BC Pioneer Stories
British Columbia's pioneer history runs deep and touches on all communities throughout the province. Check out this list of books that looks at the lives of adventurers, loggers, miners, ranchers, scoundrels, scallywags, tycoons, and everything in between!
Stagecoach North
A History of Barnard's Express
Ranch Tales
Stories from the Frontier
Boom & Bust
The Resilient Women of Historic Telegraph Cove
Along the E&N
A Journey Back to the Historic Hotels of Vancouver Island
Cornelius O'Keefe
The Life, Loves, and Legacy of an Okanagan Rancher
Against the Current
The Remarkable Life of Agnes Deans Cameron
Trail North
The Okanagan Trail of 1858–68 and Its Origins in British Columbia and Washington
Children of the Kootenays
Memories of Mining Towns
Aqua Vitae
A History of the Saloons and Hotel Bars of Victoria, 1851-1917
Gold Rush Queen
The Extraordinary Life of Nellie Cashman
Through an Unknown Country
The Jarvis–Hanington Winter Expedition through the Northern Rockies, 1874–1875
The Cariboo Trail
A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia
Barkerville and the Cariboo Goldfields
Cariboo Gold Rush
The Stampede that Made BC
Frontier Cowboys and the Great Divide
Early Ranching in BC and Alberta
Chilcotin Yarns
Above Stairs
Social Life in Upper-Class Victoria 1843–1918
Pioneers of the Pacific Coast
A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters
Bronc Busters and Hay Sloops
Ranching in the West in the Early 20th Century
Buckaroos and Mud Pups
The Early Days of Ranching in British Columbia
Rebel Women of the West Coast
Their Triumphs, Tragedies and Lasting Legacies
The Maquinna Line
A Family Saga
The Forgotten Explorer
Samuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition to the Northern Rockies
The Chilcotin War
A Tale of Death and Reprisal