Laura Stovel Archives – Revelstoke Mountaineer

Stories of the forest

By Bryce Borlick ● Latest News ● Jul 17, 2022

A new book by local author Laura Stovel encourages us to look, listen, and learn from our forests.

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Revelstoke Community Response Network has new heat wave response initiative

By Revelstoke Mountaineer staff ● Latest News ● Jul 15, 2022

The Revelstoke Community Response Network is helping to prepare Revelstoke for future heat waves.

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Seven generations on this land

By Laura Stovel ● Latest News ● Oct 26, 2021

Revelstoke writer Laura Stovel explores Indigenous culture and life in the Revelstoke region at the time of the arrival of explorers, traders, settlers and colonial forces. Her story shows how the actions of all our ancestors generations ago still resonate in our lives today, calling attention to the realization that our actions today will also resonate through the lives of the generations that will follow us.

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They Called Her Jennie

By Laura Stovel ● Latest News ● Sep 19, 2021

A collaborative LUNA art project explores challenging issues in a historic Revelstoke murder.

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Valuing the forest and the trees

By Laura Stovel ● Latest News ● Feb 16, 2021

I wanted to know more about why forest companies log original forests. Would it be possible to prioritize ecosystem health and still have a strong forest industry?

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The many lives of John Augustyn

By Laura Stovel ● Latest News ● Jan 25, 2021

A Revelstoke Veteran’s incredible story of survival through hardship during some of the worst chapters of the Second World War.

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When place names honoured the land

By Laura Stovel ● Latest News ● Jan 1, 2020

‘To us, the rivers, mountains and other parts of the natural world are not just dirt, rocks and trees without life; they breathe, they feel and they speak. These places are living entities and the names we give them reflect the spirit of the land.’

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Swift River courses through regional history

By Vilja Arnsteinsdatter ● Latest News ● Dec 17, 2019

New book by Revelstoke author Laura Stovel journeys into First Peoples’ history on the Columbia River.

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