Paddling Books available at the

Vancouver Island Library

Kayak Instruction

Sea kayaker's deep trouble: true stories and their lessons from Sea kayaker magazine  Broze, Matt C.

Ragged Mountain Press 1997

Call #:  797.1224

ROUGHING IT ELEGANTLY: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CANOE CAMPING

Bell, Patricia J.

Eden Prairie, MN : Cat's-Paw Pr. 1987

Call #:  796.54

FUNDAMENTALS OF KAYAK NAVIGATION Burch, David

Seattle, WN, Pacific Search Press 1987

Call #: 797.122

Sea Kayaking: A MANUAL FOR LONG-DISTANCE TOURING 4th Ed Dowd, John

Vancouver, BC : Greystone Books 1997

Call #: 797.1224

COMPLETE BOOK OF CANOEING AND KAYAKING Fillingham, Paul

Call #: 797.122

Nigel Foster's sea kayaking. Foster, Nigel

The Globe Pequot Press 1997

Call #: 797.1224

Nigel Foster's surf kayaking Foster, Nigel.

The Globe Pequot Press, c1998.

Call #: 797.1224

COMPLETE BOOK OF SEA KAYAKING. 4th Ed Hutchinson, Derek C.

Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press 1994

Call #: 797.122

Basic essentials of canoeing Jacobson, Cliff

ICS Books 1997

Call #: 797.122

Sea kayaking Johnson, Shelley, 1954-

Ragged Mountain Press c1998.

Call #: 797.1224

The complete sea kayaker's handbook Johnson, Shelley, 1954-

Ragged Mountain Press/McGraw-Hill c2002.

Call #: 797.1224

The Optimum Kayak : how to choose, maintain, repair, and customize the right boat for you Knapp, Andy,

Ragged  Mountain Press/McGraw-Hill, c2000.

Call #: 797.1224

The kayaking sourcebook : a complete resource for great kayaking on rivers, lakes, and the open sea         Kuhne, Cecil, 1952-

Globe Pequot Press 1998

Call #: 797.1224

Extreme sea kayaking Soares, Eric J.

Ragged Mountain Press, c1999.

Call #: 797.1224

The coastal kayaker's manual : a complete guide to skills, gear, and sea sense Washburne, Randel.

Globe Pequot Press c1998.

Call #: 797.122

Canoe Instruction

BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO CANOEING Byde, Alan

London, UK: Pelham Books. 1973

Call #: 797.122

BEYOND THE PADDLE: A CANOEIST'S GUIDE TO EXPEDITION SKILLS Conover, Garrett

Gardiner ME: Tilbury House 1991

Call #: 797.122

The complete book of canoeing: the only canoeing book you'll ever need Gordon, I. Herbert

The Globe Pequot Press 1997

Call #: 797.122

Canoeist's Q & A : scenarios for serious canoeists Jacobson, Cliff

ICS Books 1997

Call #: 797.122

The wilderness paddler's handbook Kesselheim, Alan S., 1952-

M&S, 2001.

Call #: 797.122

Canoeing  Kuhne, Cecil, 1952-

Stackpole Books, c1998.

Call #: 797.122

OUTWARD BOUND CANOEING HANDBOOK Landry, Paul A.,  McNair, Matty L.

Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre 1992

Call #:  797.122

PATH OF THE PADDLE. REVISED AND UPDATED; Mason, Bill, 1929-1988, Mason, Paul

Toronto, ON: Key Porter Books 1995

Call #: 797.122

The wood & canvas canoe : a complete guide to its history, construction, restoration, and maintenance Stelmok, Jerry

Tilbury House Publishers, 1987.

Call #: 623.829

Guide books

Sea kayaking Canada's west coast  Ince, John G., 1950-

Raxas Books, c1982.

Call #: 797.122

Kayak routes of the Pacific Northwest coast  McGee, Peter

Greystone Books 1998

Call #:  797.1224

Homelands: kayaking the Inside Passage  Ricks, Byron.

Avon Books, c1999.

Call #:  917.982

Kayaking in paradise : journeys from Alaska through the Inside Passage

Rasmussen, Greg

Whitecap Books 1997

Call #:  917.11

ISLAND PADDLING: A PADDLER'S GUIDE TO THE GULF ISLAND AND BARKLEY SOUND. Revised Ed Snowdon, Mary Ann

Victoria, BC : Orca Book Publishers 1997

Call #: 917.1134

CANOE TRIPS: BRITISH COLUMBIA: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDEBOOK FOR NOVICE AND INTERMEDIATE CANOEISTS AND KAYAKERS: COVERS 95 DAYTRIPS AND WILDERNESS CAMPING TRIPS Wainwright, Jack

Delta, BC : Summit Productions 1994

Call #: 797.122

CANOE TRIPS: BRITISH COLUMBIA: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDEBOOK FOR NOVICE AND INTERMEDIATE CANOEISTS AND KAYAKERS: COVERS 95 DAYTRIPS AND WILDERNESS CAMPING TRIPS Wainwright, Jack

Delta, BC : Summit Productions 1994

Call #: 797.122

Bowron Lake Provincial Park : the all-seasons guide  Wright, Richard Thomas, 1940-

Surrey, BC : Heritage House 1994

Call #:  917.1175

Books from local paddlers

Canoeing Manitoba rivers Buchanan, John (Bucky),  2002

Fitzhenry & Whiteside, ISBN: 9780921102557

Northern Saskatchewan Canoe Trips: A Guide to 15 Wilderness Rivers Archer, Laurel, 2003

Boston Mills Press, ISBN: 9781550463699

The McLoughlin Correspondents: With Great Affection: Letters Between a Brother and Sister During the Fur Trade Era  Donaldson, Betty, 2006

Athena Press Publishing Company, ISBN: 9781844017492

Northern British Columbia Canoe Trips: Volume One Archer, Laurel, 2009
Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN: 9781897522134

A Guide to the Sayward Forest canoe circuit Gauthier, Michel,  2010

Dogwood Avenue Books, ISBN: 9780986509506

Videos available from Comox Paddlers

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Beyond The Cockpit, Vol. 1-3