BC’s bestselling camping guidebook—now expanded to include the national parks of the Canadian Rockies in honour of the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation. In this fully revised, expanded, and updated edition of her bestselling...
Yukon Collection
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Author:Seagrave, JayneSummary: - Author:Mole, RichSummary:
During the frenzied Klondike Gold Rush, many daring women ventured north to seek riches and adventure or to escape a troubled past. These unforgettable, strong-willed women defied the social conventions of the time and endured...
- Author:London, JackSummary:
Gold Gold for anyone with the guts to get it. But at what price? Prospector "Burning Daylight" learns that life is about more than money in this tale of adventure in the days of the Yukon.
- Author:Seagrave, JayneSummary:
In this fully revised, expanded, and updated edition of her bestselling camping guide, Jayne Seagrave lays the groundwork for anyone planning to get out of the city and explore the best that nature has to offer. Whether you’re camping...
- Author:Wishinsky, Frieda, Griffiths, DeanSummary:
Since discovering the Canadian Flyer, a magical time-traveling sled, in Emily’s attic, Matt and Emily have met fearsome pirates in Frobisher Bay and outrun dinosaurs in the Alberta badlands. In Crazy for Gold, Emily and Matt fly to the...
- Author:Schreyer, Christine, Southwick, Tosh, Castillo, Victoria ElenaSummary:
Today, First Nations peoples living in Yukon, Canada are reviving and practicing their cultural traditions in exciting ways. At the same time, there has been an influx of newcomers to the territory who want to learn more about Yukon's...
- Author:Mole, RichSummary:
In 1897, tens of thousands of would-be prospectors flooded into the Yukon in search of instant wealth during the Klondike Gold Rush. In this historical tale of mayhem and obsession, characters like prospectors George Carmack and Skookum...
- Author:Morgan, LaelSummary:
In the boomtowns of the Alaska-Yukon stampedes, where gold dust was common currency, the rarest commodity was an attractive woman, and her company could be costly. Author Lael Morgan takes you into the heart of the gold rush demimonde,...
- Author:Greenhous, BreretonSummary:
Canada's gold rush of the late 1890s attracted dreamers and schemers from all over North America. Guarding the Goldfields is the story of the men sent to guard the Yukon and maintain order.
- Author:Bell, JoanneSummary:
Rachel's idyllic existence with her family in the remote mountain passes of northern Yukon was shattered by her father's depression, the family's relocation to “town” and her father's subsequent disappearance. Obsessed with...
- Author:Lee, NormanSummary:
The latest addition to TouchWood Editions’ Classics West Collection, Klondike Cattle Drive is the colourful tale of a formidable trek undertaken by legendary Cariboo rancher Norman Lee.In 1898, Lee set out to drive 200 head of cattle...
- Author:Grossinger, RedSummary:
Nahganne: Tales of the Northern Sasquatch presents over 80 reports and stories about giant bipedal, forest dwelling, hirsute hominoid entities. For as long as humans have been around the North, the activities of these giants have been...
- Author:Eddy, Mark C.Summary:
The Yukon, 1907. North America’s last untamed frontier. Dawson City has reached its tipping point. The citizens, and the people they count on to protect them, now live under the brutal control of Eric Morgan, a violent gang leader....
- Author:Asnong, JoceySummary:
With imaginative text and colourful artwork, Nuptse and Lhotse's latest adventure showcases the history, culture, and environment of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Welcome to the Land of the Midnight Sun! While waiting...
- Author:Andra-Warner, ElleSummary:
"Andra-Warner has given us a great read with this slim biography. Her story-telling skills excel at distilling historical facts into compelling narrative."—Thunder Bay Chronicle-ReviewA quick-paced and engaging biography of Canada's...
- Author:Mallory, EnidSummary:
In 1907, a shy bank clerk sent a collection of his poems south from the Yukon to be privately published and shared with a small group of friends. Fate intervened, however, and Robert Service became a household name across North America...
- Author:Donaldson-Yarmey, JoanSummary:
It is 1896, and 19-year-old Pearl Owens wants adventure. To fulfill her dream, Pearl is on her way to the Yukon with her cousin, Emma, to write articles and do illustrations about the woman and men who are looking for gold in the north...
- Author:Burns, Sarah FelixSummary:
The magical story of friendship between twenty-something Sylvia Hardy and Lydie Jim, an eighty-two year old Tlingit elder from the Yukon who met when the Sylvia agreed to be Lydie’s tutor.
- Author:Pronzini, BillSummary:
When Molly Malone, kind roadhouse proprietor and McQuestion's lover, is brutally slain and her cupboards robbed, McQuestion suspects the unusually long winter and greed may have driven the guilty parties to murder. A stoic and steely...
- Author:Wild, ElleSummary:
2017 Arthur Ellis Award, Best First Novel — Winner A dark and suspenseful noir thriller, set in the Yukon. As winter closes in and the roads snow over in Dawson City, Yukon, newly arrived journalist Jo Silver investigates the dubious...
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