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Filming with Mary’s Biographer
Naturally, revisiting the story of a woman like Mary has led us down a path filled with adventure and unexpected discoveries. Last autumn, Meghan and I found ourselves on opposite ends of a pack string horseback riding in the Ptarmigan Valley, just as Mary had in 1904. We also shared a similar ‘pinch me’ moment last month while filming and interviewing Mary Schäffer’s biographer, Janice Sanford Beck.
Wildflowers is filmed and produced on Treaties 6, 7 and 8 Territory, the traditional and sacred lands of the Niitsitapi from the Blackfoot Confederacy (the Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani Nations); the Stoney Nation comprised of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney; the Tsuut’ina Nation; the homeland of the Métis and Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation of Alberta; the Ktunaxa and Secwépemc Nations; the Mountain Cree clan of Chief Peechee; the Dene; and the traditional territories of the Katzie and Kwantlen Nations. It is with gratitude that we visit these landscapes.
Filmed on location and with the permission of the Parks Canada Agency, at Jasper National Park and Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, as well as with permission of the Town of Banff.