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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.
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Port Watch: Historical Ships in Vancouver Harbour
Author: Vancouver City Archives ,
Publication No.: v070 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 1986
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of Print.
A Retrospective Look at 100 Years of Ships and Shipping in Vancouver Harbour. A Centennial Project of the Vancouver City Archives. 60 pages. 11 inches x 8½ inches. Coil bound.
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Postwar Ships of Canada Steamship Lines, The
Author: Skip Gillham,
Publication No.: 8013 ISBN: 0-9684341-0-X Publication Date: 1998
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY.For prices and availability contact the publishers, Glenaden Press, Box 443, Vineland, ON L0R 2C0, Canada
This story provides a brief sketch of the Canada Steamship Lines background and begins with the fleet as it existed at the start of the 1946 shipping season. A historical review is provided of each of the company ships and the subsequent additions to the fleet. 177 pages. Bound 8½ inches x 11 inches. Hundreds of black & white photographs.
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Prince Ships of Northern B.C.: Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian National Railways
Author: Norman Hacking,
Publication No.: v023 ISBN: 1-895811-28-7 Publication Date: 1995
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM OUT SOCIETY. Considered 'out-of-print', but is seen in some local bookshops. Published by Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.
Written by long-time WSS member (now deceased), Norman Hacking was for 30 years the marine editor of the Vancouver Province newspaper. Here he presents the little-known story of the Grand Trunk and Canadian National Coastal Steamships, written by B.C.'s foremost marine historian. Includes over 50 photos, many published for the first time. 72 pages. 8 inches x 8 inches. Soft cover.
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Princess Story: A Century and a Half of West Coast Shipping, The
Author: Norman R. Hacking, W. Kaye Lamb
Publication No.: v024 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 1974
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR OUR SOCIETY. Out of print, but added to this listing as an item of local maritime interest.
Her is the story of ships that, over a period of nearly a century and a half, served cities and settlements along the entire Pacific coast of Canada and the Panhandle of Alaska. Both authors are now deceased. Both authors were long-time members of the Vancouver Branch of the WSS. Norman Hacking was the marien editor for the Vancouver Province newspaper and was a well-known author of local maritime history. W. Kaye Lamb, maritime historian and archivist. 360 pages. 6 inches x 9 inches. Softcover with slip cover.
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Puget Sound Ferries -- From Canoe to Catamaran
Author: Carolyn Neal, Thomas Kilday Janus
Publication No.: v053 ISBN: 1-892724-19-7 Publication Date: 2001
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available by mail order from "The Ferry Boat Shp online". / website for ordering: FerryBoatShop
From the early mosquito fleet boats that filled Puget Sound to the most modern, up-to-date car ferries, this book tells it all. It is a wonderful description of our marine transportation system. It is history! 223 pages. 9 inches x 11 inches. Hard cover.
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Pulp & Paper Fleet: A history of the Québec and Ontario Transportation Company
Author: Skip Gillham, Al Sykes
Publication No.: v018 ISBN: 0-919549-15-2 Publication Date: 1988
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM OUR SOCIETY. Published by Stonehouse Publications, 17 Queen Street, St. Catharines, ON L2R 5G5. Tel: (416) 684-7251. Check with publisher for availability and price.
Putting together a history of "The Pulp and Paper Fleet" and the story of their ships was the idea of Al Sykes. He enlisted the support of WSS member Skip Gillham and together they share the responsibility of developing the story into a book. 90 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Soft cover.
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Queens of British Columbia, The: A detailed account of the ships in the B.C. Ferry Fleet
Author: Peter Favelle,
Publication No.: v063 ISBN: none Publication Date: 1974
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of Print
Deatils of all the ships in the BC Ferry fleet in 1973. Many black & white photographs. 101 pages. 5 inches x 7½ inches. Paper cover.
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River Queen: The Amazing Story of Tugboat Titan Lucille Johnstone
Author: Paul E. Levy,
Publication No.: v078 ISBN: 978-1-55017-369-7 Publication Date: 2006
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Harbour Publishing www.harbourpublishing.com
This hardcover book deals with the life and times of Lucille Johnston from her early start as a greenhorn, unskilled girl Friday working for Cecil and Norman Cosulich at Rivtow when it owned three river tugs just after WWII. Lucille's rise to the greaest heights in the tugboat business, through each stage to presidnet is an epic in itself. Even more remarkable is the fact that no woman has ever achieved this kind of a record before or since in an industry that is male-dominated.
This is an historic book that should be in the library of everyone interested in local maritime history.
6 inches x 9 inches. Hard cover. 272 pages. Dust jacket.
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S.S. BEAVER: The ship that saved the West
Author: Derek Pethick,
Publication No.: v064 ISBN: none Publication Date: 1970
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Mitchell Press Limited, Vancouver. Out of Print
160 pages. 9 incehes x 9 inches. Hardback.
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S.S. MOYIE, The: Memories of the Oldest Sternwheeler
Author: Robert D. Turner,
Publication No.: v036 ISBN: 1-55039-013-9 Publication Date: 1991
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM OUR SOCIETY. Published by Sono Nis Press, 1745 Blanchard Street, Victoria, BC V8W 2J8 Canada. Available at select booksellers.
A project of "The Kootenay Lake Historical Society" Kaslo, BC. For 59 years the MOYIE served the Kootenays carrying everything from silver ore and apples to mail and farm animals. Royalty and settlers, salesmen and prospectors, school children and doctors all travelled on the MOYIE. By 1957, when she was retired, she had outlasted all other passenger-carrying, steam-powered sternwheelers in Canada, the western United States and Alaska. The MOYIE, always a vessel of distinction, is the oldest known intact vessel of her type in the world. Now a National Historic Site and a Provincial Historic Landmark at Kaslo, British Columbia, she captures the elegance, romance and excitement of a long gone era. 60 pages. 9 inches x 8 inches landscape format. Soft cover.
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Safe Passage: The Birth of Washington State Ferries, 1951-2001
Author: Alan J. Stein,
Publication No.: v052 ISBN: 0-9664745-1-1 Publication Date: 2001
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FORM THE SOCIETY. IT IS PRESENTED HERE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR MEMBERS, AND HAS NO CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY. Available exclusively from "Ferry Boat Shop Online" at http://www.ferryboatshop.com/products.html for US$12.95 + postage. Contact them for prices to addresses outside the United States. E-mail: cs@softracamerica.com
In this book, published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Washington State Ferries, historian Alan Stein retraces the development of the legendary Black Ball system, the political and personality clashes that led to its undoing, and how state government worked to assure a "safe passage" for Puget Sound commuters. This exciting chapter in regional maritime history is illustrated with numerous rare photographs and artifacts. 9" x 8 3/4". 48 pages. Soft cover.
To learn more about the past, present, and future of Washington State Ferries, visit their website at www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/
For more detail on the history of Washington State Ferries, including sources and a searchable keyword index to subjects discussed in this book, visit the website www.historylink.org.
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Seaway Era Shipwrecks
Author: Skip Gillham,
Publication No.: v008 ISBN: 0-9697606-0-4 Publication Date: 1994
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Enquires about availability should be sent to Riverbank Traders, 57 Main Street, St. Catharines, ON L2N 4T8 / Tel: (416) 934-3634
Seaway Era Shipwrecks is the story of 100 marine accidents, large and small, dating from the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway on April 25, 1959. The book is intended only to be an overview of those accidents and not to provide in-depth analysis. 124 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Softcover.
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Seaway Salties 1959 to 2002
Author: René Beachamp,
Publication No.: 8391 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: June 2003
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact author for details and prices. René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada / e-mail: René Beauchamp
A comprehensive listing of all the ocean-going ships taht visited the St. Lawrence Seaway, with dozens of good-quality colour photographs. 90 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Coil-bound, soft-cover.
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Seaway Ships 1994
Author: René Beauchamp,
Publication No.: 8230 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 1994
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author for details and prices. René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada / e-mail: René Beauchamp
The 1994 edition of this annual publication. Now in its 12th year. 49 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Coil bound.
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Seaway Ships 1995
Author: René Beauchamp,
Publication No.: 8231 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 1995
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author for details and prices. René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada / e-mail: René Beauchamp
The 1995 edition of this annual publication. Now in its 13th year. 40 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Coil bound.
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Seaway Ships 1996
Author: René Beauchamp,
Publication No.: 8232 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 1996
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author for details and prices. René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada / e-mail: René Beauchamp
The 1996 edition of this annual publication. Now in its 14th year. 47 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Coil bound.
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Seaway Ships 1997
Author: René Beauchamp,
Publication No.: 8233 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 1998
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author for details and prices. René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada / e-mail: René Beauchamp
The 1997 edition of this annual publication. Now in its 15th year. 52 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Coil bound.
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Seaway Ships 1998
Author: René Beauchamp,
Publication No.: 8234 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 1999
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author for details and prices. René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada / e-mail: René Beauchamp
The 1998 edition of this annual publication. Now in its 16th year. 47 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Coil bound.
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Seaway Ships 1999
Author: René Beauchamp,
Publication No.: 8235 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 2000
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author for details and prices. René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada / e-mail: René Beauchamp
The 1999 edition of this annual publication. Now in its 17th year. 56 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Soft cover.
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Seaway Ships 2000
Author: René Beauchamp,
Publication No.: 8236 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 2000
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the author for details and prices. René Beauchamp, 9041 Bellerive, Montréal, QC H1L 3S5, Canada / e-mail: René Beauchamp
The 2000 edition of this annual publication. Now in its 18th year. 56 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Coil bound.
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