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Coleman, J.T. A History of the Canadian National Railways in British Columbia. Vancouver: n. pub., c1958.

Cruise, David and Alison Griffiths. Lords of the Line; the Men Who Built the CPR. Markham: Penguin Books Canada, ©1988.

Doekson, Cory and Gerry Doekson. Railways of the West Kootenay. Montrose: W.A.V.E.S., c1991.

Doekson, G. Kettle Valley Railway. Montrose: W.A.V.E.S., c1996.

Doekson, G. Railways of the Boundary. Montrose: W.A.V.E.S., c1985.

McKee, and Georgeen Klassen. Trail of Iron; the CPR and the Birth of the West, 1880 - 1930.  Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, ©1983.

National Dream, The (8 videos). Toronto: CBC Enterprises, ©1974.

Neering, Rosemary. Building the Railway (Growth of a Nation). Toronto: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, ©1974.

Ottewell, Ernie. Canadian Pacific and Canadian National in the Interior of British Columbia. Calgary: BRMNA, c1996.

The Pacific Connection, Ties that Bind (videorecording). Montreal: National Film Board, c1994.

Reigger, Hal. The Kettle Valley and Its Railways; a Pictorial History of Rail Development in Southern British Columbia and the Building of the Kettle Valley Railway. Edmonds, Wash: Pacific Fast Mail, c198?.

Turner, Robert D. West of the Great Divide; an Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia 1880 – 1986. Victoria: Sono Nis Press, ©2003.

Welldon, Christine. Canadian Pacific Railway; Pon Git Cheng (Heritage Series). Toronto: Grolier, ©1991.

Wilson, Keith. Donald Smith and the Canadian Pacific Railway (We Built Canada). Agincourt: The Book Society of Canada, ©1978.

Wilson, Keith. “Making Tracks.” Horizon Canada. Quebec: Centre for the Study of Teaching Canada, ©1987, pp. 1537 – 1543.Ships

Affleck, Edward Lloyd. Sternwheelers, Sandbars and Switchbacks; a Chronicle of Steam Transportation in the British Columbia Waterways of the Columbia River System, 1865-1965. Vancouver: Alexander Nicholls Press, c1973.

Armstrong, Cliff. Sternwheelers on the Skeena. Prince Rupert: Halfmoon Communications, c2001.

Downs, Art. Paddlewheels on the Frontier; the Story of BC’s Sternwheel Steamers, Volume Two (sound recording). Cloverdale: Outdoors Magazine, c1967.

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, c1998.

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

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