British Columbia, Canada - Books and manuals on BC Lighthouses.

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1. Books describing British Columbia lighthouses

2. Manuals for British Columbia lighthouse keepers

3. Fog Alarm and Lamp Manuals from Chance Brothers

Books on BC Lighthouses
Old and New

Please note, clicking on a book cover takes you to a larger version of the photo.
"Hovering" over a book cover brings up a short desription of the book contents
Clicking on the publisher's name, takes you to a website where you can order the book.
OUT OF PRINT books can sometimes be found at Amazon or other second-hand bookstores using Google.

Keepers of the Light

by Donald Graham
OUT OF PRINT
Harbour Publishing
ISBN 0-920080-65-0
Paperback
16 x 24 cms · 270 pp · 1985

Lights of the Inside Passage

by Donald Graham
AVAILABLE
Harbour Publishing
ISBN 1-55017-060-0
Paperback
16 x 24 cm · 270 pp · 1986

Lone Cone

History of Tofino and Lennard Island area

by Dorothy Graham
OUT OF PRINT
Published Privately
ISBN
Paperback
15.1 x 22.5 cms · 100 pp · 1945

Burrard Inlet

Information on Brockton, Capilano and Prospect Point lighthouses

by Doreen Armitage
AVAILABLE
Harbour Publishing
ISBN 1-55017-272-7
Hardcover
15.75 x 23.5 cms · 324 pp · 2001

Godships

Travels of the Thomas Crosby V and her visits to lighthouses on the BC coast

by Oliver Howard
OUT OF PRINT
UC Publishing House
ISBN 0-919920-07-1
Paperback
13.5 x 20.5 cms · 240 pp · 1984

West Coast Radio Service

Many radio stations were operated from lighthouses, and personnel helped each other

by Larry L. Reid
AVAILABLE
SPARC
ISBN
Paperback
14 x 21 cms · 92 pp · 1992

An earlier version of this book (1989) is available online at the Spectrum Alumni website.

Guiding Lights

British Columbia lighthouses and their keepers

by Lynn Tanod and Chris Jaksa
AVAILABLE
Harbour Publishing
ISBN 1-55017-186-0-
Hardcover
22 x 26 cms · 112 pp · 1998

Lighthouse Chronicles

20 years on Lennard, Barrett, McInnes, Green and Race Rocks lighthouses

by Flo Anderson
AVAILABLE
Harbour Publishing
ISBN 1-55017-181-
Paperback
15.2 x 22.75 cms · 222 pp · 1998

The Lighthouse Cookbook

Recipes and interviews with BC lighthouse keepers

by Anita Stewart
AVAILABLE
Harbour Publishing
ISBN 1-55017-103-7
Paperback
16.4 x 24 cms · 156 pp · 1988

North Coast Odyssey

The inside passage from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert and information on Inside Passage lighthouses

by Kenneth Campbell
OUT OF PRINT
Sono Nis Press
ISBN 1-55039-032-5
Paperback
15 x 22.5 cms · 202 pp · 1993

North to Alaska by Oar

Betty Varey's 2 month solo rowing journey to Alaska via the BC inside passage

by Betty Lowman Carey
AVAILABLE
Sono Nis Press
ISBN 1-55017-392-8
Paperback
15.25 x 22.75 cms · 288 pp · 2004

The History of Pilot Bay Lighthouse

The book chronicles the history of the this heritage building from the time construction started in 1904 at a location just south of Kootenay Bay.

by Susan Hulland
AVAILABLE
Friends of West
Kootenay Parks
ISBN
Paperback
15.25 x 22.75 cms · 48 pp · 1997

Northern Lights: Lighthouses of Canada

Lighthouses of Canada including West coast, East coast and Great Lakes.

by David McCurdy Baird
AVAILABLE
Lynx Images
ISBN 189-4073-09-6
Paperback
22 x 26 cms · 257 pp · 1999

Breakers Ahead:A history of shipwrecks on the graveyard of the Pacific

Shipwrecks from Port Renfrew to Bamfield.

by R. Bruce Scott
OUT OF PRINT
Lynx Images
ISBN
Paperback
22 x 26 cms · 176 pp · 1970

People of the Southwest Coast:a History of the Southwest Coast

No cover photo available - does anyone have one?.

by R. Bruce Scott
OUT OF PRINT
Published Privately
ISBN
Paperback
19.6 x 24.8 cms · 138 pp · 1974

Vancouver Island's West Coast 1762-1962

by George Nicholson
OUT OF PRINT
Published Privately
ISBN
Hardcover
356 pp · 1962

Settling Clayoquot - Sound Heritage Series #33

Settling Clayoquot. Personal stories from local residents.

by Bob Bossin
OUT OF PRINT
Province of British Columbia
ISBN 0-7718-8273-4
Paperback
18.5 x 26.5 cms · 76 pp · 1981

Lighthouse Legacies - Stories of Nova Scotia's Lightkeeping Families by Chris Mills AVAILABLE Nimbus Publishing ISBN 1-55109-561-0 Paperback 17 x 22.6 cms · 240 pp · 2006	Cadborosaurus - Survivor from the Deep by Dr. Paul H. LeBlond AVAILABLE Horsdal & Shubart ISBN 0-920663-33-4 Paperback 14 x 21.5 cms · 134 pp · 1995
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