with a new goal. Major League Soccer ball like he’s trying to smash it to bits. For a league that many in America have still not came and announced that Seattle would be moment in time, the crowd grows deathly silent heard even the slightest about. Yet this was joining as an expansion franchise. I was thrilled. as they all breathe in. And for that moment it where the Cascadia Cup was born. Very quickly, the Seattle Sounders became an feels like time has stopped as they all watch in obsession of mine. It wasn’t that I did not care anticipation of a legend being born. In 2004, the supporters of all 3 teams got together and created a competition whereby about them before. They just seemed so distant. The ball swerves past the keeper and hits the the winner would hoist a trophy representing With MLS bringing them in it was like a new back of the net. That’s when the crowd erupts. neighbor moving in across the street. I wanted (Continued on page 3) Cascadian Caravan and Party to the Peace Arch, July 1st Weekend Join us as we begin a series of Cascadian unity” facing Canada and underneath both, please just contact us and let us know. Gatherings throughout the Pacifi c Northwest, within the arch itself it reads “May these gates We will be working to try and provide beginning in Portland on June 29th, Seattle never be closed”. everyone with ride-shares and crash space if on the 30th, and ending with a regional July 1st is Canada Day, July 4th US they need it, so just leave a comment or message convergence with others from Vancouver and Independence Day, and so we have chosen us directly and we’ll try to get to you. Also, if around British Columbia on July 1st at the Peace this weekend and the symbolically important you are planning to attend and have extra room Arch, on the Canadian/US border. Peace Arch to celebrate the things that make the in your vehicle, please contact us. Music, food, speak outs, T-shirt, bandana, Pacifi c Northwest unique. An inter-dependence So, come meet your fellow Cascadians, no patch and fl ag making! Many other events that transcends national and state boundaries passports necessary. (maybe a game of ‘Capture the Doug’?). We’ll and unites us together. also have a series of For more information, contact us directly collaborative art projects Portland: June 29th at [email protected] and RSVP on our that everyone will be Seattle: June 30th Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/ encouraged to help us Peace Arch: July 1st events/225928927518849/ create as we travel.

The Peace Arch Details will be added remains the last place as soon as we get them In This Issue: in the Northwest where conﬁ rmed. If you can’t citizens of any country make the events in Around Cascadia ...... 5 can come together Portland or Seattle, hold Calendar of Events ...... 15 without any identity a gathering in your city papers and afﬁ rm their or region and join us at Cascadian History ...... 13 love of place, not as the Peace Arch. Show merely Canadian or US, your support, and we’ll May in Pictures ...... 11 but as Cascadian. get you added to our list News ...... 3 Rising to a total of of events. We are also 20.5 meters, 67 feet it is looking for organizational Outdoors ...... 10 inscribed with “Children partners to help us put Quaff Review ...... 12 of a Common Mother” on this event. If you, on the United States or a group you work Remembrance ...... 6 side as well as “Brethren with, would like to help dwelling together in contribute in any way, Sustainability ...... 7 What is Cascadia?

Cascadia is the name for bioregion formed east (such as Eastern Washington) should be primarily by British Columbia, Washington and included. Long united by similar indigenous Oregon. cultures, Cascadia was once briefl y a single Defi nitions of the region’s boundaries vary, political unit: the Oregon Territory - shared by but usually include the area between the several nations. Cascade Range and the PacifiWhat c Ocean, and some The regionis has sinceCascadia? been divided into part of the Coast Mountains. Other defi nitions different political jurisdictions, but Cascadia still follow theCascadia boundaries is ofthe existing name subnational for biorgeion Territoryretains a sense- shared of self by identity. several In his na- book, Nine entities,formed and primarily usually include by Britishthe territory Columbia, of tions.Nations of North America, author Joel Garreau BritishWashington Columbia, and Washington, Oregon. and Oregon, claimed that the Pacifi c Rim region he called The region has since been while othersDefinitions also include of partsthe region's of California, bounda- dividedEcotopia had into a different different culture political from that of Idaho,ries vary, Alaska but and usually Yukon. include the area be- jurisdictions,what he called The but Empty Cascadia Quarter still to the east, tweenIn general, the Cascadethe area in Range and around and the Pacific retainsand was a necessarilysense of self different identity. economically In as Ocean, and some part of the Coast Moun- his book Nine Nations of North Cascadia region is more commonly referred well as ecologically. It must be noted that the tains. Other definitions follow the bounda- America,concept of “Ecotopia,” author Joel which Garreau is specifi c in its tories as the of Pacifi existing c Northwest. subnational The area’s entities, biomes and claimed that the Pacific Rim re- andusually ecoregions include are thedistinct territory from surroundingof British Co- gionboundaries, he called does Ecotopia not identically had a matchdif- that of areas.lumbia, The resource-rich Washington, Salish and Sea Oregon, (or Georgia while ferent“Cascadia,” culture which from varies that in ofits defi what nition. Basin)others is shared also includebetween British parts Columbia of California, he The called Northwest The Empty is home Quarter to more tothan 15 Idaho, Alaska and Yukon. the east, and was necessarily dif- and Washington, and the Pacifi c temperate million people, along with diminished but still ferent economically as well as rain forests,In comprising general, the the areaworld’s in largest and around ecologically.impressive numbers It must of be salmon, noted eagles,that grizzly temperatethe Cascadia rain forest region zone, is morestretch commonly along the re- thebears, concept killer whales,of "Ecotopia," and wolves. which It boasts an coastferred from to Alaska as the to California. Pacific Northwest. As this vast area The iseconomy specific that in generatesits boundaries, more than does $650 billion area's biomes and ecoregions are distinct not identically match that of hasfrom common surrounding economic areas. concerns The in resourcethe primary-rich worth of goods and services each year, which sector of industry, it is a matter of debate "Cascadia,"would place Cascadia which variesin the top in 20 its economies of Salish Sea (or Georgia Basin) is shared be- definition. whethertween the British arid rain Columbia shadowed and areas Washington, further the world. and the Pacific temperate rain forests, com- The Northwest is home to prising the world's largest temperate rain more than 15 million people, forestMap zone, drawn stretch by Cynthia along Thomas the on coast the basis from of forestalong data with in Conservation diminished International, but still Ecotrust, and Alaska to California. AsPacifi this c GIS, vast “Coastal area hasTemperate impressive Rain Forests numbers of North ofAmerica,” salmon, Portland, 1995. common economic concernsSee in alsothe Davidprimary D McCloskey eagles, “Cascadia,” grizzly Cascadia bears, Institute, killer Seattle, 1988 sector of industry, it is a matter of debate whales, and wolves. It boasts an whether the arid rain shadowed areas fur- economy that generates more than ther east (such as Eastern Washington) $650 billion worth of goods and should be included. Long united by similar services each year, which would indigenous cultures, Cascadia was once place Cascadia in the top 20 briefly a single political unit: the Oregon economies of the world. MapFinding drawn by Cynthia usThomas online on the basis ofis forest easy! data in Conservation Cascadia Monthly Staff—Join us! International, Ecotrust, and Pacific GIS, “Coastal Temperate Rain Forests of North America,” Portland, 1995. See also David D McCloskey “Cascadia,” Cascadia Institute, Seattle, 1988 Editors:Cascadia Adam Monthly Munson Staff—Join us! Brandon Letsinger You can always email us at: Editors: Adam Michael Munson Hodges Finding us online is easy! Brandon Letsinger Michael Vickie Hodges Phelps [email protected]

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r/CascadiaOrganizersr/CascadiaOrganizers NEWS Finally! The Cascadia Cup would be renewed! Cascadian Peter Baum Becoming Cascadian I didn’t really know why I was excited; I hadn’t (Continued from page 1) Finalist for the been on this ride before. I’d heard good things, to know everything about them, and soon the but I’d never experienced it for myself. Tewaaraton Award internet became my equivalent of peeking I read articles that fi lled me with resentment through the blinds to see why the neighbors as they compared the renewed rivalry to were throwing out that perfectly good sofa. European teams. In their fi rst season in MLS, the Sounders left Vancouver and Portland behind, but they did “This isn’t Europe, this is Cascadia!” I’d say not leave behind the rivalry. It was impossible to myself. It was the fi rst time I’d begun to refer for me to avoid. I found references to Cascadia to the Pacifi c Northwest as a distinctly separate everywhere. Cascadia Cup this, Cascadia Cup culture. It was the fi rst time I searched to fi nd that. things that set us apart. “Northwest Cuisine”, “Dialects of the Northwest”, “Culture in the When I found out that Vancouver and Northwest”. All these things became search Portland were going to continue the Cascadia engine topics. Cup without Seattle, I got angry. I didn’t know why. It seemed important. It seemed like I began identifying myself as Cascadian. I had something was missing. discovered I was Cascadian. When, in their fi rst MLS home match, Portland’s I couldn’t escape that feeling. So I researched. Timber Army sang the Star Spangled Banner “What is Cascadia?” I asked myself, and I and waved the Doug right alongside the Stars asked search engines. It wasn’t until I saw the and Stripes, I heard a person call it disrespectful. Timbers’ giant fl ag of The Doug that I realized I defended the Timbers fans. I felt affronted. that such a thing was in existence. That spurred I felt like someone had picked a fi ght with a a fl urry of new searches. brother or a cousin. Peter Baum is a lacrosse player for Colgate At fi rst, I dismissed the idea. I assumed it The Cascadia cup has started for this season. University. He is one of the fi ve fi nalists this was a novelty like Catalonia, but less serious. When I saw the Doug display that Vancouver year for the Tewaaraton Award, the award Gradually my internet probes found more put up I felt excited. There are more eyes to see. given to the most outstanding college lacrosse information. player. What makes Baum’s nomination More people like me discovering a new realm of Then it was announced that the Timbers and signifi cant is that he is the fi rst Cascadian possibility through soccer. Whitecaps would join MLS. It was as if I’d been considered for the award. Baum played at With each match new eyes will see the Doug. on a roller coaster climb and had reached the Lincoln High School in Portland; since leaving More people will wonder “what does that fl ag top and was about to be dropped into the good for Colgate, he has set numerous school and mean?” More people will discover that they too, stuff. league records. are Cascadian. Other Cascadians have been nominated to the Tewaaraton “watch list.” This list is compiled of nominations by coaches and sportswriters to the award committee, who then narrow the list to fi ve players. The watch list is sizable – in some years it has consisted of as many as 85 players. There is also a women’s award; no Cascadian women have yet been nominated in the award’s history. Baum’s achievements this year at Colgate are stupendous. He leads all NCAA players in averaging 3.88 goals per game, and also leads all players in averaging 5.65 points (goals + assists) per game. Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the United States, but it has always been a part of Cascadian heritage. Organized lacrosse leagues in Cascadia date back to the early 1880s; First Nations in the British Columbia interior played a ball and stick game well before then. Teams from Victoria, Vancouver, New Westminster, and Seattle date back to 1905. The presence of lacrosse south of the 45th parallel in Cascadia diminished after the Seattle team was ejected from the British Columbian Amateur Lacrosse League in the early 20th century. Since then the sport has grown in British Columbia, but only in the past 15 years has lacrosse grown again in Washington and Oregon, helped with professional teams in Portland (since folded) and Everett. The Tewaaraton award winner is announced May 31st in Washington, D.C. at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. NEWS CascadiaNow! to partner at Portland Institute of Contempary Art (PICA) 2012 Symposium

The Cascadian Independence Project is The Symposium is an excited to announce our involvement as a experiment in political and partnering organization for the 2012 PICA artistic involvement. With events Symposium Bodies, Identities, and Alternative ranging from intimate discussion Economies from June 21st to June 24th in groups to staged dances, it is a Portland, Oregon. chance to play with the scales This event is a weekend of multi-disciplinary of conversation and to open up art and conversation that takes the work of the artist residency process to Bay Area choreographer Keith Hennessy as a audiences in an entirely new way. starting point and expands out in freewheeling, The Symposium will feature open discourse. It’s an update on the ancient a working open rehearsal and sense of symposium for a pluralist culture. It talkback session of Turbulence; welcomes all comers. It shifts away from the a one-night-only performance individual and embraces the collective. It’s of Hennessy’s Bessie-award- driven by your involvement. winning solo “Crotch”; Neal In late June, Hennessy and his company Gorenfl o of online magazine will spend a working residency in Portland Shareable.net; and artists A.L. developing his latest piece, Turbulence (a dance Steiner and A.K. Burns, who about the economy), for its US premiere at this will screen their sociosexual fi lm September’s TBA Festival. Community Action Center. Turbulence is a bodily response to the Since 1995, PICA has economic crisis, and this symposium is a shared championed the practice of response to his practice and thinking. Over contemporary artists from the course of the salons, rehearsals, lectures, around the world, driving vital and performances, PICA will create a forum conversations about the art and for artists and audiences alike to debate and issues of today. PICA presents has published ten books, including Quiet discover and participate in the messy and visual and performing artists Revolution in Welfare Economics and The Political thrilling moment of artistic creation. and embraces those individuals who exist at the borders of mediums and ideas. Through Economy of Participatory Economics with The weekend will foster an inclusive, all-on- artist residencies and exhibitions, lectures and Princeton University Press, Economic Justice the-table discussion of issues in contemporary workshops, and the annual Time-Based Art and Democracy with Routledge, and, most art and society—ranging from identity Festival, PICA constructs a broad platform for recently, Green Economics: Confronting the politics to alternative economies—while contemporary art. Ecological Crisis with M.E. Sharpe. Professor Hahnel taught in the economics department at American University in Washington DC from 1976 to 2008, where he is now a Professor Emeritus. He has taught as a visitor at The Catholic University in Peru, at the University of Manchester in England, and at Lewis and Clark College. He is currently a visiting professor in the department of economics at Portland State University. This symposium marks the development of an ongoing form of public programming and engagement that uses PICA artists’ work to spark community conversations around urgent issues and diffi cult ideas. We aim to bridge gaps in conversation across art, activism, and academia and hope you will join us as an active contributor, expanding questions and conversations that start with art but have broader implications for local economies, politics of identity, and possibilities for collaboration and change. -- From the PICA Staff More information can be found on the PICA website: also providing a window into live rehearsal The keynote speaker for Sunday will http://www.pica.org/programs/detail. excerpts from Turbulence. The symposium is be Professor Robin Hahnel, best known aspx?eventid=817 as a radical economist and co-creator of a an experiment in political participation and a A full listing of scheduled events and post-capitalist economic model known as search for the “queer” as practice, one that will locations can be found here: help us reframe our current system. “participatory economics.” In addition to a dozen book chapters and more than three http://beportland.com/entertainment/pica- dozen articles in academic journals, he symposium-happens-this-june AROUND CASCADIA Portland Timbers and Cascadia Feature Cascadia EarthFirst! Prominently in Adidas Commercial Rendezvous Join EarthFirst!ers in Cascadia, the land of Albeit for a soccer advertisement, one can’t the rushing rivers, giant trees, and thriving help but love the subtle context into which biodiversity, for a gathering of those building Adidas has placed their new ‘Revolutionary the biocentric resistance movement. Gain Smart Soccer’ product line. skills in woods stealth, action planning and The Portland Timber Army plays a starring organization, communication, and more in a role, front and center, in the new commercia beautiful, remote, and threatened location. l, which focuses on midfi elder and forward Invite your friends, get ready to be in the Darlington Nagbe, set against a sea of waving woods, and save the date for June 20 – 25th in Cascadian fl ags, obscured in a green haze. the woods of Cascadia. Other players who appear include SKC’s Teal Bunbury, FC Dallas’ Brek Shea, and Real Salt For more information about the event, contact Lake’s Javier Morales. info, and rideshare, check out: Shot over the course of several days, http://cascadia2012.com/ “Revolutions are born from simple ideas. including the Timber Army’s 1-0 win over Insights that become emotions. Desires that Kansas City last month, the piece premiered become innovations. Systems that unleash true Saturday, May 19th during the Chelsea-Bayern potential. It’s time for a new revolution…” Munich ChampionsCASCADIA League Final on FOX. A massive Doug fl ag fi lls the fi rst frame. Cue dramatic music. MONTHLY Vol. 1 No. 1 Raising awareness of Cascadian Bioregionalism April 2012 Cascadian Rainbow A Big F***ing Party, Gathering Cascadia Monthly? Where didCascadia this come Soccer from? Day The Cascadian Rainbow Solstice CelebrationBy Adam Munson amount of enthu- - July 14th siasm in the is a free, public, bioregional gathering to be While CascadiaNow! has been room as we held on public land from June 14th to 20th,around on the web for some time, things CascadiaNow! Organizerstalked working about po- in 2012. The location of this event has not yethave been really started to pick up in 2012. Peo- Vancouver BC are working tentialto coordinate projects a big determined, but scouting is currently underwayple across the bioregion are becoming in- and bounced creasingly disenfranchised by failing gov- f***ing party to celebrate theideas Pacifi off cof Northwest, each and is limited to national forests within theernments, state a lack of change and the growing a sense of pride in place, andother. of courseEven as Soccer! of Oregon. number of problems facing us in the 21st And they want to make surepeople you voicedget a chance to century. All ofto these be reasons,informed and bymany individuals, and for their concerns This event was conceived through an open join them. more, have leadindividuals an increasing numberto come of together from across the the groups main- consensus process that included dozens peopleof to start searching for local solutions tained a respect- bioregion to share their ideas and unite around Here’s the scoop. organizers and participants. The Cascadianto bigger problems. ful dialogue and a common vision. Rainbow Gathering is many things to many Only a few weeks into the year a Cascadian Dark Ales willthat’s be on when special, I post went up on the subreddit r/Cascadia, fully realized people, but will serve as a consensus-building Updates, including directions to the regional and local dishes using local Cascadian “Let’s meet up! Seattle, Portland, Vancou- food will be served, and if allthat goes I was well, in the action that will be an opportunity to buildver, NorCal! 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You can also “like” their Facebook “The blue represents the moisture Cascadian is all about." page at http://www.facebook.com/ rich sky above & Pacific ocean along with If you are interested in purchasing a cascadiamatters the Salish Sea, lakes & other inland waters. flag they are offered online at http:// Our home is of continuous cascading wa- thepeoplespdx.com/shop-prop-gear/ Tip: If you’re looking to get a flag $25 gets ters flowing from our sky & mountains cascadia/ for $24 or check out the face- you a 3x5 Doug Flag, which costs $24 back to the Pacific. For Cascadia is a “land book forum for an upcoming flag making elsewhere. Get them now while you can! of falling water” from the Pacific to the event. REMEMBRANCE A Cascadian Whistle and Epistle, in Remembrance of Ernest Callenbach by Brandon Letsinger place is like and what the people who inhabit it are like. But I think the larger reason is that Epistle to the Ecotopians In a continuing series to give our respect for Ecotopia is a kind of bioregion. At the time I by Ernest Callenbach the passing of author Ernest Callenbach last was writing Ecotopia the term “bioregion” had month, the editors of Cascadia Monthly have not yet been invented, although it followed very To all brothers and sisters who hold the dream included the following articles that we feel help soon after. But we now see that the Cascadia in their hearts of a future world in which humans explore the vision, scope and breadth of societal bioregion, as the zoologists and botanists now and all other beings live in harmony and mutual examination he undertook in his work. None call it, stretches north from the Tehachapi support—a world of sustainability, stability, of us felt we could do this subject justice, so we mountains in Southern California all the way up and confi dence. A world something like the one I felt it only appropriate to turn our pens over to through British Columbia and into the Alaskan described, so long ago, in Ecotopia and Ecotopia Ernest Callenbach himself and let him have the panhandle. And this is an area that’s defi ned Emerging. fi nal say in the matter. by a fairly uniform climate; and the animals are pretty much consistent throughout—meaning As I survey my life, which is coming near The fi rst piece, “The Man Who Invented animals of all kinds including insects and its end, I want to set down a few thoughts that Ecotopia”, was an interview with Geov Parrish so on—as well as the plants. So there’s a might be useful to those coming after. It will that was run by the Seattle Weekly in March of certain geographical unity to the area. And soon be time for me to give back to Gaia the 2005, a little more than 7 years ago, in honor my contention, as well as that of a lot of nutrients that I have used during a long, busy of the 30th anniversary of Callenbach’s fi rst professional geographers, is that in the long and happy life. I am not bitter or resentful at novel, Ecotopia. Writing at a time when the idea run the characteristics of your bioregion help the approaching end; I have been one of the of recycling was still a radical notion, the term to determine what you might call your regional extraordinarily lucky ones. So it behooves me ‘sustainability’ not yet coined, his novel became character. And if you contrast Ecotopians—let’s here to gather together some thoughts and a seminal work. call them that for short—with people who live attitudes that may prove useful in the dark Over the course of Callenbach’s life, Ecotopia in hot, dry, arid climates of the Southwest, or times we are facing: a century or more of sold more than a million copies, was reprinted climates of, say, Quebec . . . we see that people exceedingly diffi cult times. in nine languages and became a cult classic, just are somewhat different in these regions. They How will those who survive manage it? as likely today to be found in an urban design like different things and they have different What can we teach our friends, our children, and planning curriculum as it is a free radical possibilities open to them about building and our communities? Although we may not be lending library. getting around and raising food and a whole capable of changing history, how can we equip Due to our space limits, we apologize for not panoply of other things that in the long run. ourselves to survive it? (Globalization is making us homogenous all being able to print the interview in its entirety, I contemplate these questions in the full over the world, but there’s a limit to that.) but we will try to post the full version on our consciousness of my own mortality. Being And I think in the long term, especially when website. offered an actual number of likely months to globalization collapses under its own weight, as Jumping into the present, the second article, live, even though the estimate is uncertain, I think it’s going to do because it’s really a sort “Epistle to Ecotopians” was written by Callenbach mightily focuses the mind. On personal things, of tissue of monstrous subsidies that nation- in the fi nal months of his life, as he began of course, on loved ones and even loved things, states are still able to give to corporations, but increasingly looking into his own past for but also on the Big Picture. when that can’t be done any more, then I think wisdom to share with future generations. The regionalism will reassert itself. And Ecotopia But let us begin with last things fi rst, for a article was found on his computer and released will be one of those regions. change. The analysis will come later, for those into the public domain by his family shortly who wish it. after his death. Read More at http://cascadianow.org Hope. Children exude hope, even under We hope that publishing this will help us the most terrible conditions, and that must all come together to envision ways that we inspire us as our conditions get worse. Hopeful can make our bioregion a better place, remind patients recover better. Hopeful test candidates people that all things now taken for granted score better. Hopeful builders construct better were once radical notions and, fi nally, that buildings. Hopeful parents produce secure and only by working together and setting aside resilient children. In groups, an atmosphere the artifi cial red/blue lines so prevalent in our of hope is essential to shared successful effort: society can we live the green dream – or as we “Yes, we can!” is not an empty slogan, but a like to call it, the Cascadian dream. mantra for people who intend to do something together—whether it is rescuing victims of hurricanes, rebuilding fl ood-damaged buildings Excerpts from on higher ground, helping wounded people “The Man Who Invented Ecotopia” through fi rst aid, or inventing new social structures (perhaps one in which only people by Geov Parrish are “persons,” not corporations). We cannot Originally published in know what threats we will face. But ingenuity against adversity is one of our species’ built-in Seattle Weekly, March 23, 2005 resources. We cope, and faith in our coping capacity is perhaps our biggest resource of all. Parrish: What makes this region different? Mutual support... Why did you pick this region to secede from the Practical skills.... United States and chart a different course? Organize.... Callenbach: Well, it’s partly just because I live here [in Berkeley, Calif.] If you’re going to Learn to live with contradictions.... write a novel about a place, you’d better have Read More at http://cascadianow.org a fair amount of knowledge about what the SUSTAINABILITY Mega-Region Development and Governance: Divergent rationales and political actors at work in Cascadia’s high-speed rail corridor vision by Wesley Regan, mega-regions and emerging mega-regions. private foundations and institutes trying to Simon Fraser University Cascadia, stretching from Portland Oregon to plan for future economic growth, is creating a edited by Michael Hodges Vancouver, BC, is another. Many planners and national plan centered on mega-regions. academics posit that mega-regions, contained National growth strategies focusing on mega- Mega-regions are a relatively new spatial within a single country or spilling over multiple regions and urban systems are also proposed scale through which to consider economic, borders and jurisdictions, will be the driving by American academics such as Catherine Ross social and other human developmental trends. economic engines of the 21st century. and Ethen Seltzer and Canadian researchers The mega-region concept can be traced back to Margaret Dewar and David Epstein, in their Simmons and Bourne, while other thinkers, like Jean Gottman’s research and book Megalopolis: article “Planning for ‘Megaregions’ in the Richard Florida, suggest we should consider the The Urbanized Northeastern Seaboard of the United States”, note that most of the work being mega-regions in and of themselves a “parallel United States. Gottman saw the Northeastern done on this topic is coming out of Asia and macro-structure” that forces us to consider the Seaboard as an emerging spatial scale unto Europe. In the United States, although there is future of spatial and economic development by itself. Today, this urbanized corridor that no coordinated governmental strategy, America revealing the nation-state as an illogical unit of includes Boston, New York, and Washington, 2050, “a coalition of regional planners, scholars, analysis. D/C is one of roughly ten North American and policy-makers” funded by a collection of (Continued on page 8) SUSTAINABILITY planned to be well integrated into current or promoting it, and also demonstrates how when Mega-Region future forms of transit and development in the some levels of government or some jurisdictions respective cities along the route, and be less don’t agree with a plan, or don’t value its (Continued from page 7) labour intensive or take less time to build. rationale equally, tensions or disconnectedness Despite any clearly coordinated effort to plan between those parties can be created and collaboratively, mega-region infrastructure Though both levels clearly appear to believe they are investing in something they will benefi t projects can become stalled or incomplete in projects are currently being promoted by every their intended scope. level of government in North America, justifi ed from, they are not necessarily investing in the by various rationales, and, in the case of the same thing. Yes, they want to build a high- Perhaps the challenge of these different Cascadia High-Speed Rail Corridor (HSR), speed rail corridor, but to what end? When levels of government in getting to the same with signifi cant barriers to cooperation across one brings into the mix the Canadian Federal destination, a continuous HSR corridor from national borders. Government, or the British Columbia Provincial Eugene to Vancouver, stems from them not Government, who also have a jurisdictional collectively starting from the same place. With different goals and justifi cations at claim to what goes on in some of the geography different levels of government, do mega- Ethen Seltzer, in Catherine Ross’s 2011 article affected by the project, the issue becomes even “Transport and Megaregions: High-Speed Rail region infrastructure projects run the risk of more complex. being more poorly planned and executed than in the United States”, cites delegates at the 2009 they might be if regional governance bodies Vancouver City Councilor Geoff Meggs Cascadia Critical Geographies conference asking similar to those emerging in Asia and Europe has publicly decried the Canadian Federal for a rationale for high-speed rail in Cascadia. were created here in North America? And Government for impeding Vancouver’s ability Attendees openly questioned who would gain then of course there’s the question of who to participate in and benefi t from high-speed rail the most from high-speed rail in the Pacifi c pays the most and who benefi ts the most? An (HSR) investment in Cascadia, and has drawn Northwest. Other scholars have pointed out that even bigger question: what implications does attention to the Canadian Federal Government’s there are even “constitutional disincentives” to planning for this scale, across jurisdictions and perceived obliviousness to the potential benefi ts cooperation in the Cascadian region as a result levels of government, have for current models for the region. of fi scal and legal conditions between political of governance and political representation? Other publications lay criticism on both the actors. Province of British Columbia and the Canadian One can safely assume that responsible use Federal Government for effectively preventing of the public purse should theoretically be one this investment from connecting to Vancouver, of these constraints (who pays, who benefi ts, in contrast to the local government’s regional and the inherent political risks). Another might agreements and goals with other Cascadian likely be classic conditions of political economy cities. The political will is clearly displayed at between competing states and regions. the state and federal level in the United States, In order to overcome these diffi culties, with the signing of the Washington State Sound some scholars argue that a certain threshold of Transit 2 Bill in 2008 and with Washington and legitimacy needs to be met, and that the solving Oregon even advocating for reallocation of HSR of the political problem of cooperation depends To illustrate this, let’s compare the language funds that had been rejected by other American on the as-yet still in progress solving of the and behaviors at a few different scales in the States. philosophical problem of who benefi ts. mega-region of Cascadia by looking at the The Obama Administration’s Jobs Act gave That question of who benefi ts needs a good, Cascadian High-Speed Rail Corridor project the green light to the project and the major specifi cally. cities along the route from Vancouver, BC The United States Government frames the to Eugene Oregon signed public letters of Cascadian rail corridor improvements as a job intent and lobbying in support of the Corridor creation project, funded through the American project. Despite this, the BC Provincial and Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) but has Canadian federal governments have showed also been criticized for lacking strong evidence comparatively little to no interest in supporting for this rationale. Meanwhile, the mayors of four the project; Vancouver is left stranded in the Cascadian cities wrote a joint letter to the U.S. equation, though it is an important centre in the Secretary of Transportation in 2010 couching the Cascadian mega-region. same project under the rationales of “economic BC did eventually sign a memorandum with vitality”, “quality of life” and “sustainability”, the State of Washington, which stated that both clear and defensible answer. Clearly any mega- long-term population and transportation parties recognized “…the potential benefi ts of region project is a formidable task. Yet, if those trends, all rolled into a vision of a “stronger, high speed passenger rail in the Pacifi c coast academics and planners visited earlier in this greener economic future”. This framing fi ts region” and that they would work together article are correct in that the spatial scale which the political rhetoric seen from these cities, to “…develop and advance a shared vision of we should focus our economic strategies on is which have publicly engaged in sustainability high speed rail services as key to the economic in fact the mega-region, then perhaps we should competitiveness measures and regional development of the Pacifi c coast region”. consider having a proper governance structure partnerships as part of political platforms and After decades of high-speed rail corridor talk in place for effective decision-making, planning long-term planning strategies. in the region, this can hardly be called a decisive and project management at that level. Given these different justifi cations, how can action, especially considering the hundreds of What’s more, it should also exist to build we trust that the same vision for the project millions of dollars in funding already agreed clear rationales and defi ne problems and outcomes will be shared by both levels of to through the Oregon and Washington State opportunities for both the funders and the government? Planning for high-speed rail governments and the American Department of public. It’s important for Cascadian stakeholders could be based on the rationale of job creation Transportation. to ask “why?” before we even ask “how?”, and alone, thus resulting in a long and winding This case study clearly shows how an I’m confi dent a satisfactory answer does exist. If mega-project that blasts its way through infrastructure project at the mega-region scale and when we collectively cross that bridge we mountains and erects super-bridges across the has been framed within different contexts may have a glimpse of “how?” already to work Puget Sound. Or, if couched under the aegis depending on which level of government is with though. of sustainability and quality of life, it could be SUSTAINABILITY Wood Innovation and Design Centre at Forefront of Heavy Timber Construction By Nicholas Sills regulations and will generally surpass steel The project marks a leap forward into the buildings in event of a fi re. Another concern forefront of timber engineering, an area in is the amount of timber used in building which Europe has traditionally led. These The northern gateway city of British of this size, which can be a scary prospect, advancements in sustainable design make Columbia, Prince George, is slated to build one however; this is just one part of a step towards a a great contribution to raising worldwide of the tallest wood primary buildings in the sustainable future using local materials to their awareness of the Cascadian region. world. This Wood Appreciation Centre has been best applications. discussed with possible heights between 6 and 17 stories, although the consensus usually lands Once we start building smart, long lasting on 10 stories, making it the tallest wood based buildings with various uses, structure in North America. timber works as a highly dynamic material which can be reapplied The nearest contender is a 9 story mid-rise in many applications, completing in Vancouver, BC’s Yaletown district built out an entire cycle in a chain. This of Douglas Fir timbers in 1910. Building codes building is made possible by have since made it impossible to construct CLT (Cross Laminated Timber), timber based high and mid-rise buildings; which has been present in Europe however, signifi cant advancements in engineer since the 1990’s. CLT takes modeling and deeper understanding of wood smaller dimension lumber and construction techniques have made this project combines it into monolithic slabs highly viable. measuring up to 10’x40’ and up This pilot project of heavy timber high-rise to 8” thick. These giant slabs construction is an inspiration to all of Cascadia. are premanufactured and cut to Much of the modern economy of the Pacifi c specifi cations by CNC machines. Northwest was founded on resource extraction; This allows the building to be quickly erected, allowing for substantial cost savings in construction time and making CLT highly competitive with steel ...why waste and concrete structures. If the building is intended to be a green building meeting LEED or Living Building Challenge requirements, CLT construction our forests on quickly becomes most cost effective and sustainable choice. This remarkable building is still waiting for Construction is set to begin later this year with fi nal funding approval from the BC government; completion by the end of 2014. The project is meanwhile, the city of Prince George eagerly expected to cost up to $25 Million. 2x4’s, pulp awaits its arrival. and paper? with a rebirthed mentality of sustainability, many forest professionals wonder why we waste our forests on 2x4’s, pulp and paper, and other short-lifespan materials. By constructing quality buildings with local materials, we go a long way towards a sustainable future for humanity in a social, economic and environmental encompassment. This building has a lot of mental stigma to overcome with public perceptions that may not be so accurate. The largest public misconception about timber construction is that it burns and is therefore unsafe, this may be true for small dimension timber such as 2x4’s however larger dimension timber takes on a new classifi cation known as heavy timber. As a timber body burns, charcoal forms on the outside of the timber member, acting Current record holder for “The largest and tallest wooden building in North America.” Église Sainte-Marie, as a highly insulating protective coating; this Church Point, Nova Scotia is a Catholic church built in 1903. It is 185 feet tall and more than 1500 people easily allows heavy timber to meet fi re code worked on the construction. - Wiki OUTDOORS The Tallest Sugar Pine, Umpqua Falls and Skookum Pond: Two Days in Umpqua National Forest by John Williams and a 268 foot tree, unless you’ve got some talent. Though there wasn’t anyone around when we visited you could tell this place got a When I break out my maps, my mind always fair amount of traffi c. Sadly, the ease of access goes back to being a little kid driving Hot and prominent signage led some scumbag to try Wheels cars on a road map of Oregon. I love and kill the tree by girdling it with a chainsaw. the feeling of looking at a map, thinking that an For some reason vandals love to destroy or area or specifi c place might be cool and then, attempt to destroy some of the most impressive with little or no knowledge of the area, going trees on Earth. there. Our next stop was Skookum Pond. Along the One of my favorite college Professors told me way we stopped and grabbed some wood that about the idea of fi lling in the geographic blank had been left in the sun, it defi nitely helped out spots in your mind. I had never really thought later. When we pulled up to Skookum Pond, my of it that way, but I have loved doing it my girlfriend was very excited about the pit toilet. whole life. Whether it’s something seemingly I was equally excited about the large Doug Fir insignifi cant as an old abandoned gas station near the edge of the pond. along a highway or something as breathtaking as Umpqua River, I love fi lling in those blank There were three campsites; the only one spots. pondside was occupied up by an Eagle Scout and his father, who had built the nature trail that went part way around the pond. The trail couldn’t have been more than half a mile one way, but it was great of him and his father to build it. After looking at the two other campsites, we decided on the one farthest from the bathroom, because you could park the closest to the fi re pit and it had space for two fairly large tents. After setting up camp, we went to check out the trail that the Eagle Scout had built. There were a few signs about the various fi sh After talking to the Eagle Scout and his father, runs that happen on the river and what you I found out there is a spring that fl ows from a should and shouldn’t do around the spawning metal culvert. It’s found by walking between the areas. I really wanted to jump in, but because bathroom and sign and back about 100 feet. It’s of the large amount of snowmelt the water was behind a massive Cedar, and not hard to fi nd. absolutely freezing. I was expecting something The water was cold and refreshing. The father different from Umpqua Falls, something more told me that it wasn’t fl owing from the other vertical, but what was there was beautiful all side of the road, I believed him. I drank the water untreated and I’m alive still... but if you want to be on the safe side, treat it or boil it.

After spending some time staring at my Forest Service map and atlas, I decided that Skookum Pond would be a good place to camp. The fact that all of us going wanted to check out the ‘Super-Moon’ made us steer clear of the other more heavily forested campgrounds. After loading up on the ‘essentials’ for car camping, we set out from Fred Meyers’s in Roseburg. Though there are many ways to get to the Umpqua National Forest area depending on where you come from, I decided on exit 98 in Canyonville. Before you head out, I would suggest getting a map of the Umpqua National Forest: the roads are not always marked and you will not have cell service. This campground can be easily accessed by a The next morning my girlfriend and I wanted two-wheel drive car, in good weather anyways. to go and check out Umpqua Falls before On the way up to Skookum we had to stop at heading home. I’m glad we did. We didn’t the Tallest Sugar Pine in the world. know which route we should travel, and we Though there have been a couple of larger ended up hitting a random snow patch, so Sugar Pines recently discovered this tree is we ended up driving back to FR 29. This also deﬁ nitely impressive. I mean, it’s very hard allowed us to grab some drinks at the ‘Bear’ to tell the difference between at 265 foot tree Store. May in Pictures AROUND CASCADIA Chapter Updates Quaff Review #23: Secession Cascadian Dark Ale

The CascadiaNow! group is excited to by Andrew Barton on the shelf at the Central City Liquor Store in announce that we now have more than 30 Surrey. regional coordinators and chapters active According to the label, Secession is a Cascadian There’s something to be said for self- Dark Ale - this is a relatively new style of beer, the throughout the Pacifi c Northwest, from determination and for independence. People result of experimentation by craft brewers across Alaska in the North, to San Francisco always want to be masters of their own destinies Cascadia, making use of Northwest hops as a key in the South and Idaho in the East. to as great a degree as possible, and the whole ingredient. The style was pioneered by Rogue of the New World has been shaped by those In the past two weeks, we’ve Ales of Portland with its Skullsplitter in 2003, and who wanted to pursue their futures on their has been catching on since. heard from people interested from own terms, from Nunavut to the United States the University of Oregon, potentially and from Panama to Argentina. While today the Technically it’s a kind of India Pale Ale, and even our fi rst high-school chapter in borders are fi rmly drawn with thick ink on the while I know that the “pale” here refers to the Eugene, and Seattle now has student maps and stern guards at the crossing points, nature of the malt that was used to make the coordinators at Seattle University and that doesn’t mean they will stay the same beer, there is nevertheless something off about Seattle Central Community College. through tomorrow and tomorrow. taking something as dark as Guinness and Cascadia! Not just a more aesthetically pleasing calling it “pale,” sort of like calling East Germany We’re also excited to see interest name to describe the Pacifi c Northwest, “democratic” with a straight face. growing from our drysider brethren but a region made up of British Columbia, As far as the beer itself goes - it’s got something of in areas like Ellensburg and Spokane Washington, and Oregon. On occasion it’s been a spicy smell, one which brings to mind pine trees Washington, which just had their tapped as a country of the future, and perhaps in springtime. The taste is recognizably that of fi rst meeting on Friday, May 25th. one day that will be the case after all - granted, an IPA, somewhat bitter with a vaguely metallic, They grow a joining number of in order for that to happen something would hoppy aftertaste that is nevertheless much more tolerable than other IPAs I’ve tried. active chapters around the Salish Sea, have to happen to the United States fi rst, as including Vancouver BC, Bellingham, history shows that it takes a rather dim view of With a 6.5% alcohol content, it hits somewhat secession. Olympia, Seattle, and of course Portland. hard if you’re not eating anything with it... and Secession Cascadian Dark Ale, on the other you really should be eating something with it, if As always, it is our goal to raise hand, is nothing to look at dimly. Indeed, it’s only to cleanse your palate of the hoppy aftertaste awareness of Cascadia, and to help get dark enough that even when you shine a light once it’s run its course. people active who are interested in the idea. down on it, it remains resolutely opaque. Brewed Keep this one cold before you uncap it, too - it More information can be found on by Hopworks Urban Brewery of Portland, was easy enough to tell that it would taste a lot our website at http://cascadianow.org/ Oregon, Secession is an organic, carbon-neutral worse if you give it the chance to warm up. The get-involved If you’re interested in beer that urges us to “join the party and uncap a label gives it “15 degrees Plato,” but this isn’t revolution.” the idea, or notice that your region isn’t an instruction to serve it at a temperature of 15 degrees - this refers instead to its sugar content. represented and would like to become I’ve been looking for a bottle of this particular Apparently it’s a popular measure in at least a regional coordinator or help start a brew for months, and was pretty much resigned to having to go down to Portland to fi nd some, the Czech Republic, but this is the fi rst time I’ve chapter in your area, please don’t hesitate when during an unsuccessful search for a bottle encountered a North American beer using that to contact us at [email protected] of Rogue’s Voodoo Bacon Maple Ale I found it particular yardstick. As the old commercials say, you have to live here to get it. Secession is pretty much only available in Cascadia, though you may also be able to fi nd it in parts of Idaho and Alberta, even though Alberta has never been part of Cascadia and would in fact stink up the place with all its coal and dirty oil. We keep all those all-natural pine-scented air fresheners all along the Rocky Mountains for a reason. At Central City, a bottle of this set me back about $8.65 before taxes. Stepping back from the beer for a moment, I have to give Hopworks kudos on Secession’s graphic design. It’s a clear, individual label - not many beers have national maps on them - done in the colors of the Cascadian fl ag, using Hopworks’ specifi c, eyecatching font; both in design and taste it strongly outperforms the other independence- themed beer I’ve tried, L’Independante of Quebec, and that one was an honestly pro-independence brew. I don’t normally like pale ales, but Secession was worth a go - so if that’s up your alley, uncap a bottle and raise a stein to a free Cascadia. To read some of Andrew’s other beer reviews, or his more general writings, check out his blog at www.actsofminortreason.com This Month in Cascadian History By Alex DeVeiteo June 6, 1889 – The early Seattle era comes to a stunning halt with the Great Seattle Fire, which June 1, 1909 – Opening day of the Alaska–Yukon– burns the majority of 32 city blocks, including the Pacifi c Exposition, a world’s fair held in Seattle entire business district, four of the city’s wharves, (on the site now occupied by the University of its railroad terminals, and destroys most of the Washington), publicizing the development of the central business district. Total losses are estimated at Pacifi c Northwest. 80,000 people attend. The day is nearly $20,000,000. Despite the massive destruction of property, only one person is killed by the fi re, a declared a city holiday. young boy named James Goin. June 2, 1979 – Members of the Confederated Tribes of The city quickly rebuilds from the ashes, thanks in Siletz adopt a tribal constitution. part to credit arranged by banker and entrepreneur June 3, 1889 – The fi rst long-distance electric power Jacob Furth, as well as brothel owner Lou Graham. transmission line in North America is completed, A new zoning code results in a downtown of brick and stone buildings, rather than wood. In the single helping to make electricity more affordable and year after the fi re, the city grows in size from 25,000 available. The line runs 14 miles between a generator to 40,000 inhabitants. at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon. June 7, 1866 – Chief Si’ahl dies on the Suquamish June 4, 1792 – George Vancouver explores and claims reservation at Port Madison, Washington. One Puget Sound for Great Britain, naming it for one of of Seattle’s founders, Arthur Armstrong Denny, his offi cers, Lieutenant Peter Puget. later sets up a monument over his grave, with the June 5, 1940 – The Lake Washington Floating Bridge inscription “SEATTLE Chief of the Suqampsh and (now known as the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial longer than a mile, and at the time is the longest Allied Tribes, Died June 7, 1866. The Firm Friend Bridge) opens, connecting Seattle with Mercer Island fl oating structure in the world. It is now the second of the Whites, and for Him the City of Seattle was and the Eastside. A toll bridge until 1946, the Lake longest fl oating bridge in the world. Named by Its Founders”. Washington Floating Bridge is the fi rst fl oating bridge (Continued on page 4) This Month in Cascadian History

(Continued from page 3) June 14, 1792 – Spanish explorers Dionisio Alcalá June 22, 1807 – Fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker June 8, 1977 – Vancouver Harbour Centre skyscraper Galiano and Cayetano Valdés enter and anchor in David Thompson (known to some native peoples as offi cially opens in the central business district of the north arm of the Fraser River, becoming the “Koo-Koo-Sint” or “the Stargazer”) reaches Howse Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. At 481 feet fi rst Europeans to fi nd and enter it. The existence Pass, BC with his wife and family. They fi nd a small (146.6 m) it is the tallest building in Vancouver at the of the river, but not its location, had been deduced tributary of the Columbia River, now called Blaeberry time, and remains a prominent landmark and major during the 1791 voyage of José María Narváez, under River, and name one of the uppermost major tourist attraction to the present. Francisco de Eliza. tributaries the Kootenay River. June 9, 1934 – Frustrated that shipping subsidies June 15, 1859 – Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads June 23, 1975 – During his “Welcome to My from the government were leading to larger profi ts to the “Northwestern Boundary Dispute” between Nightmare” tour, shock rocker Alice Cooper trips for the shipping companies that weren’t passed down U.S. and British/Canadian settlers. The most notable and falls head fi rst off the stage and onto the concrete to the workers, approximately 1,400 members of the incident in the dispute occurs on San Juan Island, fl oor of the Pacifi c Coliseum in Vancouver, BC, International Longshoremen’s Association participate where an American farmer shoots and kills a pig breaking 6 ribs and requiring stitches for a head in the West Coast waterfront strike in Portland, belonging to a Hudson’s Bay Company rancher. wound. Oregon. Demanding recognition of the union, wage When offers of compensation are denied, and threats of imprisonment are made against the American June 24, 1935 – Composer and performing musician increases, a six-hour workday and 30-hour work Terrence Mitchell Riley is born in Colfax, California. week, the ILA moves to shut down shipping in every farmer, American settlers call for military protection. This seemingly trivial event would lead to a fi ve A pioneer of the minimalist school of Western port along the West Coast month long military escalation between the United classical music, Mitchell’s work is deeply infl uenced June 10, 1976 – British-American rock group Paul States and Great Britain in the event known as “The by both jazz and Indian classical music. McCartney & Wings holds a concert at the Kingdome Pig War”. in Seattle, Washington. The Seattle concert is the June 16, 1953 – The Newspaper Guild strikes at The centerpiece of the Wings Over America Tour, which Seattle Times, shutting down the paper for 94 days. is the fi rst time McCartney has toured North America since The Beatles stopped touring in 1966. June 17, 1877 – The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at the Battle of White Bird Canyon in the June 11, 1976 – The United Nations Habitat Idaho Territory, southwest of the present-day city conference on human settlements ends in Vancouver, of Grangeville. The battle marks the beginning of BC. the war between the Nez Perce First Nation and the June 12, 1853 – Prospector John Wesley Hillman United States. becomes the fi rst person of European descent to see June 18, 1999 – A ‘Reclaim the Streets’ event, in what he names “Deep Blue Lake” in Oregon. The lake Eugene, Oregon escalates into a free-form parade is renamed at least three times, fi rst as Blue Lake, in which protesters block downtown streets, while then Lake Majesty, and fi nally Crater Lake. others smash the windows of a furniture store, a bank and a hotel before the protest peters out. When police begin to make arrests, knots of angry protesters June 25, 1968 – Len Marchand of the Okanagan First re-form. The Nation makes history as the fi rst person of First police fi re tear gas Nations ethnicity to serve in the federal cabinet, as canisters to disperse the crowds, while a well as the fi rst to serve as a Member of Parliament in few activists respond British Columbia. by hurling back rocks June 26, 1943 – The cornerstone is laid for the HMCS and bottles. Discovery, a Navy Reserve division and shore facility June 19, 1910 – The in Vancouver, British Columbia. During World War fi rst celebration of II it is used for recruitment and training almost 8,000 Father’s Day in North personnel. After the war, it serves as headquarters for America is held in several Reserve and Cadet units. Spokane, Washington, June 27, 1907 – Radio, stage, fi lm, and television leading to the modern character actor John McIntire is born in Spokane, holiday. Washington. His career spans 65 movies, including June 20, 1942 the fi lm noir classic “The Asphalt Jungle” and the – Long-range Japanese Hitchcock thriller “Psycho”. submarine I-26 shells June 28, 1971 – The Georgia Viaduct opens in a the lighthouse at ceremony presided over by Vancouver mayor Tom Estevan Point on Campbell. Its Dunsmuir twin, to the north, opens in Vancouver Island and I-25 torpedoes November of the same year. June 13, 1886 – The Great Vancouver and shells the freighter S.S. Fort Camosun off Cape June 29, 1850 – Coal is discovered near Nanaimo on Fire razes most of the newly incorporated city of Flattery. The freighter does not sink, and rescuers tow Vancouver Island. It proves valuable for refueling Vancouver, B.C. Dozens of lives are claimed by the it to safety in Neah Bay. Royal Navy ships and Canadian Pacifi c Railway fi re; the only structures not destroyed are a stone trains. building in the West End, the Hastings Mill Store, June 21, 1942 – Long-range Japanese submarine I-25 and a few structures on the banks of False Creek. An comes in close to the coast through a fi shing fl eet to June 30, 1976 – British Columbia Court of Appeal avoid minefi elds off the Columbia River and takes up estimated $1.3 million is lost in destroyed property, rules that the province owns the seabed mineral position near Fort Stevens. Believing the fort to be a but within four days the city begins to rebuild with resources between Vancouver Island and the submarine base, Japanese Commander Meiji Tagami modern water, electricity and streetcar systems. The mainland, rejecting federal claims. orders the submarine’s 5.5 inch deck gun to begin Vancouver Fire Department and Police Department shelling the shore. Despite causing no signifi cant are established a year later. damage, the attack raises fears of future strikes. Cascadia Calendar – June 2012

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