Great West Collection

With the May long weekend fast approaching, your road trip visions are probably beginning to come into focus. Here are a few tips to enhance your travels. As always, head for the Great West Collection website and on checkout enter GWC7 to claim your 10% discount.

Coquihalla Trips and Trails: A Guide to British Columbia's North Cascade Mountain & Nicola Valley
by Murphy Shewchuk

Revised and updated, and containing more than 50 maps, Coquihalla Trips & Trails is the definitive guide to southwestern British Columbia's spectacular Coquihalla Country.
With more than 70 trips and trails, as well as background information on the geography, wildlife and history of the region, this compact book covers the area from Hope to Kamloops, and from Spences Bridge to the Okanagan Valley in kilometre-by-kilometre detail.

Okanagan Trip & Trails
by Judie Steeves, Murphy Shewchuk

With in-depth text, some 40 maps and close to 100 photos, the book describes the many routes in kilometre-by-kilometre detail - the Centennial and Trans Canada Trails, as well as many lesser-known trails and routes in the Okanagan-Similkameen.

The Story Behind Manitoba Names:
How Cities, Towns, Villages and Whistle Stops got their Names
by Ted Stone

Get to know Manitoba with the stories of over 500 names, ranging from the humorous to the historic.

The Story Behind Alberta Names
by Harry Sanders

“Photographs, as well as Sanders’s natural talent as as storyteller, make this book much more than a list of names.” - Calgary Herald

“Excellent for curious minds on the road.” - Central Alberta Farmer