An update on Parks Canada's Archaeological Programme in the Gulf Islands and Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserves

Daryl Fedje was born in Duncan and grew up in logging camps on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and also worked in commercial fishing and sawmills before going back to school.  Daryl complete his BA at Simon Fraser University and then spent a few years travelling and working in consulting archaeology before starting work with Parks Canada in 1982.  He has been there ever since.  His work focused on mountain parks until 1990 and then shifted to west coast parks.  Daryl completed his MA at the University of Calgary in 1993.  Over the last 10 years his focus has been on Gwaii Haanas working on cultural resource management and collaborative research.