Notes from the field

• Now available from Amazon
  I am so excited to announce that my latest book is now available via Amazon. In Canada, if you have Amazon Prime you can receive your copy with free shipping. Find it on Amazon Canada It will be available through Amazon USA in April and it can be preordered now using this link: Preorder ...
• SS Moyie News
  This year marks the SS Moyie’s 125 anniversary. This wonderful sternwheeler was launched on October 22, 1898, at Nelson for service on Kootenay Lake.  I’ve been helping out with the Moyie since 1988 as Project Historian, and it is wonderful to see this National Historic Site of Canada each time I visit Kaslo where she has been preserved ...
• The first of a three-volume series of book on the World’s last working steam railways.
  Dear Friends, Times have been busy in the book world.  In September 2022, my latest book came out, published by Harbour Publishing here in British Columbia. It is the first of a three-volume series of book on the World’s last working steam railways. It will be released in the US and other countries in 2023. ...
• 50th Anniversary of the publication of my first book
  This year, 2023, marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of my first book, Vancouver Island Railroads. The first edition was published by the late Donald Duke of Golden West Books in California. In those days, BC’s publishing industry was far less developed than it is today, and there wasn’t a local publisher ...