R. Bruce Scott's second book, Barkley Sound a History of the Pacific Rim National Park Area is yet another incredible book by Scott and the second in his trilogy of books on the history of the west coast of Vancouver Island. This amazing book published in 1972 has a chapter on Pacific Rim National Park, a few chapters on some of the first European explorers. He then has chapters covering some of the trading posts and early settlements along the islands west coast.
West Coast Trail Shipwrecks
Alaskan at 4k Soquel at 5k Sarah at 7k Becherdass-Ambiadass at 8k Michigan at 12k Uzbekistan at 13.8k Varsity at 17.6k Valencia at 18.3k Janet Cowan at 19k Robert Lewers at 20k Woodside at 20.2k Uncle John at 26.2k Vesta at 29k Raita at 33k Skagit at 34.2k Santa Rita at 37k Dare at 39k Lizzie Marshall at 47k Puritan at 48.5k Wempe Brothers at 49.4k Duchess of Argyle at 58k John Marshall at 62.3k William Tell at 64.2 Revere at 69k Cyrus at 75k
West Coast Trail Campsites
Pachena Bay Campground Michigan Creek at 12k Darling River at 14k Orange Juice Creek at 15k Tsocowis Creek at 16.5k Klanawa River at 23k Tsusiat Falls at 25k Cribs Creek at 42k Carmanah Creek at 46k Bonilla Creek at 48k Walbran Creek at 53k Cullite Cove at 58k Camper Bay at 62k Thrasher Cove at 70k Pacheedaht Campground
Scott has an interesting chapter on the Cape Beal Lighthouse, the Carmanah Point Lighthouse and the Pachena Point Lighthouse. Another chapter is devoted to the history of the West Coast Telegraph Line. The extraordinary story of the Valencia shipwreck he tells beautifully in Chapter 13. Chapter 16 is all about the West Coast Lifesaving Trail. He also has several chapters on the history of Bamfield where he resided for much of his life. R. Bruce Scott writes about the history of the west coast of Vancouver Island in a way that only someone who has lived a lifetime there. His research is painstaking and thorough. The details of many of the incidents in the book come from eye witness accounts and contemporary journals and diaries. He brings to life the lives of early pioneers and their wonderful adventures they experienced. The book was published in the months that followed the opening of Pacific Rim National Park in 1971. Along with Scott's first book, "Breakers Ahead!" and his third book People of the Southwest Coast of Vancouver Island, his second book Barkley Sound a History of the Pacific Rim National Park Area completes this amazing history of the area that encompasses the West Coast Trail. Without these three wonderful books, so many interesting people and events would have been lost to history and of course the West Coast Trail and Pacific Rim National Park may have never been created.
Other R. Bruce Scott's West Coast Trail Books
"Breakers Ahead!" written by R. Bruce Scott, who began living in Bamfield in 1930 and spent the next few decades pushing for the development of a park on the west coast of Vancouver Island. After he retired in 1960, he began researching and writing this book, which he hoped would illustrate the interesting history of the coast and encourage its development into a park. In 1970 his book was published and the West Coast National Park was created. His excellent and comprehensive book included all the shipwrecks along the West Coast Trail as well as a few as far north as Barkley Sound and south, almost as far as Victoria. West Coast Trail related shipwrecks he writes about are the Cyrus, John Marshall, William Tell, Becherdass-Ambiadass, Revere, Lizzie Marshall, Duchess of Argyle, Woodside, Dare, Sarah, Michigan, Mascotte, Dart, Janet Cowan, Puritan, Vesta, Wempe Brothers, Valencia, Skagit, Soquel, Eagle, Renfrew, Alaskan, Santa Rita, Robert Lewers, Raita, Varsity and Uzbekistan. "Breakers Ahead!" continued here... People of the Southwest Coast of Vancouver Island is R. Bruce Scott's third wonderful book on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island. Published in 1974 this amazing book delves into the lives of many noteworthy people along the west coast of Vancouver Island. Daykin of Carmanah is an amazing chapter on the history of the lighthouse keeper that we hear about often when reading about West Coast Trail shipwrecks. People of the Southwest Coast of Vancouver Island Continued here...
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