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After seven years at sea, Charlie returned to Nova Scotia, but he didn't stay for long. Overcome with restlessness, and perhaps still possessed by an ambition to trek across Canada, Charlie made his way to Vancouver by train and by foot. In British Columbia, Macdonald again made a living as a carpenter, this time repairing railway cars. He also painted signs, the only time he made money as an artist. Charlie gloried in the natural beauties of the West Coast, climbing mountains with the Alpine Club of Canada, and as always, keeping books of watercolour sketches. From 1908 to 1910 he lived in Vancouver. There he joined the four year old Socialist Party of Canada which espoused the collectivization of property, atheism, production for use and the organization of workers, ideas in which Charlie would believe for the rest of his life.

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British Columbia
20th Century, Circa 1910
British Columbia, Canada


Credits:
The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society

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Bear River Trail
20th Century, Circa 1910
British Columbia, Canada


Credits:
The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society

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Nass Trail
20th Century, Circa 1910
British Columbia, Canada


Credits:
The Charales Macdonald House of Centreville Society

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Socialist Sketch
20th Century, Circa 1910
British Columbia, Canada


Credits:
The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society