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bcrec_sw_144.jpg Southwestern British Columbia Road & Recreational Atlas
Can$22.95
0-9680772-5-0
Author-PTC Phototype Composing Ltd.


This atlas covers all of Vancouver Island and the mainland as far north as Lillooet and as far east as Princeton. It includes ferry routes and access points; detailed provincial and national park information; and the location of historic sites.
 

 
BCRecAtlas_5-s.gif British Columbia Road & Recreational Altas
Can$24.95
0-9680772-4-2
Author-PTC Phototype Composing Ltd.


If you love the outdoors, the British Columbia Road & Recreational Atlas is the perfect companion. Hunters, fishers, photographers, hikers, campers and other outdoor enthusiasts will find this publication to be an indispensible tool when traveling throughout the province.
 

 
BMapvol6_s.gif Backroad Mapbook - Volume VI – Central BC
Can$17.95
1-894556-32-1

The opportunities are endless! Whether you like to fish, hike, mountain bike, paddle, ski or just explore backroads. All the outdoor activities from Smithers to Prince George, British Columbia, Canada will be highlighted.
 

 
BMapsw-alb_s.gif Backroad Mapbook – Southwestern Alberta
Can$14.95
1-894556-28-3

The maps in this book highlight the logging/exploration road networks, trail systems and recreational opportunities for Southwestern Alberta.
 

 
BMapvol3_144.jpg Backroad Mapbook – Volume III – Kamloops/Okanagan
Can$19.95
1-894556-21-6

An excellent guide to exploring the backroads of the Kamloops/Okanagan region.
 

 
BMapvol7_144.jpg Backroad Mapbook — Volume 7 — Chilcotin
Can$19.95
1-894556-19-4

Taking you from the rolling plateau of the Chilcotin, deep into the spectacular Coast Mountains, the Chilcotin Backroad Mapbook helps open up one of BC's final frontiers.
 

 
blisters_144.gif 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.
 

 
bcroadside_144.jpg B.C. Roadside Naturalist
Can$29.95
1-55054-902-2
Author-Richard J. Cannings and Sydney G. Cannings


This authoritative and engaging guide offers a treasure trove of information about the landforms, vegetation and animal life along the major highways of British Columbia.
 

 
Junctioncountry_s.gif Lower Mainland Backroads: Vol. 3
Can$4.95
0-88896-182-0
Author-Richard Thomas Wright


A complete outdoor activity guide covering the Junction Country, Boston Bar to Clinton.
 

 
BMapcent-alb_s.gif Backroad Mapbook - Central Alberta
Can$17.95
1-894556-13-5

The Central Alberta Backroad Mapbook takes off from where the Southwestern Alberta mapbook ends. Covering the vast area west of Edmonton, including Jasper National Park and the impressive Willmore Wilderness Park, this area is truly a backcountry explorer's paradise. The lack of crowds, the wide-open spaces and the fantastic scenery are sure to make for the adventure of a lifetime.
 

 
nanaimosmall.jpg 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.
 

 
buildingvictoriasmall.jpg 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.
 

 
waggoner_2007.jpg Waggoner Guide 2007
Can$24.95
0-935727-23-x
Author-Robert Hale & Co.


A perfect guidebook for those who cruise both sides of the border.
 

 
cover_watertonglacier.jpg Waterton & Glacier in a Snap!
Can$19.95
1-894765-56-7

Author - Ray Djuff and Chris Morrison

Discover a cornucopia of short, quick-to-read items about people, animals, events and places in Waterton and Glacier National Parks. Waterton & Glacier in a Snap! has details, trivia and information you’ll refer to again and again.
 

 
Canadian_Mountain_Place_Nam.jpg 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.
 

 
The-Canadian_Rockies.jpg The Canadian Rockies: New and Old Trails
Can$19.95
Author-Arthur Philemon Coleman, foreword by Chic Scott


Mountain Classics Collection
A new reprint series from Rocky Mountain Books

Arthur Philemon Coleman was a passionate Canadian and one of the first to truly discover the beauty and majesty of this country's mountain ranges as an explorer, geologist and mountaineer. In 1884, before the railway traversed the Rocky and Columbia mountains, Coleman headed west on the first of what would be eight mountaineering expeditions, making his way on foot and pack horse, with Native guides and without, over passes in Alberta and British Columbia.
 

 
BMapvol2.jpg Backroad Mapbook - Volume II - Vancouver Island
Can$17.95
The Island's best selling recreational guide just got better!
 

 
anchorages.jpg Anchorages and Marine Parks: Updated & Revised
Can$29.95
Author-Peter Vassilopoulos


The photographs in this new edition of the popular cruising guide are now in full colour, the information has been updated, and GPS waypoints are included for destination anchorages and marine parks.
 

 
baffin_island.jpg BAFFIN ISLAND: CLIMBING TREKKING & SKIING
Can$29.95
Author-Mark Synnott


Baffin Island, by world-renowned adventurer, filmmaker and writer Mark Synnott, is the first comprehensive guide to Canada's largest island (fifth largest in the world), which is quickly becoming known as a premiere destination for adventure travellers and thrill-seekers alike.
 

 
life_trail_1.jpg LIFE OF THE TRAIL 1: HISTORIC HIKES IN EASTERN BANFF NATIONAL PARK
Can$26.95
Authors-Emerson Sanford & Janice Sanford Beck


Life of the Trail is a fascinating new series which will guide today's hikers and armchair travellers through the stories of historic routes in the Canadian Rockies.
 

 
life_trail2.jpg LIFE OF THE TRAIL 2: HISTORIC HIKES IN NORTHERN YOHO NATIONAL PARK
Can$26.95
Authors-Emerson Sanford & Janice Sanford Beck


Life of the Trail 2: Historic Hikes in Northern Yoho National Park follows the trails of fur traders La Gasse and Le Blanc, the Palliser Expedition, Tom Wilson, J.J. McArthur, Professor Jean Habel, Walter Wilcox, C.S. Thompson, David Thompson, Jimmy Simpson and Jack Brewster.
 

 
popular_day_hikes2.jpg POPULAR DAY HIKES 2: CANADIAN ROCKIES
Can$15.95
Author-Tony Daffern


Following upon the success of the first book in the "Popular Day Hikes" series - Gillean Daffern's Popular Day Hikes 1: Kananaskis Country - Rocky Mountain Books is thrilled to offer this companion volume focusing upon the splendour of the Canadian Rockies.
 

 
exploring_castle.jpg EXPLORING THE CASTLE: DISCOVERING THE BACKBONE OF THE WORLD IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA
Can$26.95
Author-Robert Kershaw


In 1901, naturalist George Bird Grinnell took note of an extensive network of mountains, ridges, valleys, lakes and rivers on both sides of the Continental Divide from northern Montana into southern British Columbia and Alberta.
 

 
portrait_vancouver_oct08 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.
 

 
portrait_vancouver_island_oct08 Portrait of Vancouver Island
Can$16.95
Author-Chris Cheadle


Vancouver Island is a place with much to see, from the old-growth forest of the Carmanah Valley and the orcas that frequent the surrounding waters to the rich histories of the First Nations and the early settlers. Its charm is captured beautifully by internationally celebrated photographer Chris Cheadle.
 

 
totem_poles_oct08 Totem Poles
Can$19.95
Author-Pat Kramer


This book guides readers to the many places in British Columbia, Washington, and Alaska where totem poles can be found and helps viewers understand the "language" of the poles. Learn about their origin and history, the symbols and ceremonies linked to them, types of figures and how to identify them, and where to see authentic poles and pole collections.
 

 
canoe_trips_oct08 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.

 

 
portrait_rockies_oct08 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.

 

 
rockies_of_canada_oct08 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.


 

 
sarahs_tea_time_oct08 Sarah's Tea Time
Can$19.95
Author-Sarah Amos


Everything stops for tea-and we don't just mean a cup of tea. In this charming little book, Victoria artist Sarah Amos shares the traditions of afternoon tea with recipes and stories brought over from her early years of British farm life. Enjoy a buttermilk scone, pecan rum square or a slice of almond cake and sit around the dining table with family and friends over endless cups of tea. At the heart of the book are Amos' own classic recipes, thoughtfully illustrated with her exquisite and vibrant artwork that has been created over the past 25 years. Both practical and delightful, Sarah's Tea Time is a book about heart and home.

 

 
wagonner_2008 Waggoner Cruising Guide 2008
Can$24.95
Author-Robert Hale


This bestselling annual guide provides complete information about the cruising waters in Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, the Inside Passage to Prince Rupert and the west coast of Vancouver Island.
 

 
havens_hectic.jpg Havens in a Hectic World: Finding Sacred Places
Can$29.95
Author-Star Weiss


The frantic pace of our world leaves little time for reflection, and even less time to nurture our spirits. In this insightful book, Star Weiss explores the spiritual geography of the West Coast with individuals from a wide variety of faiths and cultural traditions.
 

 
coastal_beauty.jpg COASTAL BEAUTY: WILDFLOWERS AND FLOWERING SHRUBS OF COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND
Can$26.95
Author-Neil L. Jennings


Coastal Beauty and Central Beauty are follow-ups to three previous volumes on wildflowers written by Neil Jennings and published by Rocky Mountain Books. All five books include exceptional photographs and interesting information about each plant.
 

 
central_beauty.jpg CENTRAL BEAUTY: WILDFLOWERS AND FLOWERING SHRUBS OF THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Can$26.95
Author-Neil L. Jennings


Central Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs commonly found in the portions of British Columbia typically known as the southern interior - very roughly an east/west line drawn through Williams Lake, B.C.
 

 
portrait.jpg 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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