Heritage House: 215 books
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...
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...
Rum-runners and Renegades
Whisky Wars of the Pacific Northwest, 1917-2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
On October 1, 1917, prohibition came into effect in the province of British Columbia. Washington and Oregon had gone dry the previous year. The ban on liquor sales led to deadly conflict and legal chaos in the Pacific Northwest, and the legacy of those “booze battles” continues into the 21st century.
Rich...
by Bruce Watt
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Getting three trucks and two horses stuck in the mud on "a good road" into BC's wild, remote interior was just the start of Bruce Watt's Chilcotin adventures—and it was his honeymoon, too. The wildlife, landscape and quirky, down-to-earth people captivated Bruce, and despite the hard work...
by Peter Christensen
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
These true stories of people who work and live in the spectacular mountain wilderness of Alberta and British Columbia are filled with humour, keen observations about man and nature, and memorable human and animal characters. Old-time cowboys Johnny and Cal offer their no-nonsense brand of homespun...
Quarantined
Life and Death at William Head Station, 1872-1959
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
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 reached land. Quarantined is the heart-wrenching true story of the thousands...
The Fisher Queen: A Deckhand's Tales of the BC Coast
A Deckhand's Tales of the BC Coast
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
It’s 1981, and Sylvia Taylor has signed on as rookie deckhand on a wallowy 40-foot salmon troller. Looking forward to making money for university, she is determined to master the ins and outs of fishing some of the most dangerous waters in the world: the Graveyard of the Pacific. For four months,...
by Gayle Bunney
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
What do you do when there are goldfish in the horse's water tank, a baby magpie in the bedroom, a cow in the kitchen and a half-dozen small dogs rolling in the dirt to get rid of the smell of skunk? It's all in a day's work on Gayle Bunney's farm near Bonnyville, Alberta. Bunney's hilarious and heartwarming...