The Essential (and Then Some) BC Coast and Beyond Book List

Are you ready for this? Just pulled together what I have accumulated over the years as they relate to the following headings...

Adventures - Sailing and Otherwise

26 Feet To The Charlottes - June Cameron
Adventuring to Princess Louisa Inlet - Betty Wright
The Curve of Time - M. Wylie Blanchet
Following The Curve of Time - Cathy Converse
Lee Shore Blues; Sex, Drugs and Bluewater Sailing - Peter M. Heiberg
Passage to Juneau; A Sea and Its Meanings - Jonathan Raban
Sailing Home; A Journey Through Time, Place and Memory - Gary Geddes
Shelter From The Storm - June Cameron
South Islander; Memoirs of a Cruising Dog - Amanda Spottiswoode
Voyages to Windward; Sailing Adventures on Vancouver Island's West Coast - Elsie Hulsizer

 

Chartbooks

Chart 3311 (Strip Chart); Strait of Georgia-Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Harbour to Desolation Sound - Canadian Hydrographic Service
Chart 3312; Jervis Inlet & Desolation Sound - Canadian Hydrographic Service
Chart 3313; Gulf Islands - Canadian Hydrographic Service
Cruising Atlas for Northwest Waters (2009) - Evergreen Pacific Publishing
Marine Atlas Vol. 1; Olympia to Malcolm Island (2010) - Frank Morris and W.R. Heath
West Coast of Vancouver Island Cruising Atlas (2002) - Evergreen Pacific Publishing

 

Cruising Guides

Broughtons
Broughton Islands Cruising Guide (2011) - Peter Vassilopoulos
Cruising Beyond Desolation Sound (1979) - John Chappell
The Broughtons; A Dreamspeaker Cruising Guide, Vol. 5 (2016) - Anne &Laurence Yeadon-Jones

Desolation Sound
Cruising to Desolation Sound (2009) - Peter Vassilopoulos
Cruising Guide to British Columbia Vol. 2, Desolation Sound (1997) - Bill Wolferstan
Desolation Sound & the Discovery Islands; A Dreamspeaker Cruising Guide (2017) - Anne & Laurence Yeadon-Jones
Gunkholing in Desolation Sound and Princess Louisa (1989) - Al Cummings and Jo Bailey-Cummings

General
Anchorages and Marine Parks; The Guide to Popular Pacific Northwest Destinations (2008) - Peter Vassilopoulos
Best Anchorages of the Inside Passage (2014) - Anne Vipond and William Kelly
Docks and Destinations; The Complete Guide to Pacific Northwest Marinas (2010) - Peter Vassilopoulos
The Inside Passage, Puget Sound to Alaska (2015) - Peter Vassilopoulos
South Coast of British Columbia (2009) - Don Douglass & Reanne Hemingway-Douglass
Voyage of the Dreamspeaker; Vancouver-Desolation Sound Cruising Highlights - Anne & Laurence Yeadon-Jones
Waggoner Cruising Guide; The Bible for Northwest Cruising
    - Free Download...http://waggonerguide.com/free-download-of-the-2017-waggoner-cruising-   guide/

Gulf Islands
Cruising Guide to Britsih Columbia Vol. 1; Gulf Islands (1987) - Bill Wolferstan
Exploring the San Juan and Gulf Islands (2011) - Don Douglass & Reanne Hemingway-Douglass
Gulf Islands Cruising Guide (2014) - Peter Vassilopoulos
Gulf Islands & Vancouver Island; A Dreamspeaker Cruising Guide (2006) - Anne & Laurence Yeadon-Jones
Gunkholing in the Gulf Islands (1986) - Al Cummings and Jo Bailey-Cummings

Inside Passage
Cruising The Secret Coast - Jennifer and James Hamilton

Sunshine Coast
Cruising Guide to British Columbia Vol. 3 - Sunshine Coast (1994) - Bill Wolferstan
Vancouver, Howe Sound & the Sunshine Coast; A Dreamspeaker Cruising Guide Vol 3 (2016) - Anne & Laurence Yeadon-Jones

West Coast of Vancouver Island
Cruising Guide to the West Coast of Vancouver Island (1998) - Don Watmough
The West Coast of Vancouver Island; A Dreamspeaker Cruising Guide Vol. 6 (2009) - Anne & Laurence Yeadon-Jones
Vancouver Island's West Coast (1999) - Don Douglass & Reanne Hemingway-Douglass

 

Culinary

The Raincoast Kitchen; Coastal Cuisine with a Dash of History - Campbell River and District Museum and Archives Society
Salmon, The Cookbook - Bill Jones, Editor
Sea Salt; Recipes from the West Coast Galley - Alison Malone Eathorne, Hilary & Lorna Malone

 

History

British Columbia Coast Names; Their Origin and History - Captain John T. Walbran
Vancouver's Voyage; Charting the Northwest Coast - Robin Fisher
Desolation Sound, A History - Heather Harbord
Evergreen Islands, A History of the Islands of the Inside Passage - Doris Anderson
The Quadra Story; A History of Quadra Island - Jeanette Taylor
Spilsbury's Album - Photographs and Reminiscences of the BC Coast - Jim Spilsbury
Tidal Passages; A History of the Discovery Islands - Jeanette Taylor

 

Life in BC

The Accidental Airline - Howard White and Jim Spilsbury
Destination Cortez Island; A Sailor's Life Along the BC Coast, A Memoir - June Cameron
Drawn To Sea - Yvonne Maximchuk
Dynamite Stories - Judith Williams
The Fisher Queen; A Deckhand's Tales of the BC Coast - Sylvia Taylor
Fishing The Coast; A Life on the Water - Don Pepper
Fishing With John - Edith Iglauer
Full Moon Flood Tide; Bill Proctor's Raincoast - Bill Proctor and Yvonne Maximchuk
Heart of the Rainforest; A Life Story - Alexandra Morton and Billy Proctor
House Calls by Float Plane - Dr. Alan Swan
Keepers of the Light - Donald Graham
Lights of the Inside Passage - Donald Graham
Light Years; Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper - Caroline Woodward
Listening To Whales - Alexandra Morton
Milk Spills & One-Log Loads; Memories of a Pioneer Truck Driver - Frank White
The Protected Place - Gilean Douglas
The Queen of the North Disaster; The Captain's Story - Colin Henthorne
Raincoast Chronicles; Vol. 1 (1984) to Vol. 23 (2015) - Various Editors and Authors
The Royal Fjord, Memories of Jervis Inlet - Ray Phillips
Sea Stories of the Inside Passage; In the Wake of the Nid - Iain Lawrence
Spilsbury's Coast; Pioneer Years in the Wet West - Howard White and Jim Spilsbury
The Sunshine Coast; From Gibsons to Powell River - Howard White
That Went By Fast; My First Hundred Years - Frank White
Tide Rip & Back Eddies; Bill Proctor's Tales of Blackfish Sound - Bill Proctor and Yvonne Maximchuk
Totem Poles and Tea - Hughina Harold
The Uchuck Years; A West Coast Shipping Saga - David Esson Young
Upcoast Summers - Beth Hill

 

Novels - BC Related (Fiction and Non-Fiction)

Desolation Sound - Fraser C. Heston
Desolation Sound - Marion C. Jensen
Emergence - Tyler Brand
Sea Without Shores - Norm Gibbons
Voyage of the Arrogant - Norm Gibbons

 

Other Nautical Stuff

Learn to Sail The Hard Way - Don Watmough
Local Knowledge; A Skipper's Reference, Tacoma to Ketchikan - Kevin Monahan
Stalking Salmon & Wrestling Drunks - Peter L. Gordon

 

Sailing Directions and Other Resources

BC Vol. 1; British Columbia Coast (South Portion) - Canadian Hydrographic Service
Current Atlas (See Note 1); Juan de Fuca Strait to Strait of Georgia - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ports and Passes; Tides and Currents (Published Annually) - Chyna Sea Ventures

 

Weather

Living With Weather; Along The British Columbia Coast - Owen S. Lange
Marine Weather Hazards Manual - Environment Canada
The Wind Came All Ways - Owen S. Lange

Notes
1 - You will need the applicable Annual version of the Current Atlas Lookup Tables