Blisters & Bliss - 5th Edition
Can$14.95
1-894384-65-2
Author-David Foster and Wayne Aitken
Illustrator-Nelson Dewey
Each year, thousands of trekkers tackle the 75-kilometre West Coast Trail between Bamfield and Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island. And for more than twelve years, this book has been the definitive guide to the world-famous trail.
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Bugaboo Dreams: A Story of Skiers, Helicopters and Mountains
Can$29.95
Author-Topher Donahue
Take the snowiest mountains in Canada, add two Austrian immigrants, an army of adrenaline-addicted skiers (kings, queens, billionaires, average people and everyday ski bums) and throw a helicopter into the mix for an unforgettable story of mountain adventure.
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Building Victoria: Men, Myths, and Mortar
Can$24.95
1-894384-68-7
Author-Danda Humphreys
The history of Victoria is preserved in the very beams and joinery of its buildings. These structures serve as mute reminders of a bygone era, providing a peek into our past and a glimpse at the lives of the people who built them.
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Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains
Can$19.95
Author-Glen W. Boles, Roger W. Laurilla, William L. Putnam
The towering peaks of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains rival the European Alps in fame. When travelling or climbing, hiking or skiing in these areas, have you ever wondered where the names of the peaks, rivers and lakes came from, or who named them and why? In Canadian Mountain Place Names, the authors have used their scope of knowledge and expertise, along with many outside sources, to compile an entertaining and informative treatise on the toponymy of this increasingly popular alpine region.
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Destination Cortez Island
Can$17.95
1-895811-68-6
June Cameron
A nostalgic memoir of the lives and times of coastal pioneers and their boats, the essential possession in an era when the sea was there only highway.
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Glen Boles: My Mountain Album: Art & Photography of the Canadian Rockies & Columbia Mountains
Can$64.95
Author-Glen Boles
Artist and photographer Glen Boles has climbed extensively all over North America and in Europe, but his first love is the Canadian Rockies, where he has summited over 450 peaks, often by a difficult new route. Many were first ascents. Over the years Glen has become familiar with all facets of climbing, from expedition climbing to mountain rescue.
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In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies
Can$22.95
Author- James Outram
Foreword by Chic Scott
Mountain Classics Collection
"There is a wonderful fascination about mountains. Their massive grandeur, majesty of lofty height, splendour of striking outline-crag and pinnacle and precipice-seem to appeal both to the intellect and to the inmost soul of man, and to compel a mingled reverence and love …" -James Outram
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Incredible Rogers Pass
Can$5.95
0-919214-08-8
Edited by-Art Downs
Rogers Pass has scenery as impressive as that in Banff and Jasper National Parks.
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Nanaimo: The Harbour City
Can$24.95
1-894384-56-3
Author-Goody Niosi and Terry Patterson
Through Goody Niosi's broad knowledge of Nanaimo and its surroundings, and through the discerning vision of local photographer Terry Patterson, Nanaimo, The Harbour City captures the human spirit and broad landscape that have clearly marked this place as being very special.
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Newcastle Island, A Place of Discovery
Can$11.95
1-895811-58-9
Author-Bill Merilees
Newcastle Island situated in the Nanaimo Harbour is one of the most popular Provincial Marine Parks in British Columbia. In this book by Bill Merilees, learn about the history of this enchanting island.
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Nootka Sound
Can$11.95
1-895811-03-1
Author-Heather Harbord
In Nootka Sound, she documents both 19th and 20th century history while describing the routes and sights that new visitors can enjoy.
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Northern British Columbia Canoe Trips: Volume One
Can$29.95
Author-Laurel Archer
This first volume of the guidebook series Northern British Columbia Canoe Trips describes in detail eight northern BC paddling routes over eleven rivers, and is designed to provide canoeists with all the information they require to plan a river trip appropriate to their skill level and special interests.
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Portrait of British Columbia
Can$16.95
Author-Al Harvey
British Columbia is a province of immense diversity, vast spaces and unparalleled majesty. Photographer Al Harvey travelled the province-by car, foot, plane, bike, kayak and canoe-to capture these definitive images.
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Portrait of Vancouver
Can$16.95
With its wealth of amenities, from parks, gardens and beaches to bustling markets, unique shops and fine restaurants, Vancouver has it all. This book celebrates the city with a selection of photographs that visitors and long-time residents alike will appreciate and enjoy.
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Portrait of the Canadian Rockies (Hardcover)
Can$19.95
Photographer-Elizabeth Wilson
This book - a complete look at this amazing region - includes historic images that date back over 125 years, as well as colour photographs of the large mammals that inhabit the region. And of course, the book features beautiful colour photographs of all the important scenic views for which the Canadian Rockies is famous, taken by some of the Rockies best-known
photographers.
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Portrait of the Canadian Rockies (Softcover)
Can$14.95
Photographer-Elizabeth Wilson
The Canadian Rockies are one the world's most popular as well as most beautiful places. From pristine mountain lakes to jagged, glacier-studded peaks, this wilderness area is a dramatic and powerful statement of the beauty inherent on our planet. This book - a complete look at this amazing region - includes historic images that date back over 125 years, as well as colour photographs of the large mammals that inhabit the region. And of course, the book features beautiful colour photographs of all the important scenic views for which the Canadian Rockies is famous, taken by some of the Rockies best-known photographers.
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Salt Spring Island: A Place to Be
Can$16.95
1-895811-27-9
Author-Bill Corbett
Find out what makes Salt Spring Island a popular place to live and why it is a favourite with visitors from near and far.
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Sport Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
Can$34.95
Authors-Jon Jones and John Martin
This sixth edition of Sport Climbs in the Canadian Rockies features dozens of new routes and is illustrated with more than 300 topos, maps and photos. It also updates information from the previous five editions. With more than 10,000 copies sold to date, Sports Climbs is the guide the climbing community reaches for when it heads to the hills.
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Stanley Park
Can$9.95
1-895811-00-7
Author-Mike Steele
A complete guide covering history, attractions and hidden hydrogliphs of this Vancouver jewel.
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The Rockies of Canada: A Revised & Enlarged Edition of Camping in the Canadian Rockies (MOUNTAIN CLASSICS COLLECTION #5)
Can$19.95
Author-Walter Wilcox
foreword by-Neil Wedin
First published in 1900, The Rockies of Canada is based on one of the first major works to be written about the mountains of western Canada,
Camping in the Canadian Rockies (1896). Focusing upon the escapades of the "Lake Louise Club", a group of relatively inexperienced climbers from Yale University and elsewhere in the eastern United States, this fifth volume in the Mountain Classics Collection offers the reader a glimpse not only of the remarkable beauty and grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, but also the danger and rigours these early adventurers experienced nearly every day.
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Where to See Wildlife on Vancouver Island
Can$20.95
1-55017-160-7
Author-Kim Goldberg
Colourful, information packed and user-friendly, this guide introduces the 50 best wildlife viewing spots on Vancouver Island, from the busy Victoria waterfront to Nanaimo's Buttertubs Marsh to 'Gator Gardens' in Alert Bay.
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Wilderness: The Story of the Yukon Telegraph
Can$19.95
1-894384-58-X
Author-Bill Miller
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.
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