Heritage: 497 books
Kilts on the Coast: The Scots Who Built BC
The Scots Who Built BC
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
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 sustained its First Nations inhabitants for millennia. It...
Celebrated Pets
Endearing Tales of Companionship and Loyalty
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Canadian history is full of touching stories of animal companionship, and some relationships between people and their cherished companions are legendary. From Grey Owl and the Beaver People to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's "little angel dogs" to Emily Carr's menagerie, these...
Children of the Kootenays
Memories of Mining Towns
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
A warm-hearted memoir of a childhood spent living in various mining towns in the Kootenays throughout the 1930s and ’40s.
When young Shirley Doris Hall and her family moved to BC’s West Kootenay region in 1927, the area was a hub of mining activity. Shirley’s father, a cook, had no problem...
Sir John Franklin: Expeditions to Destiny
Expeditions to Destiny
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
After Royal Navy captain Sir John Franklin disappeared in the Arctic in 1846 while seeking the Northwest Passage, the search for his two ships, Erebus and Terror, and survivors of his expedition became one of the most exhaustive quests of the 19th century. Despite tantalizing clues, the ships were...
by Linda Kupecek
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The women in these stories did the unthinkable for their time: they followed their own paths, flouting convention and daring to break from the traditions of family and marriage. They chose a life outside the norm, a decision for which most paid dearly. Nell Shipman was overlooked because she was not...
David Thompson: A Life of Adventure and Discovery
A Life of Adventure and Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Surveyor, cartographer, fur trader, adventurer, naturalist and entrepreneur, David Thompson is now recognized as one of the greatest explorers and geographers of all time. By 1812, he had surveyed almost four million square kilometres of the North American wilderness and become the first European...
People of the Fur Trade: From Native Trappers to Chief Factors
From Native Trappers to Chief Factors
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
The years from the fall of New France in 1763 to the amalgamation of the Hudson’s Bay Company and North West Company in 1821 were marked by fierce competition in the fur trade. Traders from the warring companies pushed west, undertaking incredible voyages in their search for new sources of furs....
Voices of the Elders
Huu-ay-aht Histories and Legends
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
There is a special place on the southeastern shores of Barkley Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. It is a magnificent landscape of rocky cliffs fronting onto the wild Pacific Ocean, sheltered beaches, lakes, mountains and forests. Since the beginning of time, it has been the ancestral home...
Canoe Crossings
Understanding the Craft that Helped Shape British Columbia
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Often called one of the Seven Wonders of Canada, the canoe has played a particularly important role in British Columbia. This seemingly simple watercraft allowed coastal First Nations to hunt on the open ocean and early explorers to travel the province’s many waterways. Always at the crossroads...
Ted Grant
Sixty Years of Legendary Photojournalism
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Ted Grant, the undisputed father of Canadian photojournalism, has made a career out of being in the right place at the right time. Over his sixty years in the business, he has immortalized some of the greatest events in history and caught some of the world’s most famous and elusive subjects in rare...
by Caroll Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
In her third book inspired by First Nations’ stories, children’s author and illustrator Caroll Simpson explains the significance of community values. She introduces readers to a world of creatures like Sea Lion, Killer Whale, Dogfish and Kingfisher. Her dramatic tale of young twins and their transformation...
Ghost Town Stories of Alberta: Abandoned Dreams in the Shadows of the Canadian Rockies
Abandoned Dreams in the Shadows of the Canadian Rockies
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Today, many of the historic coal-mining communities of the Rocky Mountains are uninhabited ghost towns. Yet behind the crumbled ruins are tales of perseverance, danger and romance. A devastating mine explosion on Halloween shatters the lives of mining families in Nordegg. The miners of Mountain Park...
A Matter of Confidence
The Inside Story of the Political Battle for BC
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
A breathtaking behind-the-scenes look at the dramatic rise and fall of Christy Clark’s BC Liberals, the return to power of the NDP, and what it means for British Columbia’s volatile political climate going forward.
British Columbia’s political arena has always been the site of dramatic...
The Laird of Fort William
William McGillivray and the North West Company
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
High finance, wilderness adventures, violence, and questionable legal tactics all played important roles in the history of the North West Company. William McGillivray, head of the company from 1804 until 1821, was arguably the most powerful businessman in Canada in the early nineteenth century.
William...