Specialist Guides
Don Beers The Wonder of Yoho (Rocky Mountain Books, Canada). Good photos and solid text extolling the delights of Yoho National Park in the Rockies. Darryl Bray Kluane National Park Hiking Guide (Travel Vision, Canada). A much-needed guide to long and short walks in a park where the trail network is still in its infancy. Neil G. Carey A Guide to the Queen Charlotte Islands (Northwest Books, US). An authoritative guide to islands which are difficult to explore and ill-served by back-up literature. Ron Dalby The Alaska Highway: an Insider's Guide (Fulcrum). Less detailed but less dry than its main competitor, the better-known and encyclopedic Milepost (Northwest Books). John Dodd and Gail Helgason The Canadian Rockies Access Guide (London Pine, US). Descriptions of 115 day-hikes, with degrees of difficulty, time needed, sketch maps of routes, wildlife descriptions and numerous photos. David Dunbar The Outdoor Traveller's Guide to Canada (Stewart, Tabori & Chang). Too bulky to be a useful guide in the field, but a lavishly illustrated introduction to the outdoor pursuits, wildlife and geology of 37 of the country's best national and provincial parks. Heather Elton Banff's Best Day Hikes (Lone Pine, US and Canada). Good selection of walks in and around Banff town and national park with adequate maps and tempting photos. Ben Gadd A Handbook of the Canadian Rockies (Corax). Widely available in western Canada's larger bookshops, this is a lovingly produced and painstakingly detailed account of walks, flora, fauna, geology and anything else remotely connected with the Rockies. The Lost Moose Catalogue (Lost Moose Publishing, Canada). Highly entertaining and iconoclastic magazine-style guide and commentary on the contemporary mores of the Yukon and far north. Teri Lydiard The British Columbia Bicycling Guide (Gordon Soules, US). Small but extremely detailed pointer to some tempting routes, backed up with good maps. Janice E. Macdonald Canoeing Alberta (Macdonald, Canada). A canoeist's Bible, with many detailed accounts of the province's waterways, and especially good on routes in the Rockies. Ken Madsen and Graham Wilson Rivers of the Yukon (Primrose Publishing, Canada). An invaluable guide to some of the country's best canoeing rivers. Linda Moyer and Burl Willes Unexplored Islands of the US and Canadian West Coast (John Muir). A generous portion of the guide is devoted to an intimate but rather homely run through some of British Columbia's lesser-known islands. Bruce Obee The Pacific Rim Explorer (Whitecap, UK). A good overall summary of the walks, wildlife and social history of the Pacific Rim National Park and its nearby towns. The same writer's The Gulf Islands Explorer and, in the same series, Eliane Jones' The Northern Gulf Islands Explorer , are also useful. Brian Patton and Bart Robinson The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide (Summerthought, Canada). An absolutely essential guide for anyone wishing to do more than simply scratch the surface of the Rockies' walking possibilities. Betty Pratt-Johnson (Adventure Publishing, Canada). The author has produced five separate books whose 157 canoeing routes provide the definitive account of how and where to canoe the lakes and rivers of British Columbia. Archie Shutterfield The Chilkoot Trail: a Hiker's Historical Guide (Northwest Books, US). A pithy accompaniment to the Chilkoot Trail that should be read in conjunction with Pierre Berton's Klondike . Sierra Club of West Canada The West Coast Trail (Douglas & McIntyre, Canada). Now in its sixth edition, this is probably the best of several guides to Vancouver Island's popular but demanding long-distance footpath.
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