If you have suggestions for additional books please let me know.


If you have any of these books for which I am missing the cover photo,
I would greatly appreciate a scanned full-sized copy of the cover. Thanks.





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

Lights on and around Vancouver Island

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

Northern BC lighthouses

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

No cover photo available - does anyone have one?.

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

Lighthouse Legacies. Nova Scotia stories with some references to British Columbia lighthouses.

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

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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