I found this book when I was in Banff. It made the rest of my trip very enjoyable. Outstanding guidebook of the Canadian Rockies. Very informative and interesting. Has all kinds of info on geology and wildlife in addition to history and general sites to see. Highly recommended. All of the Altitude Superguides are great.

This a a clearly written and concise account of the history of Canadian short stories. I would say it's a must-read for students of Canadian literature or anyone interested in the field. I would like to see a newer edition that discusses stories published since this book's release.

"The Canadian Style" is an essential tool for editors and translators and others involved with writing in their daily lives. There are a number of writers I have come across who could benefit from having it handy as well. The 1996 revised and expanded edition is the fruit of a great deal of experience, as well as practice in the making of this unique kind of reference tool. At first sight, it's not that easy to find your way around such a book. However, once you've used it for a month or two, you'll find that you can go to the right section fairly quickly: it is well set out. Among the myriad problems that it covers, there's a useful section on Canadian geographical names and a quick look at French typographical rules. Whilst you may or may not find this last section of use, it indicates the degree of thoroughness that the book is attempting. All wordsmiths on the upper (slightly colder) side of the border should own it.

Canadian Summer is a book that makes you count your blessings. Hilda VanStockum has become our family's favorite author. Her writing is magical. She draws you into the story so you feel as if you are a part of it.

Because of a job transfer and limited resources, the Mitchell family was forced to move to a rustic cabin in the mountains. The cabin was far from a town and they had no transportation. VanStockum makes us love the Mitchell family. We can feel their humiliation as they come into church, the first morning in a new town, all bedraggled or dirty for various reasons.

This book is a glimpse into family life with all of its ups and downs. When the book is finished you will feel a loss, but then you will appreciate the relatively easy life we all live due to modern conveniences.

Like all of his previous books, this one makes no attempt to disguise Geoff's love for railroads, past and present. His honest, well researched style of writing, coupled with extraordinary photographic content, makes it difficult to walk away before you've gone from cover to cover. Anyone who has ever traveled by rail, or wished to have done so, will enjoy this record of Geoff and Pam's trip across Canada. Well written, beautifully produced.

Now in an up-to-date and expanded fifteenth edition, The Canadian Writer's Market: The Essential Guide For Freelance Writers is a solid, practical, invaluable "how to" guide to getting the art and science of getting one's work published. Individual chapters cogently offer basic advice, including contact information for a vast wealth of consumer magazines, literary publications, trade and business publications, newspapers, book publishers, literary agents and a great many more places to which one can send a manuscript to be published. Phone number, email addresses, mailing addresses, web sites, and more, fill the bulk of this solid, 433-page submission reference for aspiring Canadian authors. If you are seeking to be published in the Canadian market, then you will need access to The Canadian Writer's Market: 15th Edition!

A study of the contribution of the Canadian boatmen sent to the Sudan to assist in the Nile expedition under Wolsley to relieve Gordon in 1884-85 and later under Kitchener during the Reconquest of the Sudan. Vancouver,
Exploited by weak, profligate rulers, Egypt in 1882 was near bankruptcy -a prospect which alarmed those in Europe who held her bonds. Britain, a major shareholder in the Suez Canal, assumed the leading role. Attacks on foreigners by Egyptian nationals contributed to the increasing clamour from the British press and public that their government take action because "national honour demanded it". Gladstone and other anti-imperialists reluctantly relinquished their dream of a "Little England" and Egypt gradually became part of the Victorian tapestry.

To this stage came "Chinese" Gordon -pious, dedicated, and eccentric. As a former governor-general of the Sudan, he was pressed into service to effect the withdrawal of Egyptian forces from that province which, it was concluded, could not be held against the mystic leader, the Mahdi. To this scene in turn came Gordon's old comrade-in-arms, Garnet Wolseley, brave and capable, but also "vain, pompous, and scheming". It was Wolseley who, in masterminding the daring expedition up the Nile to rescue Gordon from the Mahdi, recalled the special aptitudes of Canadian voyageurs from his earlier military life in Canada, and it was he who was mainly responsible for Canadian involvement.

Before the final defeat of the Mahdists in 1898, many Canadians won distinction in these distant imperial expeditions which, "paradoxically," the author concludes, "contributed to the impetus to full Canadian nationhood", as Canadians became more aware through their military achievements of their separate experience and identity. 1978, Univ. of British Columbia, first Canadian ed w/dj, 6 x 9, 184 pp, illus & maps.

The book talks about everything from the different types of visas available to the tax implications of moving away from Canada.. ( and there are a ton of them !!! )

Highly recommend it to read if you are planning a move to the US..

This past summer, I put together a three week canoe trip on the churchill river. I found this book in Ric Dreideger's canoe outfitter's store in Missinipe, and immediately bought it. (luckily) Our trip started from Pinehouse lake, and two of us paddled past stanley mission, then backtracked to missinipe, eventually covering some 140 miles. This book covers the whole of the churchill river in detail, while giving brief historical backgrounds about the voyageurs who used to make a living on the waterway. I followed our route in the book, and it was of particular importance when it came to rapids and portages, which were numerous on our route. It was always right on as to the degree of difficulty of the rapids, so we made few mistakes. Once I got confused in a series of rapids as to which was which and ended up running a dangerous one where we were swamped and I injured my knee. However, this can be avoided using *prudent* scouting of all rapids (we were over-zealous), and by paying attention to warnings in the book.

The book also contained information on rock paintings, side trips, and outfitters along the way where we could get supplies.
It's content is cut up into smaller trips with ways to get in and out of the river, which is extremely advantageous.

As a guide book, I think you can't go wrong by purchasing this book for your trip. As I knew basically nothing of this river, (being from kentucky), and since I was only 20 years old, I was lucky in acquiring this book. I owe much to its exactness for keeping myself and the three other people safe.

I've lived in, worked for, and studied the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) and I can confirm that Lowry has done his homework well. This book is more than just a voice crying in wilderness. Lowry not only exposes the problems, he offers very viable solutions that merely need the political support of the common man to be implimented. Unfortunately, since this book's publication things have gotten worse, especially in Canada. One of my biggest frustrations has always been that the American public doesn't know the extent to which self-serving congressional interests are ruining our national treasures by preventing the NPS from doing its congressionally mandated mission of historic and natural preservation. It's not just budget cuts folks! As Lowry explains, its mega-cooperation owned concessions exploiting visitors at the expense of the very ecological health of parks in the name of "visitor services." It's scientific research intentionally poorly funded and results ignored, or worse yet, severely censored before they are allowed to be released to the general public. And it's all here, well documented in "The Capacity for Wonder" including scores of interviews with rangers from all over the continent who haven't given up... yet. This book is for all of us rangers who dare not speak because we have to feed our families, and for all you voters and tax payers who do "GIVE A DAMN!" but until now, just don't quite have enough accurate information to act.