Northwest Indigenous Arts: Creative Colors 1 i the first in the Northwest Indigenous Arts Series and is a compelling exploration of the rich artistic traditions of the Northwest Indigenous communities. Authored by Robert E. Stanley Sr., this coloring book serves as both an educational tool and a creative outlet, featuring 27 templates and line draw …

A Guide to Collecting Wild Herbs will get you outside in the open woods, vacant lots, fields and meadows in search of your favourite wild herbs. This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide explores twenty-eight of the most common and versatile herbs found in North America. Created with the amateur naturalist in mind, this handbook will teach you when, …

A scientific look at the evidence surrounding the myth of the legendary beast. Science requires solid evidence for the existence of a new species - footprints and sightings by local people are never enough. A type specimen must be obtained, which is then described in a scientific journal and continues to be available for theory experts to examine. …

Through simple words and illustrations, this book presents a powerful, practical and visionary model for community healing. It outlines a healing process for individuals and communities that is universal and goes to the core of what it means to be a member of the human family. The Transcultural Model emerged from a forty-year career of individual a …

A Guide to Medicinal Wild Fruits and Berries will get you outside in the open woods, vacant lots, fields and meadows in search of your favourite wild berries. This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide explores twenty-seven of the most common and versatile berries found in North America. Created with the amateur naturalist in mind, this handbook will …

Authors Ted Peck and Ed Rychkun cut through the mystique and complexity surrounding fly fishing and come up with the twelve basic skills needed to understand and enjoy the engrossing art of fly fishing. Ted Peck has been hooked on fishing for more than sixty years, giving him lots of time to develop and hone the essential techniques of fly fishing …

The fascinating collection of papers by Dmitri Bayanov, Russia's leading hominologist. Explores the difference between the living hominoids and the old-age folklore regarding human like beings.

Debenat takes us on a whirlwind tour of Asia and its extension in the European Caucasus in the footsteps of prominent Wild Man explorers. A presentation of the possible existence of wild men in Asia. The author outlines the expeditions of explorers and researchers, Peter Byrne, Marie-Jeanne Koffmann, Reinhold Messner, Vera Frossard and Zhou Guoxing …

A practical guide combining in-depth knowledge of wilderness exploration and wild animal behavior with detailed information on preparation for large and small expeditions. World-renowned explorer and wilderness guide, Peter Byrne, combines his in-depth knowledge of wilderness exploration and wild animal behavior to produce this unique, practical gu …

A true pioneer remembers the harsh but rich homesteading life in remote Lonesome Lake, BC. Born in a remote homestead at Lonesome Lake in southwest British Columbia, Trudy Turner was raised in true pioneer fashion, without running water, electricity or cars. (Trudy learned to fly a plane in her twenties, but didn't get her motor vehicle driver's li …

In 1948, divorced mother of four Stella McCandless--much to the horror of her straight-laced Victoria family--fell in love with and married several-years-younger (and several inches shorter) Bob Smith, a nomadic trapper and self-professed flaunter of convention. Being herself of a rebellious nature and craving release from the strictures of her tra …

A trilogy of stories by the Edwards family about their fascinating life in the Bella Coola area. Often called "The Crusoe of Lonesome Lake," because of a best-selling book written by the American journalist Leland Stowe, Edwards has gone on to live at least one more life and reveals himself to be a pioneer of a breed that no longer exists. Best kno …

Northwest Indigenous Arts: Creative Colors 2 is the second in the Northwest Indigenous Arts Series and is a compelling exploration of the rich artistic traditions of the Northwest Indigenous communities. Authored by Robert E. Stanley Sr., this coloring book serves as both an educational tool and a creative outlet, featuring 20 templates and line dr …

The book offers a brief historical account of fur-trading outposts in the Pacific Northwest. Non-fiction, history-guidebook; 1800s to early 1900s in Pacific Northwest-BC, Yukon, Alaska, Washington State. Frontier Forts & Posts is a new history guidebook written by Kenneth E. Perry and offers a brief historical account of fur-trading outposts in the …

This book although carefully researched, was not written for study in anthropological circles. Rather it is intended as light and enjoyable reading to whet the appetite of those who would like to increase their knowledge of a rich ways of life which flourished in Coastal BC, and the state of Washington before disintegrating forces, spearheaded by t …

The essential story as we know it of Roger Patterson's Bigfoot research and the 1967 Bigfoot film at Bluff Creek California. In December 1959 Roger C. Patterson of Tampico, Washington took up the challenge to prove the existence of North America's elusive Sasquatch or Bigfoot creature that for centuries had evaded capture and had never been filmed. …

The Raven and the Mountaineer is the most significant contribution toward the history of the St. Elias Mountain Range -- the Himalayas of Canada. To introduce this mountain range to the reader the author has chosen the aboriginal emblem and traditionally sacred bird the Raven to make the introductory statement to each chapter. It is the Raven, the …

Go back in time to a place where ingenuity and perseverance were all one needed to make a go of things in the northern B.C. wilderness. A celebration of the people and lifestyles of this once-remote frontier, Outposts and Bushplanes commemorates the region's rich recent past history. The book also describes the vital role played by the relatively n …

This introductory field guide is designed for the beach explorer, the boater, the skin diver, and the scuba diver. Rick has limited its contents to the most common species, which can be seen from, or along, the seashore, or in the shallows. Rick has limited its contents to the most common species, which can be seen from, or along, the seashore, or …

Author Bill Hagelund draws upon his memories and knowledge as a brewery engineer to provide readers with historical and technical insight. olden, effervescing, historic, sacramental and refreshing. Even before the days of Ancient Greece and Rome there has been beer. The ability to turn a living fungus into a satiating beverage has been a universall …

engineering, in it's entire diverse ramifications, was just beginning to be realized as the 1800s unfolded. Men who could grasp its principals and shape its potential to their needs were to become the new giants of commerce. Captain William A. Hagelund is uniquely positioned to write a history of HBC's SS Beaver, the ship that did more than any oth …

Nickel Company's grassroots exploration of the Canadian Arctic in the 1960 field season. Exploration of the Canadian Arctic documents the International Nickel Company's grassroots exploration of the Canadian Arctic in the 1960 field season. This well-detailed story of the search for economic mineralization in Canada's most isolated regions is at on …

Author Dolores Brown followed her new hushand to the wild country of the Yukon in 1953. Share the adventures and misadventures of her conversion from city girl to nature loving wilderness trekker.

Ogopogo expert Arlene Gaal explores the information and sighting footage collected over the past 30 years. Since 1968, Arlene Gaal has been investigating, categorizing and summarizing the reported sightings of this ever-elusive serpent-like water creature. Considered one of the top consultants on Ogopogo, Arlene has spent years poring over photogra …

Tales of how author transported provisions, built their cabin and spent their honeymoon year on the South Nahanni River. A tale of adventure, strength and nature's ever changing moods and faces. The South Nahanni River of Canada's Northwest Territories has captivated canoeists and mountain adventurers for decades. Imagine flying 4,000 pounds of sup …

A history of men who worked the rivers in the Rocky Mountain Trench. Drift back in history to time when the rivermen still plied their trade through the northern rivers of BC. Crooked River Rats tells the tales of men and women who traveled the river highways living and working in the wilderness. Generations of trappers, hunters, big game guides an …

This is the ultimate guide book for riverboat enthusiasts. Full of maps, camping tips, fishing hints and local history. Take a trip back in history along the Big Salmon River and revisit one of the routes that led fortune seekers to the Kondike gold rush. Author Gus Karpes introduces readers to this exhilarating and challenging wilderness river as …

This is a story of two generations who fell in love with the Yukon and Northwestern B.C., in particular a piece of floral paradise at the end of Tagish Lake known as Ben-My-Chree. Klondike Paradise takes readers back in time to the Klondike gold rush, and follows a young couple from england as they get involved with sternwheeler riverboat construct …

Explore the legends and lore connected with the wildflowers of the west. Does the lotus bloom in Lotusland? Why does a clover leaf adorn the suit of clubs in a deck of cards? What do Roman soldiers shaving their legs have to do with wildflowers? Author Brenan Simpson answers these and other questions in Flowers at my Feet. Simpson roots around in l …

• A family story of birth, death, and love.

Author's life and times as an adventurer in the Yukon's wild country. How any two people can pack so many events and careers into one lifetime is a wonder. In fact, Joyce Yardley herself is a wonder. From a prim little girl who didn't want to finish school, she found herself learning to be a wife, a postmistress, a lady rancher, a lodge and restaur …

The story of the author's search for a hidden treasure of gold, and the legendary curse that surrounds it. Moments before he was hanged for murder, Slumach placed a curse on his gold mine. An estimated fifty-five people have disappeared trying to find his legendary mine. The lure of the lost mine has drawn Jack Mould to the mountains. He has lived …

This book concentrates on twenty-three sightings in Alberta and British Columbia. Was it merely an Indian legend told to early explorers, a story characteristic of the native's mythical culture? Or, were the stories of giant hairy man-like apes actual reports of an animal that has managed to mystify its researchers and elude western civilization fo …

In a land such as the Yukon, with its colorful past matched by its colorful characters, tales abound of the perils and adventures experienced by those hardy sourdoughs who first pioneered the country. Many are the tales that have been told in the still of the un-equalled splendor of a Yukon evenings while gathered around the campfire with close com …

• The history of mining town of Craigmont BC.

An exploration of the art of the Haida, an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their main territory is the archipelago of Haida Gwaii in northern British Columbia, Canada. Haida society continues to produce a robust and highly stylized art form, a leading component of Northwest Coast art. In particular, this work expl …

Old wooden buildings from around British Columbia. The author was farming when this photographic collection was commenced, and also contributing articles and photographs to publications with rural circulation, and this sideline led him to explore not only his own neighborhood but as much of the interior as he could without neglecting his farm opera …

A trilogy of stories by the Edwards family about their fascinating life in the Bella Coola area. Trudy, daughter of Ralph Edwards, continues the Lonesome Lake story. She, her husband and daughter carried on the work with the trumpeter swans that Ralph had begun. The book tells of their life on the isolated farm they built for themselves in the Chil …