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Enjoy the books about the West Coast of North America and beyond
The following list of maritime publications is provided for your enjoyment. Most of the books and items listed here are of local maritime interest or have been written by or published by Vancouver Branch members. For a complete listing of books published by members of the World Ship Society, go to worldshipsociety.org and select "Member Publications". The Society does not sell any of the publications listed on this site (except where indicated). Details of availability will be posted in the description of each listing. Any prices listed are presumed current at the time of posting, but may change without notice. To be on the safe side, check with the supplier for exact costs and whether or not prices include postage and packing.
If you have authored a book on a West Coast maritime subject, and feel it would be suitable for inclusion on this site, please e-mail the details to books to be listed and we will review the listing for a possible posting. Subject matter must be non-commercial maritime-oriented material that would appeal to the interests of local branch members. Publications from anywhere in North America will be considered.
Scan through the listed books -- maybe you will find a book you can't live without!
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Can We Do It? Hell, We Gotta!
Author: Arthur E. Knutson,
Publication No.: v013 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 1990
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Enquiries to the author, Arthur Knutson (Knutson Enterprises), 430 11th Avenue West, Kirkland, WA 98033, USA / Tel: (425) 822-8088
Author Art Knudson tells Miles Canyon History. 63 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Softcover.
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Canadian Fleets Along the Seaway
Author: Skip Gillham, Alfred Sagon-King
Publication No.: v019 ISBN: 0-919549-19-5 Publication Date: 1989
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM OUR SOCIETY. Published by Stonehouse Publications, 4 Queen Street, St. Catharines, ON L2R 5G3 Canada. Tel: (416) 684-7251. Contact publisher for availability and price.
The author has selected sixty Canadian shipping companies that have provided service during the Seaway era and taken a brief look at their operation and some of their ships. Authored by WSS member Skip Gillham, with assistance from another WSS member, George Ayoub. 116 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Soft cover.
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Captain William Moore: B.C.'s Amazing Frontiersman
Author: Norman Hacking,
Publication No.: v033 ISBN: 1-895811-02-3 Publication Date: 1993
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Considered Out of Print but a noteworthy book for your enjoymnet.
One of British Columbia's most colourful and adventurous pioneers was Captain William Moore. Thi is the story of Captain Moore, as told by WSS member (now deceased), Norman Hacking. 5½ inches x 8½ inches. soft cover.
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Coal to Canada: A History of the Ontario Car Ferry Company
Author: Ted Rafuse,
Publication No.: v026 ISBN: 0-9685474-0-0 Publication Date: 2000
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies can be obtained by sending cheque or money order for CDN$30.95 or US$27.95 (includes shipping costs) to Steampower Publishing, 54 Walton Street, PORT HOPE, ON L1A
Author Ted Rafuse has srtfully captured the history of the rail car ferries ONTARIO No. 1 and ONTARIO No. 2 which operted out of Cobourg during the first half of the 20th century. The story of this marine operation -- which ferried both coal and passengers -- is brought to life through the recollections of crew and passengers, dozens of photographs and company records. The Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway in the United States and the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada together created a marine operation to serve as a link between their two rail lines. "Coal to Canada" traces the story of carrying coal from western Pennsylvania mines to destinations trhoughout central Ontario. Author is not a WSS member, but this book is listed as an item of interest. Two colour cover, 96 pages. 105 b&w captioned photos, several diagrams, and 3 maps. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Softcover.
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Coasters
Author: Rob Morris,
Publication No.: v022 ISBN: 0-920663-19-2 Publication Date: 1993
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS ONLY LISTED AS A BOOK OF INTEREST. Book can be found at select booksellers and at the Vancouver Maritime Museum's Gift Shop.
Author Rob Morris is the editor of Mariner Life magazine and a well-know local maritime historian. In this book he covers the history of four famous local coastal vessels, the UCHUCK III, LADY ROSE, FRANCES BARKLEY and the TYEE PRINCESS, the first three of which are still operating in B.C. waters. 54 pages. 9 inches x 7½ inches. Softcover.
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Conceived in War, Born in Peace: Canada's Deep Sea Merchant Marine
Author: S C Heal,
Publication No.: 8006 ISBN: 1-895590-01-9 Publication Date: 1992
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies can be purchased from maritime-oriented booksellers or direct from Richmond Book Service, Box 46, 8415 Granville St., Vancouver, BC V6P 4Z9 Canada. World-wide m
The book deals with the Canadian shipbuilding effort, in what can only be described as a prodigious industrial achievement during both world wars in constructing fleets of merchant ships to counter the effects of the U-boat campaign. Ships were built in substantial numbers in Vancouver, Victoria, Prince Rupert and Eastern Canada. After each war significant numbers of vessels were sold to Canadian shipping companies and operated on world trade routes. The background and make-up of each war's shipbuilding program and individual ship types are described. Every ship built is listed.
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Dauntless ST. ROCH: The Mounties' Arctic Schooner
Author: James P. Delgado,
Publication No.: v032 ISBN: 0-920663-15-X Publication Date: 1992
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCEITY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies can be obtained from the Vancouver Maritime Museum's Book Shop, 1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6J 1A3 Canada
This book is the "biography" of the ST. ROCH, from her construction in Vancouver in 1928, through her working life and famous voyages, to her resting palce at the Vancouver Maritime Museum. Written by the museum's Executive Director, James P. Delgado. 53 pages. 9 inches x 7½ inches landscape format. Soft back.
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Disaster: Tales of Heroism and Hardship in the face of Catastrophe
Author: T.W. Paterson,
Publication No.: v062 ISBN: none Publication Date: 1973
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. OUT OF PRINT
Disasters in British COlumbia, including the GREEN HILL PARK explosion and the collapse of the 2nd Narrows Bridge. 62 pages. 5½ inches x 8½ inches. Paper cover.
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Dogwood Fleet: the story of the british columbia ferry authority from 1958
Author: Capt. H.L. Cadieux, Garth Griffiths
Publication No.: v060 ISBN: none Publication Date: 1967
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. OUT OF PRINT
"Dogwood Fleet" is the story of the troubled birth and phenomenal growth of the British Columbia Ferry Authority, a publicly-owned system which, conceived in 1958, has now, nine years later, 19 ships, most of them new, and $54 million in plant. 118 pages. 5½ inches x 8½ inches. Paperback.
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Dowager Queen, The: The Hudson's Bay Company SS BEAVER
Author: William A. Hagelund,
Publication No.: v058 ISBN: 0-88839-486-1 Publication Date: c.2002
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Hancock House.
More than 150 years ago the west coast of Canada was a harsh, desolate place just starting to be settled and colonized. Primary in the economic development of the region was the Hudson's Bay Company, and leading the way as the first steamship to cross the Atlantic was the BEAVER -- flagship of the HBC.
This is the story of the grand old Hudson's Bay Company ship. It tells how she came to be built, how she arrived on the Pacific coast and the service she rendered. She changed forever the country she came to serve, while in the process created a legend that has weathered more than 150 years of telling. Paperback.
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Echoes of the Whistle: An Illustrated History of the Union Steamship Company
Author: Gerald Rushton,
Publication No.: v020 ISBN: 0-88894-286-9 Publication Date: 1980
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Considered "out of print" you may be able to obtain a copy from used booksellers. Published by Douglas & McIntyre Ltd.
Introduction by WSS Vancouver Branch member (and Curator Emeritus of the Vancouver Maritime Museum), Leonard G. McCann. Author Gerald Rushton, now deceased, was a long-time member of the WSS and was considered an expert on the Union Steamship Company in British Columbia. Sequel to the author's "Whistle Up the Inlet". 143 pages. 10½ inches x 9 inches landscape format. Hardcover.
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Empress to the Orient
Author: W. Kaye Lamb,
Publication No.: v004 ISBN: 0-9695221-2-6 Publication Date: 1991
THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED BY THE VANCOUVER MARITIME MUSEUM. For availability, contact the Museum's Gift Shop, 1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6J 1A3 Canada
The history of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company can be found in considerable detail elsewhere, in many forms and publications. This aspect of its corporate life is, however, unique in that it bears on its maritime operations on Canada's West Coast and is based on original sources. Dr. Lamb's personal knowledge and association with the men, women and ships of the fleet extends back to those who were participants in the establishment of the service. Thus, this long out-of-print and unavailable record, now thoroughly revised and illustrated, is presented as the core for the Vancouver Maritime Museum's centenary salute to the White Empresses of the Pacific. 148 pages. 11 inches x 9½ inches landscape format. Hardcover. (also available in paperback)
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Explosion in Halifax Harbour: The Illustrated Account of a Disaster that Shook the World
Author: David B. Flemming,
Publication No.: v083 ISBN: 978-0-88780-632-2 Publication Date: 2004
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Formac Publishing Company Limited, Halifax, NS.
The author gives a complete account of life in Halifax before, during and in the aftermath of this catastrophe. 210 mm x 230 mm. 96 pages. Soft cover.
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From the Wheelhouse: Tugboaters Tell Their Own Stories
Author: Doreen Armitage,
Publication No.: v065 ISBN: 1-55017-293-X Publication Date: 2003
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Harbour Publishing
Author and historian Doreen Armitage interviewed 17 old-time tugboat captains, engineers and deck hands to assemble this intimate and often hair-raising account of life aboard BC tugs. Generously illustrated with archival photos and images from the personal collections of the skippers who appear within its pages, From the Wheelhouse is a lively personal account of towboating in BC and an engaging portrait of the coastal characters and vessels that shaped this region's maritime history.
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Full Line - Full Away: A Towboat Master's Story
Author: James E "Ted" Wilson, S C Heal
Publication No.: 8015 ISBN: 1-895590-00-0 Publication Date: 1991
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Copies can be purchased from maritime-oriented booksellers or direct from Richmond Book Service, Box 46, 8415 Granville St., Vancouver, BC V6P 4Z9 Canada.
This is the story of James E. "Ted" Wilson, written in co-operation with marine author S.C. Heal. Captain Wilson went to his first seagoing job as a deckboy out of Victoria, at the early age of 14, in 1933. His colourful career saw him working his way through the ranks in British Columbia coast towboats from deckhand to mate and eventually as a licensed master. This is a book for readers interested in the sea, marine experiences and the B.C. towboat industry. Softcover. 6 inches x 9 inches.
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Ghost Fleet: The Sunken Ships of Bikini Atoll
Author: James P. Delgado,
Publication No.: v003 ISBN: 0-8248-1868-7 Publication Date: 1996
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from the Vancouver Maritime Museum Gift Shop, 1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver, BC
In Ghost Fleet, author James Delgado, a member of the dive team and Executive Director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum, offers a fascinating account of 'Operation Crossroads' and the forgotten remains that have turned Bikini's lagoon into a vast underwater ghost town. 204 pages. 8 inches × 9 inches. softcover. (Hardback edition also available.)
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Great American Ships
Author: James P. Delgado, J. Candace Clifford
Publication No.: v042 ISBN: 0-89133-189-1 Publication Date: 1991
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by The Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC Out of Print
The authors have produced a work that makes rewarding reading as well as provides an invaluable source of information on maritime heritage. Their adventurous exploration of this heritage will interest more people in saving our historic ships. 312 pages. 5 inches x 10 inches. Paper cover.
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Gung Ho! The Klondike
Author: Arthur E. Knutson,
Publication No.: v012 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 1992
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Enquiries to the author, Arthur Knutson (Knutson Enterprises), 430 11th Avenue West, Kirkland, WA 98033, USA / Tel: (425) 822-8088
Author Art Knutson tells little known facts about Dawson City. 123 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Softcover.
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Hall Corporation Tankers of the Great Lakes
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Author: Skip Gillham,
Publication No.: v040 ISBN: ??? Publication Date: ???
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.
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High Seas, High Risk: The Story of the "Sudburys"
Author: Pat Wastell Norris,
Publication No.: v001 ISBN: 1-55017-208-5 Publication Date: 1999
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Publisher: Harbour Publishing, PO Box 219, Madeira Park, BC V0N 2H0. Check with your local bookseller for availability and current price.
High Seas, High Risk is the inspiring saga of two BC-based salvage tugs that became world famous for their deep-sea rescues and long-distance towing feats. More than that, it uncovers a story never before told, about the "Sudburys'" owner Harold Elworthy, a boy who started with nothing and became a maritime giant, and his hand-picked crews who rose to the swesome challenge of their calling and performed spectacular salvage operations as a matter of course. High Seas, High Risk is a thrilling maritime adventure story that offers unique insight into the colourful towboat industry. 235 pages. 6 inches x 9 inches. Hardcover.
Author Pat Norris gave an inspiring talk to the members of the Vancouver Branch elaborating on some of the stories contained within the book.
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