She is best known for her 1961 book The Curve of Time, which recounts summer travels with her children in the inland waterways of British Columbia in the 1920s and 1930s.
[1]: 13–18 Her maternal grandfather John Goodall Snetsinger, a significant presence in the household, was both a prosperous businessman and member of Parliament, among other political positions.
"[1]: 23 Following her husband's death in a suspected drowning in 1926, Blanchet embarked on annual summer cruises along the British Columbia coast with her five children in the family's 25 foot boat, the Caprice.
"[1]: 4 Her regular reading included challenging, intellectual fare like that found in Blackwood's Magazine (also her first publisher) and The Atlantic, which she would sometimes share with people she met in her travels.
[citation needed] The Curve of Time, preface to Seal Press edition published 1993, p. ix.