Further Sources


These selections are a sample of the many books, journals and newspapers documenting the history of Vancouver Island’s west coast.

Books

  • Adachi, Ken. The Enemy That Never Was. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976.
  • Andersen, Marnie. Women of the West Coast: Stories of Clayoquot Sound, Then and Now. Sidney, BC: Sand Dollar Press, 2004.
  • Braid, Kate. Emily Carr: Rebel Artist. Lantzville, BC: XYZ Publishing, 2000.
  • Carter, Laurie. Emily Carr’s B.C.: Vancouver Island from Victoria to Quatsino. Little White Publishing, 2015.
  • Christmas, Mary. Ucluelet Music and Memories. Ucluelet, BC: Sea View Seniors’ Housing Society, undated.
  • Christmas, Mary. Vittles and Vignettes. Ucluelet, BC: Sea View Seniors’ Housing Society, 2006.
  • Converse, Cathy. Frances Barkley: Eighteenth-century Seafarer. Victoria, BC: Heritage House, 2023.
  • Dalton, Anthony. A Long, Dangerous Coastline: Shipwreck Tales from Alaska to California. Victoria: Heritage House, 2010.
  • Horsfield, Margaret. Voices from the Sound: Chronicles of Clayoquot Sound and Tofino 1899–1929. Nanaimo, BC: Salal, 2008.
  • Itani, Frances. Requiem. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2011.
  • James, Rick. Don’t Never Tell Nobody Nothin’ No How: The Real Story of West Coast Rum Running. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour, 2018.
  • MacKay, Donald. Empire of Wood: The MacMillan Bloedel Story. University of Washington Press, 1983.
  • Morris, Rob. Coasters. Victoria: Horsdal and Schubart, 1933.
  • Raincoast Chronicles. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour.
  • Scott, R. Bruce. Barkley Sound: A History of the Pacific Rim National Park Area. Victoria, BC: R. Bruce Scott, 1972.
  • Stone, Jim. My Dad, the Rum Runner. Self-​published, 2002.
  • Streetly, Joanna. Paddling through Time. Vancouver: Raincoast, 2000.
  • Tamm, Eric Enno. Beyond the Outer Shores. Vancouver: Raincoast, 2004.
  • Takata, Toyo. Nikkei Legacy: The Story of Japanese Canadians from Settlement to Today. Toronto: NC Press, 1983.
  • Well, R.E. There’s a Landing Today. Victoria: Sono Nis, 1988.
  • Windh, Jacqueline. The Wild Edge: Clayoquot, Long Beach and Barkley Sound. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour, 2004.
  • Woodward, Caroline. Light Years: Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour, 2015.
  • Younging, Gregory. Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing by and about Indigenous Peoples. Brush Education, 2018.

Journals and Newspapers

  • British Colonist and Victoria Daily Colonist newspapers can be accessed at www.victoriasvictoria.ca.
  • Ha-Shilth-Sa newspaper, www.hashilthsa.com.
  • Kariya, Paul. “Remembering the Japanese Canadians of Ucluelet.” Nikkei Voice, August 10, 2022.
  • Maekawa, Larry S. “Ucluelet: As It Was Before 1942.” Nikkei Images 6, no. 1 (Spring 2001).
  • Umacuk Magazine