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Page 7 In 1962, she set off for Europe where she travelled in Britain and on the Continent and worked for about a year in a London bookstore. Returning to Vancouver, she began working as Dr. Charles E. Borden's archaeological assistant at first on an informal,'ex-gratia' basis; the position was formalized later. She directed field excavations at Musqueam in 1968 and at the South Yale Site(DjRi7) in 1973. She became the most effective factotum that any archaeological group could possibly have. Everything undertaken by the anthro-archaeologists at UBC would depend in part on Moira's help. From equipping a field expedition to drawing and photographing the artifacts, preparing museum displays and laying out articles and books for publication, Moira could be counted on to do a first-class job. Moira followed the family tradition of an active outdoor life. She was a mountaineer, a canoer, and a cross-country skier. One might imagine that she was enrolled in the Alpine Club of Canada from birth! She was with a group from the ACC on a trek near Annapurna in 1970 when she began feeling unaccountably weak and tired. Invalided out of Nepal, she was hospitalized in Hong Kong, where diabetes vjas diagnosed. From then on, Moira was dependent on regular injections of insulin. Total dependency on a drug did not, however, inhibit her climbing, canoeing, and skiing, as well as her work as Cultural Assistant in UBC's Laboratory of Archaeology. In 1974, she was appointed editor of the 'Canadian Alpine Journal', a post she held until 1986. In 1975, while on a climb with the Alpine Club, Moira met Jane Gilchrist, a fellow-spirit. The two soon became steadfast friends. They shared an apartment in Kitsilano and started a series of wilderness canoe trips among the Gulf Islands, during which they managed to record a number of archaeological sites. Then came the Laughing Oyster. Moira, Jane and another friend, Eleanor Hardvjick, bought a bookstore in Courtenay B.C. The previous owner had named it the Laughing Oyster, after their aged cleaning lady who used to entertain them with horrific stories of injuries sustained during her former employment as an oyster-shucker - the worse the injury, the louder the old girl laughed. The three partners kept the store from 1978 to 1986. Moira loved music, particularly early music, so she built a clavichord, from a kit. She enjoyed gardening, but the front yard of the house lies deep in a tree shaded ravine, so she gardened in pots and boxes on her balcony, on the roof, and in well-lit windows. I suspect that Moira loved keeping the garden as a wilderness barrier to discourage casual visitors and preserve her privacy. She always directed friends to the back door, the only way to enter the house. Moira's patience, kindness and generosity were demonstrated fully when her parents' climbing companion Ev Gee suffered a severe stroke three years ago. For a year, Moira looked after Ev's affairs, got her house in order, organized visitors, and arranged for a housekeeper to look after her when she was able to return home. As executor, Moira cleared up the estate and disposed of Ev's effects after her death. That sad job is now being done for Moira by Jane. Mercifully, Moira's time of suffering was short. Much as we all miss her, we can at least be grateful for that.