Library

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Accidents
River Safety Anthology – Accounts of Rescue and Tragedy on North American Rivers – pub 1996	Charlie Walbridge, Jody Tinsley
Sea Kayaker Deep Trouble – pub 1997	Matt Broze, George Gronseth
Sea Kayaker’s More Deep Trouble – pub 2013	Christopher Cunningham
Boat Construction
The Optimum Kayak -pub 2000	Andy Knapp
Cooking and Food
Beyond Gorp – pub 2005	Yvonne Prater, Ruth Dyar
Camp Cooking: The Black Feather Guide: Eating Well in the Wild – pub 2007	Joanna Baker, Mark Scriver, Wendy Grater
Dry It You`ll Like It! – pub 2000	Gen MacManiman
Hungry Hiker’s Book of Good Cooking – pub 1982	Gretchen McHugh
Living Off the Sea – 1998	Charlie White
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) Cookery – pub 2004	Claudia Pearson
One-Pot Wonders – pub 2006	James Barber
The One Pan Gourmet – pub 2005	Don Jacobson
Exploration and Adventure
A Guide to The Queen Charlotte Islands – pub 1983	Neil G. Carey
Drawn to Sea – pub 2013	Yvonne Maximchuk
Eastern Horizons DVD	CackleTV
Full Moon, Flood Tide – pub 2003	Billy Proctor, Yvonne Maximchuk
Haida Gwaii – Journeys Through the Queen Charlotte Islands – pub 1997	Ian Gill
Haida Gwaii – The Queen Charlotte Islands – pub 2006	Dennis Horwood, Tom Parkin
Inside – One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage – pub 2016	Susan Conrad
Jedediah Days – One Woman’s Island Paradise – pub 1999	Mary Palmer
Kayaking The inside Passage – pub 2005	Robert H. Miller
Love in Northern Rapids – Paddling Adventures in the Canadian Arctic and Beyond – pub 2015	Freda Mellenthin
Pacific Horizons DVD	CackleTV
Ragged Islands – A Journey by Canoe Through the Inside Passage – pub 1991	Michael Poole
Sixty Five Sunsets – A Canadian West Coast Journey – pub 2006	Rick Davies, Jaquie Bunse
This is the Sea Vol. 3 DVD	CackleTV
This is the Sea Vol. 5 DVD	CackleTV
To The Lighthouse: An Explorer’s Guide to the Island Lighthouses of Southwestern BC – pub 2015	Peter Johnson, John Walls
Wildly Inside – A Visual Journey Through the Inside Passage – pub 2019	Susan Conrad
Instructional
ABC’s of the Surf Zone DVD	University of Sea Kayaking
Canoe Crossings: Understanding the Craft that Helped Shape British Columbia – pub 2014	Sanford Osler
Coastal Weather for BC Mariners DVD	Environment Canada
Easy Kayaking Basics: A Paddling Handbook for the Pacific Northwest – pub 2004	Gary Backlund, Paul Grey
Greenland Rope Gymnastics DVD
How to Shit In The Woods – pub 1994	Kathleen Meyer
Living with Weather Along the BC Coast – pub 2003	Owen L. Lange
Navigation Sea State and Weather: A Paddler’s Manual – pub 2020	Marleau, Pardy, Woodford, Harris
Nigel Foster’s Sea Kayaking Vol. 1 Getting Started DVD	Nigel Foster
Nigel Foster’s Sea Kayaking Vol. 2 Essential Strokes DVD	Nigel Foster
Nigel Foster’s Sea Kayaking Vol. 4 Rescues DVD	Nigel Foster
Nigel Foster’s Sea Kayaking Vol. 5 Forward Paddling DVD	Nigel Foster
Nigel Foster’s Sea Kayaking Vol. 6 Rolling and Bracing DVD	Nigel Foster
Performance Kayaking – pub 1990	Stephen B. U`Ren
Pocket Field Guide: Survival Tarp Shelters – pub 2016	Creek Stewart
Rolling A Kayak – pub 2006	Ken Whiting
Sea Kayak A Manual for Intermediate and Advanced Sea Kakayers – pub 2006	Gordon Brown
Sea Kayak Safety and Rescue – pub 2019	Gordon Brown
Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown Vol. 1 – Kayak Handling DVD	Gordon Brown
Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown Vol. 2 – Rescues, Towing and Staying Safe DVD	Gordon Brown
Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown Vol. 3 – navigation, Rolling and Dealing with Emergencies DVD	Gordon Brown
Sea Kayaker’s Pocket Guide – pub 2002	Shelley Johnson
Sea Kayaking – pub 2001	Jonathan Hanson
Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touring – pub 2004	John Dowd
Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touring – pub 1997	John Dowd
Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touring – pub 1983	John Dowd
Sea Kayaking Rough Waters – pub 2006	Alex Matthews
Sea Kayaking The Ultimate Guide DVD
Seamanship for Kayakers DVD	John Dawson, Dan Lewis
Survival Tarp Shelters – pub 2016	Creek Stewart
Surviving Coastal and Open Water – pub 2003	Gregory J. Davenport
Surviving the Roll DVD
The Art of Kayaking: Everything You Need to Know About Paddling – pub 2017	Nigel Foster
The Basic Essentials of Minimizing Impact on the Wilderness – pub 1991	Michael Hodgson
The Bombproof Roll and Beyond: Paddling on the Edge – pub 1993	Paul Dutky
The Coastal Kayaker’s Manual: The Complete Guide to Skills, Gear and Sea Sense – pub 1989	Randel Washburne
Wind Came All Ways: A Quest to Understand the Winds, Waves and Weather in the Georgia Basin – pub 1999	Owen S. Lange
Knots and Rope
Knots The Complete Visual Guide – pub 2012	Des Pauson
Survival Knots Pocket Field Guide – pub 2016	Creek Stewart
The Essential Knot Book – pub 2004	Colin Jarman
Mapsheets
Barkley Sound	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
Broken Group Islands	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
Central Gulf Islands	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
Clayoquot/Pacific Rim	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
Desolation Sound and the Discovery Islands	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
East Gulf Islands	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
Hesquiat Peninsula	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
Kyuquot Sound #202	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
North Clayoquot	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
North Gulf Islands	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
North Hakai	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
North Nootka	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
Outer Gulf Islands	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
Saanich/Sidney	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
Sea to Sky Marine Trail/Howe Sound	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
South Clayoquot	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
South Hakai	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
The North Coast Trail – Cape Scott and North Island Kayak Route	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
Victoria/Sooke	Wildcoast Publishing/John Kimantas
Nature
Birds of Coastal British Columbia – pub 1997	Nancy Baron, John Acorn
Coastal Fishes of the Pacific Northwest – pub 1986	Andy Lamb, Phil Edgell
Common Birds of Southwestern British Columbia – pub 2016	J. Duane Sept
Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America – pub 2008	Jon Dunn, Jonathan Alderfer
Marine Mammals of British Columbia – pub 2014	John Ford
Pacific Reef and Shore – A Photo Guide to Northwest Marine Life – pub 2003	Rick M. Harbo
Pacific Seaweeds – A guide to Common Seaweeds of the West Coast – pub 2000	Louis D. Druehl
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America – pub 2003	David A. Sibley
Whelks to Whales – Coastal Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest – pub 2002	Rick M. Harbo
Navigation
Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation 3rd Edition – pub 1999	David Burch
Map and Compass – pub 1999	Cliff Jacobson
Navigation Sea State and Weather: A Paddler’s Manual – pub 2020	Marleau, Pardy, Woodford, Harris
Simple Kayak Navigation – pub 2006	Ray Killen
Trips and Routes
BC Atlas – Vol. 1 British Columbia’s South Coast and East Vancouver Island – pub 2007	John Kimantas
BC Atlas – Vol. 1 British Columbia’s South Coast and East Vancouver Island Updated – pub 2012	John Kimantas
BC Atlas – Vol. 2 British Columbia’s West Vancouver Island – pub 2007	John Kimantas
BC Atlas – Vol. 2 British Columbia’s West Vancouver Island Updated – pub 2012	John Kimantas
BC’s Gulf Islands Afoot and Afloat – pub 2004	Marge and Ted Mueller
Boat Camping Haida Gwaii: A Small Vessel Guide – pub 2001	Neil Frazer
Charlie’s Charts North to Alaska – pub 1995	Charles E. Wood
Exploring Vancouver Island West Coast – pub 1994	Don Douglass
Island Paddling: A Paddler’s Guide to the Gulf Islands and Barkley Sound – pub 1990	Mary Ann Snowden
Kayak Routes of the Pacific Northwest Coast – pub 1998	Peter McGee
Kayak Routes of the Pacific Northwest Coast – pub 2004	Peter McGee
Kayaking Puget Sound, The San Juans and Gulf Islands – pub 2008	R. Carrey Gersten, Randel Washburne
Kayaking the Broken Group Islands: The Essential Guidebook – pub 2020	Jean-Francois (JF) Marleau
Kayaking Vancouver Island – Great Trips from Port Hardy to Victoria – pub 2003	Gary Backlund, Paul Grey
Paddling The Sunshine Coast – pub 1997	Dorothy and Bodhi Drope
Paddling Through History – Vancouver and Victoria – pub 2005	Aileen Stalker, Andrew Nolan
Sea Kayak Around Vancouver Island – pub 2004	Doug Alderson
Sea Kayak Barkley and Clayoquot Sounds – pub 2005	Mary Ann Snowden
Sea Kayak Desolation Sound and the Sunshine Coast – pub 2005	Heather Harbord
The BC Coast Explorer and Marine Trail Guide Volume 1 – West Coast Vancouver Island North – pub 2012	John Kimantas
The BC Coast Explorer and Marine Trail Guide Volume 2 – Vancouver Island South – pub 2015	John Kimantas
The Vancouver Paddler: Canoeing and Kayaking in Southwestern British Columbia – pub 2005	Glen Steadham
The Wild Coast Volume 1 – North and West Vancouver Island – pub 2005	John Kimantas
The Wild Coast Volume 2 – North and Central B.C. Coast – pub 2006	John Kimantas
The Wild Coast Volume 3 – BC’s South Coast and East Vancouver Island – pub 2007	John Kimantas