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...
British Columbia--Vancouver Island
- Author:Johnson, Peter, Walls, John, Paddle, Richard, Carney, PatSummary:
- Author:Dorricott, Linda, Cullon, DeidreSummary:
Captain Richards' journal is an account of three survey seasons on Vancouver Island aboard two British Navy ships, the HMS Plumper and the HMS Hecate. Between 1860 and 1862 Richards and his dedicated crew surveyed and charted the entire...
- Author:Macmillan, NormaSummary:
A murder, a tryst, a mysterious child. A Victoria aristocrat who obsesses over her Churchill relatives. A repressive Welsh mother with a royalty fixation. A once-carefree Hesquiat girl from Nootka Sound. A dashing Icelandic philanderer...
- Author:Layland, MichaelSummary:
Just how, and why, did Vancouver Island get onto the map? How was knowledge of our immediate geography acquired and recorded? With 130 maps, dating between 1593 and 1915, this cartographic history tells the story of how Vancouver Island...
- Author:Hodgins, JackSummary:
Jack Hodgins begins The Invention of the World with a ferry worker waving you aboard a ship that will take you not only to Vancouver Island but into a world of magic. The far west coast of Canada has always been regarded as a “land’s...
- Author:Sinn, ShanonSummary:
A compelling investigation into supernatural events and local lore on Vancouver Island.Vancouver Island is known worldwide for its arresting natural beauty, but those who live here know that it is also imbued with a palpable...
- Author:Dalton, AnthonySummary:
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...
- Author:Hodgins, JackSummary:
With The Barclay Family Theatre, his second collection of short stories, Jack Hodgins introduces us to a cast of characters who transform the everyday world of Vancouver Island into a wondrous world of human warmth and comic energy....
- Author:Dombrowski, TheoSummary:
This is your guide to dozens of spectacular and often hidden beaches on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island between Qualicum and the Malahat. While some of them are well used by people living nearby, many are virtually impossible to...
- Author:Dombrowski, TheoSummary:
This third volume in Theo Dombrowski’s Secret Beaches series is a comprehensive guide to dozens of beaches on the east coast of Vancouver Island between Campbell River and Qualicum. While some of them are well used by people who live...
- Author:Chudley, RonSummary:
When Greg Lothian’s mother and famous artist father are scammed of their life savings by cruel con men, his orderly life is torn apart. When the same criminals steal Greg’s own identity, the normally law-abiding Victoria, BC accountant...
- Author:Juby, SusanSummary:
Prudence Burns is an overly idealistic Brooklyn girl who has inherited a derelict plot of land named Woefield Farm. Her motley crew of farm hands consists of Earl, an elderly, reclusive bluegrass legend; Seth, an agoraphobic heavy-metal...
- Author:Johnson, PeterSummary:
Vancouver Island in the late nineteenth century was a major port of entry for people from all walks of life. But for many, the sense of hope that had sustained them through rough sea voyages came to an abrupt halt as soon as they...
- Author:Knox, JackSummary:
A hilarious collection of Jack Knox's best-loved humour columns.In this side-splitting follow-up to the bestseller Hard Knox: Musings from the Edge of Canada, Jack Knox presents his best writing, marking his twenty-year anniversary as a...
- Author:Knox, JackSummary:
A captivating collection of Jack Knox's most memorable, heart-warming, inspiring, and off-beat human-interest stories. Praise for Jack Knox: "Canada needs more Knox!" - Will Ferguson. "Knox is the most underrated...
- Author:Peterson, JanSummary:
When the Hudson's Bay Company decided to establish its new Pacific coast headquarters at Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island in 1843, the Island was a pristine paradise—or an isolated wilderness, depending on one's point of view—that had...
- Author:Ashby, DarylSummary:
This historical biography—based on the life of British Columbia pioneer John Muir—tells the amazing story of a family from Scotland who came out to Canada in the late 1840s to work as "consignee" labourers for the Hudson's Bay Company....
- Author:Shaw, Carol AnneSummary:
When twelve-year-old Hannah uncovers an ancient Salish spindle whorl hidden in a cave near her home in Cowichan Bay, she is transported back to a village called Tl'ulpalus, in a time before Europeans had settled in the area. Through the...
- Author:Draper, PennySummary:
High above the crashing waves on the rugged west coast of Canada stands the lighthouse Nell calls home. It's a tiny world, just the ocean in front and the rainforest in back, but she loves every inch. So when Nell's father wants to send...
- Author:Genova, DonSummary:
In Food Artisans of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, well-known and loved food writer Don Genova compiles a guide of the best food and producers of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Using his first-hand experience as host of...