During the summer months, the Haig-Brown House offers unique BED & BREAKFAST accommodation and the garden can be rented for weddings, receptions and other special events.
I paraphrase Chilean poet and conceptual artist Cecilia Vicuña, who says, writing is a social life. Receding into the privacy of a quiet study in a small town to work on a story, is in some ways antithetical to writing
One of the silver linings of the 2020 pandemic was that I got to mind the Haig-Brown House through all of the seasons. Typically the site manager skidaddles to make room for the writer in residence between November and April,
My arrival: The immaculate backyard is lit up by the morning sunshine. Trees that border the back yard cast shadows across the lawn. Some are thick and arching. Others are distorted reflections on the lawn that shift and change with
Roderick Haig-Brown, for whom the house is named, was an avid fly-fisher, pioneering conservationist, acclaimed author and magistrate.
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Haig-Brown House
2250 Campbell River Road
Campbell River, BC V9W 4N7
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