No Walk In the Woods: The History of the West Coast Trail at the Maritime Museum of BCUnpublished

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The bestselling Blisters and Bliss has been the trekkers guide to the West Coast Trail since 1989. The 75-kilometre trail on Vancouver Island is rated as one of the worlds greatest hikes. In this revised ninth edition, David Foster and Wayne Aitken once again provide a practical and easy-to-use...

In 1910 a highly unlikely party of politicians, poets, social butterflies and an overweight cook, all led by a Shakespeare-quoting bushrat named Hughie Horatio Nelson Baron Bacon, set out from the Willows Hotel in Campbell River to explore the wild interior of Vancouver Island. They were launched on...

The bestselling guide to campgrounds across BC, Yukon, and the Canadian Rockies, newly revised and updated. Western Canada's quintessential camping guide--now in its 9th edition--lays the groundwork for anyone planning to get out of the city and explore the best that nature has to...

A dynamic retelling of the deadly 1906 sinking of the SS Valencia off the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, one of the worst maritime disasters in Canadian history. There are few places on earth that have such a high record of marine casualties as the short yet treacherous stretch of coastline...

Awaken your senses and make the most out of your next walk in the woods--with Peter Wohlleben, New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees. "This book will fast-track you into the joys of spending time amongst the trees."--Tristan Gooley,...

Part travelogue, part natural history, this enchanting book explores life over the course of a year by waters that extend from Port Renfrew on the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Desolation Sound. After moving to Vancouver Island from the Prairies in the early 2000s, Carolyn Redl made it her...

A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history--and present--of one of the most notorious stretches of water in the world Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the...

On January 22, 1906, the passenger ship Valencia lost her way in heavy fog and rain and rammed into the deadly rocks at Pachena Point on the west coast of Vancouver Island. As the wreck was shattered by the pounding waves, the survivors clung desperately to the rigging. Few made it the short...

Canada's west coast has one of the most extensive networks of staffed lighthouses remaining anywhere in the world and the authors visit all the most significant sites, ranging from the Carmanah Point light that watches over the hikers of the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Islands station -"Little...

The rugged west coast of Vancouver Island offers some of the most spectacular and storied hiking in the Pacific Northwest. Home to the world-famous West Coast Trail, once a lifeline for marooned sailors and still among the most breath-taking yet demanding hikes on the continent, the island...

"MY WIFE HAS GONE CRAZY - one of the isolated upcoast lightkeepers in this astonishing book writes to his Victoria supervisor. "PLEASE SEND SOMEONE UP HERE AT ONCE." It could be an incident from any one of many poignant stories which unfold as Don Graham, himself keeper of Vancouver's...

A comprehensive guide to Pacific Rim National Park, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The park includes 100 small islands and more than 100 miles of sandy beaches and rugged coastline. Outstanding coastal scenery, extensive and diverse marine life, extensive opportunities for kayaking and...

Plants of the West Coast Trail is part of the series of handy, beautifully illustrated pocket-sized plant guides from Raincoast Books. The book includes one to four photographs of species found in this particular region, plus black and white illustrations of leaf shapes and tree silhouettes. Each...

Following the removal of the gray whale from the Endangered Species list in 1994, the Makah tribe of northwest Washington State announced that they would revive their whale hunts; their relatives, the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation of British Columbia shortly followed suit. Neither tribe had exercised...

Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands are home to over two dozen active lighthouses. For over a century, these coastal beacons have guided ships through the fog and represented hope for countless mariners. Today, the lighthouses on BC's southern islands are ideal destinations for day trippers and...