This is the tale of how Canada’s high northern wilderness was brought into civilization’s fold through a frail network of wires laboriously strung between poles and trees for hundreds of desolate miles. It started in 1897, when gold was discovered in the Yukon and the government needed a faster way to communicate with its remote northern territory. The isolated residents, too, wanted a more reliable connection with the outside world. Thus was born the Yukon Telegraph.
 

Jan Peterson’s new book, Black Diamond City, chronicles the evolution of Nanaimo from original Native settlements to coal company town to diversified Victorian-era community.
 

This book features an impressive collection of black-and-white lithograph images that were sold to the public in the early twentieth century.
 

Carving the Western Path—Central & Northern B.C. and its companion volume, Carving the Western Path—Southern B.C., offer anecdotal accounts of B.C.'s pioneer roadbuilders, railway barons, and sternwheeler captains. They complete a definitive review of B.C. transportation by former provincial Deputy Minister of Highways, Robert G. Harvey.
 

Carving the Western Path—Southern B.C. and its companion volume, Carving the Western Path—Central and Northen B.C., offer anecdotal accounts of B.C.'s pioneer roadbuilders, railway barons, and sternwheeler captains. They complete a definitive review of B.C. transportation by former provincial Deputy Minister of Highways, Robert G. Harvey.
 

Continental Dash tells a remarkable story about the construction of the telegraph line that connected the continents. This is the first time this story has been told from the standpoint of the telegraph workers.
 

Garnet Basque edited and produced a series of popular history anthologies that helped his own generation fall in love with its past.
 

Possibly BC’s greatest frontiersman, nevertheless, in Canada he is virtually unknown. By contrast, if Kootenai had lived in the US he would be as familiar as Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone.
 

Grainger had a gently humorous talent for describing his friends, his much-loved horses, and the simple joys of life in the open air.
 

The Scouts' existence under their charismatic leader now find their deserved place in Canadian folk history in this colourful story that will fascinate anyone with an interest in Canadian and NWMP history.
 

This is the tale of how Canada’s high northern wilderness was brought into civilization’s fold through a frail network of wires laboriously strung between poles and trees for hundreds of desolate miles. It started in 1897, when gold was discovered in the Yukon and the government needed a faster way to communicate with its remote northern territory. The isolated residents, too, wanted a more reliable connection with the outside world. Thus was born the Yukon Telegraph.
 

Author - Ervin Austin MacDonald

This first-hand account of a Canadian pioneer — the next title in TouchWood’s Classics West series — tells the story of a hard-won wilderness home and of the self-sufficient father and brothers who built it.
 

Author - Jim Wolf

Rediscover New Westminster in this richly illustrated history that features many never-before-published images. Royal City is intended to be a treasured keepsake for current and past residents as well as useful tool for anyone interested in the history of British Columbia's first capital city and early photographers.
 

Author - Norman Lee

The latest addition to TouchWood Editions’ Classics West Collection, this is the colourful tale of a formidable trek undertaken by legendary Cariboo rancher Norman Lee.