Bernsohn, Ken. Cutting Up the North; a History of the Forest Industry in the Northern Interior. North Vancouver: Hancock House, ©1981.

Bullwhackers, Catskinners and Other Timber Beasts (video). Mokelumne Hill, CA: Steam Power Forever Video, ©1994

A Cut Above; My Grandfather Was a Logger (video). Ladysmith: The All About Us Canada Foundation, ©1995.

Dorman, George. Up in the Morning, Out on the Job. Nanaimo: Brechin Publishing, ©1995.

Dheilly, Joanne. Timber Talk, As Heard in the Woods of British Columbia. Vancouver: Waterwheel Press, ©1985.

Drushka, Ken. Hackers to Timber Harvesters; the History of Logging in British Columbia’s Interior. Madeira Park: Harbour Press, ©1998.

Drushka, Ken. Tracks in the Forest; the Evolution of Logging Machinery. Helsinki: Timberjack Group, ©1997.

Drushka, Ken. Working in the Woods; a History of Logging on the West Coast. Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, ©1992.

Farley, A.L. “Resouce Use.” Atlas of British Columbia: People environment and resource use. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, ©1979. pp. 58-71.

Garner, Joe. Never Chop Your Rope; a Story of British Columbia Logging and the People Who Logged. Nanaimo: Cinnibar Press, ©1988.

Gold, Wilmer. Logging as It Was; a Pictorial History of Logging on Vancouver Island. Victoria: Morriss Publishing, ©1985.

Gould, Ed. Logging: British Columbia’s Logging History. Saanichton: Hancock House, ©1975.

Griffiths, Bus. Now You’re Logging. Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, ©1978.

Gayton, Don. A Proud Tradition; a History of the Nelson Forest Region. Nelson: Ministry of Forests, ©2003.

Hak, Gordon H. Turning Trees into Dollars; the British Columbia Coastal Forest Industry, 1858-1913.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, ©2000.

Halleran, Mike. Loggers and Lumbermen; the Evolution of the Forest Industry in the Southern Interior of British Columbia. Kelowna: Interior Lumber Manufacturers’ Association, ©1994.

Kafka, John. “Furs to Firs.” Horizon Canada. Quebec: Centre for The Study of Teaching Canada, ©1987, pp. 1166 - 1171.

Lawrence, Scott. “Railways in the Woods.” Raincoast Chronicles, First Five. Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, pp. 114 - 121.

Lucia, Ellis. The Big Woods; Logging and Lumbering, from Bull Teams to Helicopters, in the Pacific Northwest. Garden City: Doubleday, ©1975.

Loggers, Wives and Sawmill Workers. Duncan: Malaspina Unviersity College, c1993.

McCoombs, A. The Fraser Valley Challenge; an Illustrated Account of Logging and Sawmilling in the Fraser Valley. Harrison Hot Springs: Treeline Publishing, c1990.

Mackie, Richard. Island Timber; a Social History of the Comox Logging Company. Victoria: Sono Nis Press, c2000.

Mould, Jack. Stump Farms and Broadaxes. Saanichton: Hancock House, c1976.

Mayo, Joan. Paldi Remebered: Fifty Years in the Life of a Vancouver Island Logging Town. Duncan: Paldri History Committee, c1997.

Rajala, Richard. The Legacy & the Challenge; a Century of the Forest Industry at Cowichan Lake. Lake Cowichan: Lake Cowichan Heritage Advisory Committee, c1993.

Rees-Thomas, David M. Timber Down the Capilano; a History of the Capilano Timber Company and Railway Logging on Vancouver’s North Shore. Victoria: British Columbia Historical Railway Society, c1979.

Swanson, Robert. Whistle Punks and Widow-Makers; Tales of the B.C. Woods. Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, ©1993.

Taylor, G.W. Timber; History of the Forest Industry in B.C. Vancouver: J.J. Douglas, ©1975.

Thinking Like a Forest; A Case for Sustainable Selective Forestry (video). Ladysmith: The All About Us Canada Foundation, ©1993.

Thomas, Philip J. “Logging and Sawmilling.” Songs of the Pacific Northwest. Saanichton: Hancock House, ©1979, pp. 115 - 128.

Trower, Peter. Bush Poems. Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, ©1978.

Trower, Peter. “From the Hill to the Spill: (a Breathless History of B.C. Logging).” Raincoast Chronicles, First Five. Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, ©1976, pp. 103 - 113.

Turner, Robert D. Logging by Rail; the British Columbia Story. Victoria: Sono Nis Press, c1990.

White, Frank and Howard White. “How It Was With Trucks.” Raincoast Chronicles, First Five. Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, ©1976, pp. 126 - 136.

Wood, Donald F. Logging Trucks 1915-1970: Photo Archive. Osceola: Voyager Press, c1996.

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