ACCVI Authors
Throughout the ranks of the Vancouver Island section over the years, a number of members have put pen to paper and written books. The range of topics is vast and shows the depth of knowledge and passion members have. Click a link to jump to the author’s book covers:
Mary Sanseverino, Zac Robinsons, Kristen Walsh and Eric Higgs
Mary Sanseverino and Hans Roemer
Ethelbert Scholefield (with F.W. Howay)
Arthur Wheeler (with Elizabeth Parker)
Geoff Bennett
The Jakarta Hike and Bike Trail Guide. (Privately published – 1999)
The Pepper Traders: True Tales of the German East Asia Squadron and the Man who cast them in Stone. (Equinox Publishing – 2006)
Turtles Might Fly. (Tellwell Talent – 2021)
Lindsay Elms
Beyond Nootka: A History of Vancouver Island Mountains. (Misthorn Press – 1996)
Above the Bush: A Century of Climbing on Vancouver Island 1912 – 2012. (Misthorn Press – 2012)
Dave Hobill
Deterministic Chaos in General Relativity. (Springer US – 1994)
Richard Hudson
A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone & Mineral Sites of British Columbia: Volume I, Vancouver Island. (Orca Books – 1997, reprint Harbour Publishing – 2008)
A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone & Mineral Sites of British Columbia: Sites within a Day’s Drive of Vancouver: Volume 2 and Volume 2 Revised Edition. (Orca Books – 1999, reprint Harbour Publishing – 2006)
The Daughters of Eve. (Gray’s Publishing – 1984)
News From Tumble River. (NuAge Editions – 1993)
Tim Leadem
Hiking The West Coast Trail and Other Great Hikes. (Sierra Club & Greystone Books – 1987, 1998, 2008, 2015)
Stan Leaming with Rick Hudson
Jade Fever: Hunting the Stone of Heaven. (Heritage House Publishing – 2005)
Frederick Longstaff
The Book of the Machine Gun. (H. Rees Ltd. – 1917, reprint Naval & Military Press – 2003)
Esquimalt Naval History: A History of its Work and its Defences. (H. Rees Ltd. – 1917)
Christ Church Cathedral: A Short History. (Privately published – 1951)
A History of H.M.C.S. Naden 1862 0 1952. (Privately published – 1952)
Mark Mitchell
Health, Wealth and Happiness. (1966)
Frank J. Morgan-Grant
Climbing with Angels and Ghosts. (Cherry Tree Publications – 2008)
Walter Parry Haskett-Smith: The Climbing Polymath. (Privately published – 2021)
Lt.-Col. Horace “Rusty” Westmorland O.B.E.: The Last Link with Early Pioneers of Lakeland Rock Climbing. (Privately published – 2023)
Gilbert Parker
Aware of the Mountain: Mountaineering as Yoga. (Trafford Publishing – 2001)
Mom, Marian & Me: A Family’s Poetry. (Aware Publishing – 2004)
Coast Mountain Men: Mountaineering Stories from the West Coast. (Aware Publishing – 2007)
Looking through ‘Glasnost’: Aware of Modern Russia. (Aware Publishing – 2007)
Joseph Pearce
Elements of the Orbit of Reid’s Comet. (University of Toronto -1922)
The Minimum Masses of Three Spectroscopic Binary Stars. (J.O. Patenaude – 1932)
The Spectroscopic Orbits of the Four Helium Stars H.D. 29376, H.D. 39698, H.D. 44701 and H.D. 208095. The Radial Velocity of Boss 5628. (J.O. Patenaude – 1932)
Mary Sanseverino, Zac Robinson, Kristen Walsh and Eric Higgs.
Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project and a Century of Change in Western Canada. (University of Calgary Press – 2025)
Mary Sanseverino and Hans Roemer
Native Plants of British Columbia’s Coastal Dry Belt: A Photographic Guide. (Harbour Publishing – 2025)
Ethelbert Scholefield (with F.W. Howay)
British Columbia Historical Vol. I, II, III, IV. (1909)
Paddy Sherman
Cloud Walkers. (MacMillan – 1965)
Expeditions to Nowhere (McClelland & Stewart – 1981)
Bennett (McClelland & Stewart – 1966)
Beryl Smeeton
The Stars My Blanket (Touchwood Editions – 1995)
Winter Shoes in Springtime (Touchwood Editions – 2010)
Miles Smeeton
A Change of Jungle (Hart-Davis – 1962)
Once is Enough (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers – 1984, reprint International Marine Publishing – 2003)
The Sea Was Our Village (Grays Publishing – 1973)
Completely Foxed (Van Norstrand Reinhold Ltd – 1980)
Alligator Tales (Pelican Publishing Co – 2001)
Because the Horn is There (Grays Publishing – 1971)
The Misty Isles: Sailing the High Latitudes in Tzu Hang (Nautical Publishing – 1969, reprint David Mackay – 1978)
Sunrise to Windward (Hart-Davis – 1966, reprint Grafton Books – 1987)
Moose Magic (Collins & Harvill – 1974, reprint Douglas & McIntyre – 1990)
Horace “Rusty” Westmorland
Adventures in Climbing. (Pelham Books – 1964)
Jim Weston and David Stirling
The Naturalists Guide to the Victoria Region. (Victoria Natural History Society – 1986)
Arthur Wheeler (with Elizabeth Parker)
The Selkirk Mountains: A Guide for Mountain Climber and Pilgrims. (Stovel Co. – 1912)
