7: Episode 7: The Golden Spruce

This week we take a ferry across the treacherous Hecate Strait from the mainland of British Columbia and alight on the Haida Gwaii archipelago. We follow a tumultuous story of greed, eco-activism, and terrorism as a native island legend is murdered. 

Sources: 
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed by John Valliant
https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/gwaiihaanas/nature/faune-wildlife
https://wiki.ubc.ca/The_impact_of_continued_logging_operations_in_Haida_Gwaii_%E2%80%94_ecological_and_social_impacts_for_the_Haida_Nation
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/sitka-spruce/