Whistler is kind of like the Beyoncé of B.C. travel spots — undeniably iconic, gorgeous at every angle, and guaranteed to leave you in awe. But similarly to trying to snag tickets to her Renaissance ...

An anonymous watercolor portrait of Francis Johnson holding an early 19th-century horn Courtesy NYPL On March 9, 1819, a supremely gifted musician named Francis “Frank” Johnson played a concert at the ...