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Around the World in a Dugout Canoe

In 1901, Captain Voss set out seeking to claim the world record for the smallest vessel to circumnavigate the globe. In this groundbreaking work the authors sift fact from fiction, critically examining ...

Iron Road West

British Columbia wouldn’t exist without the railway; the province was brought into the Canadian Confederation in 1871 in exchange for the promise of a transcontinental line to the West Coast. It was ...

Witch in the Wind

While the story of the Bluenose -- her legendary speed and the famous races she won over the years -- has often been told, Witch in the Wind explores the history of the Bluenose from a fresh new perspective. ...

Charlie Baker George

By (author) Frank Tibbo
Categories: History of the Americas

Additional information from two survivors and two Sabena pilots compliment this popular bestseller. In the cold dark of an early September morning, the crew and passengers of a Sabena Airlines DC4, flight ...

Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada

Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada is a “survey course” about one of the most interesting chapters in Canadian railway history. The late Omer Lavallee’s original work was published by Railfare Books ...

Wingwalkers

By (author) Peter Pigott
Categories: Aircraft and aviation

With unique insight and straightforward prose, Wingwalkers tells the saga of Canada’s other airline, a scrappy western mongrel that, through eight decades and numerous name changes--Canadian Airways, ...