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This is my review of every contemporary guidebook for sea kayaking the Pacific Northwest coast, from the Columbia Bar north to Prince Williams Sound. Please enjoy, and feel free to contribute reviews of your own.
Books not reviewed include: guidebooks to freshwater paddling; guidebooks published before 1998; guidebooks superceded by more recent editions; guidebooks in which kayaking is only a secondary activity; guidebooks south of Washington State; kayaking instruction books; and books whose primary focus is a personal chronicle of a kayaking voyage rather than a guidebook.
Books not reviewed include: guidebooks to freshwater paddling; guidebooks published before 1998; guidebooks superceded by more recent editions; guidebooks in which kayaking is only a secondary activity; guidebooks south of Washington State; kayaking instruction books; and books whose primary focus is a personal chronicle of a kayaking voyage rather than a guidebook.
- Alderson, Doug. Sea Kayak Around Vancouver Island. 2004.
- Backlund, Gary, and Paul Grey. Easykayaker: A Guide to Laid-back Vancouver Island Paddling. 2002.
- Backlund, Gary, and Paul Grey. Kayaking Vancouver Island: Great Trips from Port Hardy to Victoria. 2003.
- BC Marine Trails. Online Map. Regular updates.
- Campbell, Ken. A Sea Kayaker’s Guide to South Puget Sound, Second Edition. 1999.
- Campbell, Ken. A Sea Kayaker’s Guide to North Puget Sound. 2002.
- Campbell, Ken. A Sea Kayaker’s Guide to the San Juan Islands. 2008.
- Campbell, Ken. Shades of Gray: Sea Kayaking in Western Washington. 1999.
- Casey, Rob. Kayaking Puget Sound & the San Juan Islands: 60 Trips in Northwest Inland Waters, Including the Gulf Islands. 2012.
- Fine Edge. Inside Passage Route Planning Map. 2006.
- Frazer, Neil. Boat Camping Haida Gwaii: A Small Vessel Guide, Revised Second Edition. 2010.
- Harbold, Heather. Sea Kayak Nootka and Kyuquot Sounds. 2004.
- Harbold, Heather. Sea Kayak Desolation Sound and the Sunshine Coast. 2005.
- Howard, Jim. Guide to Sea Kayaking in Southeast Alaska. 1999.
- Kimantas, John. BC Coast Explorer and Marine Trial Guide, Vol. 1: West Coast Vancouver Island North, Port Hardy to Bamfield. 2012.
- Kimantas, John. BC Coast Explorer and Marine Trail Guide, Vol. 2: BC’s South Coast Bamfield to Comox Harbour. 2015.
- Kimantas, John. The Wild Coast, Vol. 3: A Kayaking, Hiking, and Recreation Guide for BC’s South Coast and East Vancouver Island. 2007.
- Kimantas, John. BC Coast Recreation Kayaking and Small Boat Atlas, Vol. 1: British Columbia’s South Coast and East Vancouver Island. 2012.
- Kimantas, John. BC Coast Recreation Kayaking and Small Boat Atlas, Vol. 2: British Columbia’s West Vancouver Island. 2007 (reprinted but not updated 2011).
- Kimantas, John. Recreation Mapsheets. Various.
- Kimantas, John. The Wild Coast, Vol. 2: A Kayaking and Recreation Guide for the North and Central BC Coast. 2006.
- Marleau, Jean-Francois. Kayaking the Broken Group Islands on Canada’s West Coast, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. 2008.
- McGee, Peter. Kayak Routes of the Pacific Northwest Coast: From Northern Oregon to British Columbia’s North Coast. 2004.
- Miller, Robert H. Kayaking the Inside Passage: A Paddling Guide from Olympia, Washington to Muir Glacier, Alaska. 2005.
- Nanaimo Paddlers. A Field Guide for Paddlers (three different guidebooks). 2012 and 2013.
- Priest, Simon and Caril Ridley. Kayaking around the Key Peninsula. 2003.
- Skillman, Don. Adventure Kayaking: Glacier Bay. 1998.
- Snowden, Mary Ann. Sea Kayak Barkley and Clayoquot Sounds. 2005.
- Snowden, Mary Ann. Sea Kayak the Gulf Islands. 2004.
- Stalker, Aileen and Andrew Nolan. Paddling Through History: Vancouver and Victoria. 2005.
- Twardock, Paul. Kayaking and Camping in Prince William Sound. 2004.
- Washington Water Trails Association. Cascadia Marine Trail Guidebook. 2014
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