Description: Sunshine Coast : From Gibsons to Powell River, Hardcover by White, Howard; Schip, Dean Van’t (PHT), ISBN 1990776809, ISBN-13 9781990776809, Brand New, Free shipping in the US British Columbia's Sunshine Coast is a sublimely scenic 160-kilometre stretch of waterfront between Howe Sound and Desolation Sound, reached by a 40-minute ferry ride from West Vancouver. Join Howard White, award-winning humorist and lifelong coast denizen, on a guided tour from Gibsons, where the long-running TV series The Beachcombers was filmed, to Powell River, the largest community in the region. Along the way, sojourn in Roberts Creek, whose patron saint—the irrepressible Harry Roberts—invented the name "Sunshine Coast." Stop over in Sechelt, named for the Shi'sha'lh or Sechelt Nation who once occupied the bulk of the Sunshine Coast territory. Follow the seriously twisty highway to visit Pender Harbour, where some local fishing folk still do their Saturday shopping in kicker boats. Drop anchor in Princess Louisa Inlet, and discover why the likes of John Barrymore and Andrew Carnegie once came to marvel at its canyon-like splendour. With paintings by local artists, poems by local poets, tall tales by local characters, miracles by Sechelt medicine men, tips on predicting the weather, a fair share of risqué gossip about historical figures, a good mix of bold opinions and hard facts and over 150 beautiful colour photographs, The Sunshine Coast is a book to be treasured, not just by residents and visitors, but by anyone with an eye for fascinating places. First published in 1996, this fully revised edition contains updated text and all new photographs of coast life from the area's most talented photographers including Dean van't Schip and Keith Thirkell.
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Edition: 3
Book Title: Sunshine Coast : from Gibsons to Powell River, 3rd Edition
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harbour Publishing Company, The Limited
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Canada / General, Canada / Western Provinces (Ab, BC)
Features: Revised
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Travel, History
Item Weight: 29.9 Oz
Item Length: 11 in
Author: Howard White
Item Width: 8.5 in
Format: Hardcover
