Jim Cooperman

Jim Cooperman

Biographic Abstract - Jim Cooperman Author of the local best seller, Everything Shuswap, Jim Cooperman moved to the Shuswap in 1969 as a war resister and a back-to-the-lander, after receiving his BA from the University of California at Berkeley. Over the succeeding years, Jim taught school, worked in construction and log building, operated a sawmill, and edited a provincial environmental journal, the BC Environmental Report. His local environmental work led to the protection of over 25,000 hectares of new parks in the Shuswap, which is documented in the book, Big Trees Saved, by Deanna Kawatski. He has researched and written about local history and helped initiate and edit the local history journal, Shuswap Chronicles I and II. In 1993, he wrote the Chapter on Canada in Clearcut – The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry. And in 1998, he wrote Keeping the Special in Special Management Zones, A Citizens’ Guide, published by BC Spaces for Nature. Jim lives with his wife, Kathleen, in a log home they built on 40 acres above Shuswap Lake, where they raised five children. His column, “Shuswap Passion,” appears every two weeks in either the Shuswap Market News or the Salmon Arm Observer. Additionally, his YouTube channel has over 100 videos, including many that showcase live music, skiing and Shuswap geography.

Feb 11 2014October 10, 2020

My first visit to Lee Creek, where I have lived since 1969

Memoirs

‘Lovely Rita, the meter maid’ – my first vehicle on its long trip in the summer of 1967 from Berkeley, north to Vancouver through the …

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Feb 7 2014October 10, 2020

Mining the Shuswap

History

Enderby Coal Mine, circa 1905, photo courtesy of the Enderby Museum & Archives With all the attention currently in British Columbia directed to mining, one …

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Jan 24 2014October 10, 2020

The fascinating Sinmax Creek Valley – Ranching and mining near Adams Lake

History

Squam Bay School, (photo by beavercarl) There is a well-used shortcut between the Shuswap and the North Thompson that utilizes the recently upgraded logging …

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Jan 10 2014October 10, 2020

Shuswap’s internationally renowned Chief George Manuel

History

There are few Shuswap residents that have achieved provincial recognition, and fewer still that have attained either national or international prominence. It has been said …

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