A comprehensive guide to all the best walks and easy hikes in Canada's Rocky Mountains, ideal for casual explorers of all ages, abilities, and interests. Each hike is introduced with detailed route and trailhead instructions, full-color maps, and hike descriptions supplemented with important information on history, geology, and nature. .
A completely revised and re-written comprehensive guide to all the best hikes in Canada's Rocky Mountains. From day trips to extended overnight adventures, this book provides you with the information you need to experience the magnificent mountain environment of the Canadian Rockies.
These nine titles comprise your ultimate set of SuperGuides to Western Canada. Discover all the splendour, the history and the special places that western Canada has to offer. Retailers: ask about our special "Western Canada SuperGuide Ultimate Set" display opportunity.
Railway history comes alive in this fascinating book about one of Canada's most incredible railway stories. This book describes the construction and operation of the world-famous Canadian Pacific Railway through the treacherous Kicking Horse Pass in the Canadian Rockies. Includes 60 b&w photos.
David Thompson has been called one of the world's greatest geographers. During his 28 years in the fur trade, Thompson walked, canoed, rode horses, and snow-shoed 88,500 kilometres, and surveyed more than 3 million square kilometres of wilderness. He was the epitome of the tough, rugged adventuer.
The construction of the first three great railways of the Canadian West - the Canadian Pacific, the Grand Trunk Pacific, and the Canadian Northern - rank among the greatest political and financial gambles in this country's history. The enterprises helped to stitch the country together physically, while threatening to tear it apart politically.
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