Dodging between the Arctic floes, almost crushed several times, the little RCMP vessel St. Roch was the first ship to conquer the hazardous Northwest Passage from west to east.
 

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.
 

Coasters is essential reading for anyone travelling on these unique little freighters, and a key element in understanding life along the coast.
 

In a province where mountain ranges are at odds with road and rail builders, and its capital city and a large portion of its population are on an island, it’s no surprise that the provision of an effective transportation system has been a challenging undertaking—or that mistakes have been made.
 

For those involved with the Seattle waterfront of many years ago, the Blanchard name was a household word for fine yachts. In Knee-Deep in Shavings, Norman Jr.'s spirit comes through — an interesting memoir of some of the hundreds of boats built and friends met along the way.
 

There may be no other sailing ship in North America that has touched the lives of so many people during her 80-plus years of existence. Her story reflects social, economic, cultural, and technical trends.
 

Maria Coffey and Dag Goering embark on a three-month journey by wooden boat along Canada’s spectacular west coast.
 

When the Puget Sound cod fleet sailed out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca into the grey Pacific in 1934, it represented the waning years of a great tradition. Captain Ed Shields made his first voyage that year past the Graveyard of the Pacific to the Bering Sea and would ultimately steer the last ship north in 1950.
 

Buying Saffron, a 24-foot racing sail-boat, was "an act of desperation" meant to help single parent June Cameron and her youngest son validate themselves.
 

Riverboats carrying stagecoaches to the Cariboo were not uncommon sights in the 19th century.
 

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.