Western Canada category: 305 books
Follow the North Star
Cries of Furies
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
…she had tried to tie herself to a wall in the rolling galley.
The thought of leaving Shearwater by sea is too traumatic. If I am jumping ship this is my last chance to do so.
Shearwater is located on Denny Island across the water from Bella Bella, a native seaside community located...
Nude Whale Observation
North to Alaska
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
It is a beautiful HOT spring day as we leave Juneau, Alaska (the capital city of Alaska) heading for Haines on the last leg of our trip to home moorage in Haines, Alaska. We are crewing our 1948 wooden Yacht, the Audrey Eleanor from Prince Rupert, B.C. Canada.
The sky is a brilliant blue that...
The Robert S 11
Sunshine Coast B.C. Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2013
In the last episode the Robert S, an ex navy coastguard cutter/gunboat is on a high-speed collision course with the Audrey Eleanor.
The great grey bow of the Robert S is bearing down on the Audrey Eleanor. People are screaming,” stop, stop!” A young man in his late twenties has been flung...
Rat Relief
Sunshine Coast B.C., Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2013
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST, ANOTHER ONES GONE AND ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST!
The Captain has trapped one more of the plague carrying varmints that we picked up while being on a dock below a hotel in Pender Harbour. Rats! This word alone conjures up images of black menacing figures that slither...
Dockside in Ketchikan Alaska
North to Alaska
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
I love tying up. Anchoring out is wonderful, but being able to meet new and unusual people is always welcome after weeks of challenge and solitude. One of my favourite marinas is Thomas Basin in Ketchikan, Alaska. It has an entry that is easy to miss, as it is tucked in behind a great sea wall and...
Milbanke Sound
Cries of Furies
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
We spend an uneasy night tucked slightly behind Aurther Island in Mathieson Channel. The hook is dropped, our only barricade from a Sou’ easter is a small log boom. There has been no defining wind direction for the past few weeks; just a continual blow with ratings from storm to small vessel warnings...
Garden of Eden
Cries of Furies
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
Hurricane force winds mean it’s just another day on the west coast.We had weathered two such storms in Potts Lagoon, located towards the north end of Vancouver Island.These are the winds that flattened Stanley Park in Vancouver B.C., Canada. Four days of sitting in the rain is wearing on us.The...
Reclamation After Rats
Sunshine Coast B.C. Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2013
Where to start?The rats have run rampant on board the Audrey Eleanor for two months we estimate.We call our neighbours who own The Knotty Gal, we want them to be aware that there are rats on the docks.As we walk the dock rat signs are everywhere.Hopefully few have managed to gain access to the interiors...
Cabin Number 5
Coastal British Columbia Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2012
Cabins float in a cut-off fjord of British Columbia's south coast, where mountains drop into the sea and lifestyles focus on self-reliance and a different sense of purpose. One man tackles an on-going dream to construct a floating cabin on Powell Lake, from the water up - not his first, but his finest....
Roadtripping
On the Move with the Buffalo Gals
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Roadtripping documents a decade of road trips through the fiefdom of Alberta. The men and women who make up the Buffalo Gals first set out in July 1999 to experience the unusual and charming roadside attractions of south-central Alberta. Never dreaming that this one-off adventure would turn into an...
Bittersweet Sands
Twenty-Four Days in Fort McMurray
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Rick Ranson has collected stories from all over North America, from the DEW Line and the drill ships of Working North to the raging waters of the Mississippi in Paddling South. Now, join this engaging raconteur as he ventures to one of Canada’s most talked-about locations: Fort McMurray, home of...
Drugstore Cowgirl
Adventures in the Cariboo-Chilcotin
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013
In 1964, Patricia MacKay immigrated to Canada from England in search of the wild-open lands and cowboy culture that captivated her as a child. In the 1960s, the Wild West was still alive and kicking in the Cariboo-Chilcotin, although it had been tamed—a little. Old-time hospitality and helping anyone...
Hometown
Out and About in Victoria's Neighbourhoods
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Join beloved storyteller Anny Scoones as she sets out to discover the quaint and quirky charms of Victoria, BC. Not just a book of facts, Hometown is a gentle stroll through a diverse region with a fascinating and layered history. Observe, pause, ponder, and have what Anny likes to call “a little...
by Ed Readicker-Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
The desire to travel is instinctive; to see what's ahead of us, around the corner, or across the sea. We've been curious about the world since time began. So get out there, see the world, have an adventure, have fun, live! This book first covers all of British Columbia in a detailed Introduction. Then...