Actually I'll be on the trail of my favorite nautical poet Cicely Fox Smith again while in Victoria. She was resident there from 1904 to 1913. Last time I spent some time in the BC Archives but didn't have enough time to go through the microfilm of the local newspapers. I'm convinced that she would have published some poems and other observations while in residence. I know she entered a poetry contest.

I did take a photo of her initials "CFS" carved into an old door of a derelict building on the waterfront, but they looked suspiciously fresh.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble