Author: Peter Grant, Suzanne Morphet and Diane Selkirk. Published by MacIntyre Purcell, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, 2008, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Size: 7 x 5 inch, 208 pages.
VANCOUVER ISLAND BOOK OF EVERYTHING, is a small pocket book that answers questions from Island Slang, to Salmon Runs, to Emily Carr. There's also well-known Islanders weighing-in on their favourite things about Vancouver Island. Paul says..."Happy Travels in this Great Country of Ours!"
From Hudson's Bay outpost to gold rush fever and coal and lumber barons to political scandals Island-style to the mighty Douglas fir and Pacific salmon and profiles of Emily Carr, Cougar Annie and the Dunsmuir clan, no book is more comprehensive than the Vancouver Island Book of Everything. Robert Bateman shares his five most inspiring island locales; Michael Halleran tells us the five graves you simply must visit at Ross Bay Cemetery; Ian Vantreight tells us his five Island weather complaints; history teacher and Vancouver Island digital archive editor Patrick Dunae gives us his five essential Vancouver Island reads; professor Barbara Helem Whittington gives us her five favorite memories of growing up on the island. From politics to the country's best weather to the origins behind place names, Island slang, serial killers and the First People...it's all here! Whether you are a lifelong resident or visiting for the first time, there's no more complete book about Vancouver Island. If you love Vancouver Island, you'll love the Vancouver Island Book of Everything !
