Bill Arnott - Canadian Geographic Ambassador

Bill Arnott

Canadian Geographic Ambassador

Bill is an award-winning author and passionate traveller.

Join Bill Arnott on the following trips:

Bill is the bestselling author of A Perfect Day for a Walk: The History, Cultures, and Communities of Vancouver, on Foot, the award-winning Gone Viking travelogues, British Columbia’s top-selling A Season on Vancouver Island, and other books of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.

He’s been awarded for prose, poetry, songwriting, and for his expeditions received Fellowships at Britain’s Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

Bill is a past director on several boards, university lecturer, contributing writer at numerous magazines, and gives countless presentations for TV, radio, podcasts, and literary festivals.

When not trekking the globe with a small pack and journal, Bill can be found on Canada’s west coast, where he lives near the sea on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh land.