8 December 1939 – 28 May 2026 Jim was born in Vancouver on 8 December 1939. The beloved first son of Eric and Aleza Christison, he grew up fishing and roaming the Skeena River region, from Prince Rupert to Usk, where he spent his summers. He lived his entire life in the vicinity of the Skeena River, in Prince Rupert and at Lakelse Lake, with the brief exception of a period in Vancouver training to be an aircraft mechanic. Here, he met Jane Steph…