Ferries

Affleck, Edward Lloyd. Sternwheelers, Sandbars and Switchbacks; a Chronicle of Steam Transportation in the Britsh Columbia Waterways of the Columbia River System, 1865-1965. Vancouver: Alexander Nicholls Press, ©1973.

Armstrong, Cliff. Sternwheelers on the Skeena. Prince Rupert: Halfmoon Communications, ©2001.

Downs, Art. Paddlewheels on the Frontier; the Story of BC’s Sternwheel Steamers. Volume One (sound recording). Cloverdale: Outdoors Magazine, ©1967.

Downs, Art. Paddlewheels on the Frontier; the Story of BC’s Sternwheel Steamers, Volume Two (sound recording). Cloverdale: Outdoors Magazine, ©1967.

Henry, Tom. The Good Company; an Affectionate History of the Union Steamships. Madeira Park: Habour Publishing, ©1994.

The Mail Boat Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore (video). Vancouver: A Rival Film Company, ©1990.

Rushton Gerald A. Echoes of the Whistle; an Illustrated History of the Union Steamship Company. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, ©1980.

Rushton, Gerald A. Whistle Up the Inlet; the Union Steamship Story. Vancouver: J.J. Douglas, ©1974.

Thomas, Philip J. “Transportation by Land and Water.” Songs of the Pacific Northwest. Saanichton: Hancock House, ©1979, pp. 88 - 114.

Turner, Robert D. Sternwheelers and Steam Tugs: an Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Britsh Columbia Lake and River Service. Victoria: Sono Nis Press, ©1998.

Twigg, A.M. Union Steamships Remembered, 1920 - 1958.  Campbell River: A.Twigg, ©1997.

 

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Ships

Early Transportation on the Skeena River
Union Steamship Company
Brtish Columbia Ferry Commission
Coastal Shipping