Author: Edward L. Affleck (compiler),
Publication No.: v057 ISBN: 0-920034-08-X Publication Date: 2000
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Alexander Nicolls Press, #208, 2250 S.E. Marine Drive, Vancover, BC V5P 2S2, Canada / Tel: 604.324.2201 / E-mail: nicolls@smartt.com

Over the course of thirty years, the author has compiled information on the more than one thousand paddlewheelers which plied the inland waters of the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon and Alaska west of the Continental Divide. Hopefully, every steam driven paddlewheeler working on fresh water anywhere between Eugene, Oregon in the south and the mouth of the Yukon River in the north has been included in this compilation.

Author: S C Heal,
Publication No.: 8007 ISBN: 1-55125-023-3 Publication Date: 1999
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 Services, Box 46, 8415 Granville St., Vancouver, BC V6P 4Z9 Canada. / Tel: 604.261.1695 / Fax: 604.266.4469 / E-mail Richmond Book Services

WEBMASTER'S RECOMENDATION While the extent of Canada's war production effort, 1939-45, is fairly well known to Canadians, one aspect of it has largely, and inexplicably, escaped notice. This is the construction in Canadian shipyards, from a standing start in 1941, of 402 merchant ships, most of them 10,000-ton cargo ships. They were launched from seven yards on the west coast and eight on the east coast, St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes. "A Great Fleet of Ships" explains how this potential merchant fleet in being at the war's end was dispersed, so that Canada's merchant marine all but vanished after 1950. Contains a complete Fleet List of all the ships, and a Fold-Out Plan taken from the original plan of the North Sands ship brought over from England in 1940, from which the entire Canadian program for these 10,000-ton ships originated, including the Royal Navy maintenance ships. 312 pages. Hard cover. 9 inches x 11 inches.

Author: S C Heal,
Publication No.: 8016 ISBN: 1-895590-13-2 Publication Date: 1995
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 Services, Box 46, 8415 Granville St., Vancouver, BC V6P 4Z9 Canada. / Tel: 604.261.1695 / Fax: 604.266.4469 / E-mail Richmond Book Services

The wide-ranging life story of Captain Trevor Whitla Bridges. This book is based on the unpublished and private memoirs of Captain Bridges, late of the Canadian and British Merchant navies, and also of the British Royal Navy Reserve and the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve, in which he held the rank of Lieutenant-Commander.

Author: James P. Delgado,
Publication No.: v039 ISBN: ??? Publication Date: 1999
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Douglas & McIntyre. Available at most good bookshops. Available from the Gift Shop at the Vancouver Maritime Museum, 1905 Ogden Ave., Vancouver, BC V6J 1A3

This is James Delgado's (James is the Executive Director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum) stunning, tragic and ultimately triumphant history of the centuries-long search for a water route bwteeen the Atlantic and the Pacific.

Author: ,
Publication No.: v044 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: November 2002
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM OUR SOCIETY. Copies can be ordered from the Marine Historical Society of Detroit for US$39.95, by sending your order to Robert Pocotte, 606 Laurel Ave., Port CLinton, OH 43452, U.S.A. (checks or money orders only)

This book has no connection with the World Ship Society, and is only presented here as an item of interest to our members.
This book is an expanded version of the first edition of "Ahoy & Farewell" of 1970 and covers the period of ships histories for the years 1944 through 1969. The book contains 223 pages of text including 88 outstanding black & white photogrpahs. Hardbound.

Author: ,
Publication No.: v045 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 1994
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM OUR SOCIETY. Copies can be ordered from the Marine Historical Society of Detroit for US$39.95 (hardcover) or US$28.50 (softcover), by sending your order to Robert Pocotte, 606 Laurel Ave., Port CLinton, OH 43452, U.S.A. (checks or money orders only)

This book has no connection with the World Ship Society, and is only presented here as an item of interest to our members.
Published to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversay of The Marine Historical Society of Detroit, Inc. / 1969 through 1994. 244 pages. A4 format. Softcover & Hardcover available.

Author: S C Heal,
Publication No.: 8038 ISBN: 978-1-553951-35-3 Publication Date: Sep 2002
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Available from: Richmond Book Services, 8415 Granville Street, Box 46, Vancouver, BC V6P 4Z9 Canada Tel: (604) 261-1695 / e-mail Richmond Book Services

This is the second in the "West Coast Maritime Series". "Always Ready" relates to the general towing business with special sections dealing with the tug owners, in the Fraser and along the coast. The development of the scow into the barge and their ownerships. The small ports of B.C. and their local owners, the aggregate and cement industries, dredging and marine construction, oil, chemical and explosives destribution and the companies and ships that handle it and, some patterns of trade, past, present and future. 8 inches x 11 inches. 200 pages. Soft cover.

Author: James P. Delgado,
Publication No.: v056 ISBN: 0-920663-86-9 Publication Date: 2002
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM OUR SOCIETY. Published by Touch Wood Editions, Ltd. Available from the Vancouver Maritime Museum's Gift Shop, priced at CDN$16.95 + GST.

This is a revised edition of Dauntless St. Roch, which was published in 1992 on the 50th anniversary of the ship's first voyage through the Northwest Passage. In 1992, several friends and colleagues made that book possible. Leonard McCann, Curator Emeritus of the Vancouver Maritime Museum, opened his voluminous research files on St. Roch.

Most of the photographs in this book are from the collections of the Vancouver Maritime Museum; others are from the collections of St. Roch National Historic Site. 70 pages. 10 inches x 8 inches. Landscape format. Softcover.

Author: Doreen Armitage,
Publication No.: v066 ISBN: 1-55017-235-2` Publication Date: 2001
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Harbour Publishing

From British COlumbia's Horseshoe Bay to Whister and the islands and communities of Howe Sound, "Around the Sound" traces the area's rich and exciting history. TOld in the voices of the people who call the area home, this anecdote-filled book tells of the first peoples, the early European explorers, the bustling gold rush trade, and the newcomers who settled to farm the fertile valley bottoms, log the fir and cedar forests, harvest the ocean's bounty, mine the region's deep veins of copper, and transform the area into the year-round outdoor recreation mecca it is today. "Around the Sound" offers fascinating reading for locals, visitors, and BC history lovers.
240 pages. 6 inches x 9 inches. Soft cover.

Author: Anthony Dalton, with Forword by James Delgado
Publication No.: v084 ISBN: 978-894974-14-1 Publication Date:
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by The Heritage Group of Victoria, BC

No vessel that sailed the Arctic seas has raised so much speculation or triggered imaginations as has the legendary Hudson’s Bay Company cargo steamer BAYCHIMO.

Anthony Dalton digs deep into history to unveil the incredible story of this hardy ship and her sometimes irascible captain, Sydney Cornwell. In doing so, Dalton also brings to life the larger story of the community of northern traders, hunters and sailors of which Baychimo was a part.

Author: James P. Delgado,
Publication No.: v006 ISBN: 0-920663-20-6 Publication Date: 1993
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact the Vancouver Maritime Museum for availability and price.

The Hudson's Bay Company's famous vessel BEAVER was the first, and for many years the only, steamship to work on the west coast of North America. This is the "biography" of the BEAVER, a ship that made an unparallelled contribution to the history of the west coast. 54 pages. 9 inches x 7½ inches. softcover.

Author: Bill Lightfoot, forword by Roland H. Webb
Publication No.: 8507 ISBN: 1-895590-31-0 Publication Date: 2005
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Cordillera Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Publication is available by post from Richmond Book Services, 8415 Granville St, Box 46, Vancouver, BC V6P 4Z9, Canada. Tel: 604.261.1695 / E-mail: richbook@shaw.ca. Available through select maritime book sellers.

This is the fascinating story of the only navy submarines ever constructed on the North Pacific Coast, a story of vision and entrepreneurship, of guts and bravery. Why, where, when, and how did these "technical marvels," these "little divers" these "deathtraps" come into being? What were they like? How were they used and by whom?

Most of the story has never been told. It's a story of Paterson, world famous naval architect and the person chiefly responsible for building them, of the political and strategic climate that brought them here and of Imperial Russia's secret construction in British Columbia. It's the story of contemporary construction methods, of the mechanisms and equipment, of accommodations for living and the way of life aboard these primiteve vessels, of progressive designs and of the unique Chilean boats that so disappointed the Chilean Naval Mission.

The story of operations exposes episodes of daring, adventure, hardship and hazard. One of these submarines became the first submarine loss of the United States Navy and another sank her sister ship, one was dragged overland to be launched anew a second time, five ended up on the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Six were disassembled in Vancouver and re-asembled in Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, two were spirited away to Canada resulting in considerable political fallout, two, along with two from San Francisco, became the first U.S. Navy vessels to home port in Hawaii. Two became the first British warships to transit the Panama Canal, and six hunted U-boats in the Atlantic. They all challenged the sturdy submariners who volunteered to man them.

325 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Soft cover.

Author: Skip Gillham,
Publication No.: 8250 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: 1981
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Out of Print. Published by Stonhouse Publications of St. Catharines, ON

Volume 3 in the series came out in 1981 in response to Volumes 1 and 2 being out of print. Due to the changing nature of inland shipping, the stories were rewritten to update readers on vessel sales, renames and scrappings. THis 60-page book fetures an illustrated list of 48 ships that appeared in the first two editions but with different photos, often of the ships under a subsequent name. Out of Print.

Author: Jennifer Breckon, James P. Delgado
Publication No.: v068 ISBN: 0-9695221-4-2 Publication Date: c.2000
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by the Vancouver Maritime Museum

featuring the Mary & Bill Everett Family Collection / catalogue of an exhibition held at the Vancouver Maritime Museum - 2000. 11 inches x 8½ inches. 24 pages. Soft cover.

Author: S. C. Heal,
Publication No.: 8037 ISBN: 1-553-95134-4 Publication Date: Nov 2002
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION, AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Price CDN$29.95 + postage (+ GST in Canada). Available from: Richmond Book Services, 8415 Granville Street, Box 46, Vancouver, BC V6P 4Z9 Canada Tel: (604) 261-1695 / Fax: (604) 266-4469 / e-mail richbook@shaw.ca

This is the first in the "West Coast Maritime Series". "Boomsticks & Towlines" is the first in this planned series of four books by WSS member S.C. Heal. It deals primarily with early navigation, with getting the logs to market, servicing the logging camps and adds interesting representative contributions from other sources which aided the process. It brings the reader into close contact with the many phases of the industry, including the evolution of log barges, roll-on, roll-off operations and the gradual changes on the coast which now see local cruise voyaging growing. Print-on-demand technology. 186 pages. 8½" x 11 inches. Softback.

Author: Peter D. Ommundsen,
Publication No.: v034 ISBN: 0-9682084-0-1 Publication Date: 1997
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Contact your local bookseller for availability and prices. List price printed on book is CDN$14.95.

This is the story of early travel to the Bowen Island holiday resort. In 1921 the Sannie Transportation Company began ferry service between Bowen and the railway terminus at Horseshoe Bay. The central charachter in the enterprise was Tommy White, who became well-known to thousands of vacationers. This book documents the history of the Bowen ferry. It is a story of boats, people, politics and romance. 64 pages. 6 inches x 9 inches. Soft cover.

Author: Skip Gillham, Bruno Boissonneault
Publication No.: 8012 ISBN: 0-9684341-3-4 Publication Date: 2001
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

The history of the "Branch Lines and Socanav Tankers of the Great Lakes" is the second in a series of booklets on "Canadian Tankers of the Great Lakes" published by Glenaden Press of Vineland, Ontario. It follows "Imperial Oil Tankers of the Great Lakes" released in June 2000. 44 pages. 8½ inches x 11 inches. Numerous black & white photographs, with colour photographs on cover.

Author: Doreen Armitage,
Publication No.: V067 ISBN: 1-55017-272-7 Publication Date: 2001
THIS IS NOT A WORLD SHIP SOCIETY PUBLICATION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY. Published by Harbour Publishing

The bustling waters of Burrard Inlet are home to the third largest port in North America, and the city of Vancouver, one of the most beautiful in the world. This engaging history traces the development of the land bordering the inlet, from the First Nations settlements dating back thousands of years through the explorers, loggers and land developers, to the many industries that make greater Vancouver the dynamic port city it is today. The book is both a carefully researched history and an entertaining account of the full range of vigorous human activity that helped shape a busy, beautiful waterway and one of the world's magnificent cities.
324 pages. 6 inches x 9 inches. Hard cover.

Author: David Hill-Turner,
Publication No.: 0106 ISBN: Publication Date: Dec 1987
COPIES STILL AVAILABLE.

Hardback edition. This book is dedicated to the retired coastal pilots of British Columbia who have, through their unique knowledge and determined effort, made the history of shipping on this northwest coast of the American continent safer than it would otherwise have been.

This book is available from the Membership Secretary of the Vancouver Branch at a cost of CDN$14.95 + postage costs (if applicable) to members of the WSS. For non-WSS members, add $2.00. Cheques or money orders payable to the "World Ship Society" should be sent to: 701-1011 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6E 1T8 Canada. For more information, e-mail books@worldshipsocietyvan.ca. Sorry, no credit card charges accepted by the branch.

Author: David Hill-Turner,
Publication No.: 1106 ISBN: n/a Publication Date: Dec 1987
COPIES STILL AVAILABLE

Softback edition. This book is dedicated to the retired coastal pilots of British Columbia who have, through their unique knowledge and determined effort, made the history of shipping on this Northwest Coast of the American continent safer than it would otherwise have been.

This book is available from the Membership Secretary of the Vancouver Branch at a cost of CDN$10.95 + postage costs (if applicable) to members of the WSS. For non-WSS members, add $2.00. Cheques or money orders payable to the "World Ship Society" should be sent to: 701-1011 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6E 1T8 Canada. For more information, e-mail books@worldshipsocietyvan.ca. Sorry, no credit card charges accepted by the branch.