Secret Coastline II: More Journeys and Discoveries Along BC’s Shores is a second collection of stories about travelling, by boat, to isolated corners of Canada’s westernmost province. After the regional success of the first volume in this series, the author has gathered further tales: close kayaking encounters, community and island profiles, travel yarns, natural and human histories, and glimpses into the wilderness. Chapters include:

• Essays on humpback whales, grizzly bears, sockeye salmon, moss and the Garry oak
• Kayaking adventures to Jervis Inlet, Queens Sound, Desolation Sound and Sechelt Inlet
• Visits to Savary Island, North Pacific Cannery, Cortes Island, Lax Kw’alaams and Namu
• Island profiles: Texada, Quadra, the Thormanbies, Graham and Winchelsea

Whitecap Books, 2005, 256 pages, colour/b&w photos, map, index, softcover, $22.95 Cdn.

Visit the Secret Coastline II page on the Whitecap website.