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James David "Jim" Anderson is a former Parks Branch staff member and author of 'BC's Magnificent Parks; the First Hundred Years" (Harbor Publishing, 2005). Anderson attended the University of British Columbia, graduating with a Master of Arts (Community and Regional Planning) in 1971. Anderson served as a Parks Planner with BC Parks between 1970 and 1977 and a manager in Resource Management with BC Parks from 1977 to 1980. He also worked with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Fisheries Renewal BC between 1980 and 1998.

Leonhard Epp (1932-2018) was a ceramicist who spent most of his career in Falkland, B.C., with his wife, artist Ann Kipling. He was born near Heidelberg, Germany, and took a stonework certification before arriving in Canada in 1951. He attended the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design) from 1956 to 1960 and later taught sculpture and ceramics there, from 1962 to 1972. Leonhard and Ann moved to Falkland in 1973, where he remained until his death. He exhibited at the Vernon, Kelowna, and Kamloops Art Galleries. His last exhibition before his death was in 2008 at the Vernon Art Gallery.

Ann Kipling was a Canadian artist best known for her impressionistic portraits and landscapes. Kipling was born in Victoria, B.C., and studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design) from 1955 to 1960. Kipling lived in Falkland, B.C., for 45 years with her husband, ceramicist Leonhard Epp, and much of her famous landscape work drew on their home’s natural scenery. Her work has been featured in galleries and museums across Canada and overseas, including the West Vancouver Art Gallery, and the British Museum. She was awarded numerous grants from Canadian institutions, was the first recipient of the prestigious Audain Prize for the Visual Arts in 2004, and received an honorary doctorate from Emily Carr University in 2008.