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Items listed for sale are available for purchase at SWI Centres when open for the summer season. Additionally to purchase items, email strathconawilderness@gmail.com
Strathcona Provincial Park BC - Park Map
2nd Edition • Waterproof Map
Price: $25
Map Scale: 1:110,000 Scale
Release: 2025 2nd Edition
Dimensions: 5×8.25 inches (folded) / 27.8×39.4 inches (unfolded)
Double-Sided
Area Covered: Strathcona Provincial Park, Campbell River, Courtenay, Gold River, Bedwell River, Buttle Lake, Comox Glacier, Della Falls, Forbidden Plateau, Gold Lake, Megin Lake, Mount Washington Ski Area, Myra Falls, Oshinow Lake, Oyster River, Upper Campbell Lake.
To Purchase: SWI Wilderness Centers, Email, or Backroads Maps Website (Affiliate Link Coming Soon).
Field Guide to Basic Lichens of Strathcona Provincial Park
This is the second in SWI’s series of Naturalist Field Guides to Strathcona Provincial Park. It is intended to help all levels of user to identify over a third of the lichens currently catalogued in Strathcona Provincial Park. 101 lichens are illustrated through high quality photographs together with indication of size, shape, environment and other distinctive features for easy identification. Similar looking species are also noted. The text also includes a list of the 274 taxa of lichens confirmed to date for Strathcona Provincial Park.
Price: $30
Dimensions: 8.25″ x 4.5″
Booklet: Paper Back, 132 Pages, Full Colour (100lb Gloss Paper)
Year: 2023
Author: Loys Maingon (retired biologist and research director for SWI).
To Purchase: SWI Wilderness Centres or Email
COMMON MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS OF STRATHCONA PROVINCIAL PARK
This enlarged and updated edition, by Dan Tucker and Randal Mindell, includes full colour photos of 44 of the commonest species, along with detailed notes, an introductory section on identification and a list at the end of the 251 species of Mosses and 109 species of Liverworts recorded by the authors in Strathcona Provincial Park.
Price: $20
Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 inches
Paperback: 62 pages, on 100 lb gloss paper
Year: 2021
To Purchase: SWI Wilderness Centres or Email
Wilderness Code Brochure
Learn the community guidelines for hiking and camping in Strathcona Provincial Park. This free brochure includes the 7 Leave No Trace Principle, Hiking Checklists and much more.
Price: FREE at SWI Wilderness Centres
Free Download: (Click Here, 1MB PDF)
Dimensions: Folds out to 8.5″ x 14″
Year: 2022
Buttle Area Trails Map
GPS tracks of all trails in the Buttle Lake/Elk River area from Crest Mountain to Cream Lake and to the Golden Hinde. Full colour with topographic contours, elevations, distances, grid references, names of features. Maps and cover photo by hiker and photographer Tim Penney.
Price: $10
Dimensions: 4-1/4″ x 11″ (folds out to 17″ x 11″)
Pamphlet: Printed on waterproof paper
Year: 2021
Forbidden Plateau Trails Map
GPS tracks of all trails in the Forbidden Plateau/Paradise Meadows area from Paradise Meadows to Mt Albert Edward to Wood Mountain. Full colour with topographic contours, elevations, distances, grid references, names of features. Map & photos by hiker & photographer Tim Penney.
Price: $10
Dimensions: 4-1/4″ x 11″ (folds out to 17″ x 11″)
Pamphlet: Printed on waterproof paper
Year: 2021
To Purchase: SWI Wilderness Centres or Email
Paradise Meadows Birds ID Guide
Photos of more than 40 bird species of Paradise Meadows & Forbidden Plateau by photographers Terry Thormin, Mike Yip, Krista Kaptein, & Frank Hovenden.
Organized by habitat.
Price: $7
Dimensions: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (unfolds to 17″ x 11″)
Pamphlet: Pocket size and printed on waterproof paper
Year: 2015
To Purchase: SWI Wilderness Centres or Email
Paradise Meadows Flowers ID Guide
Photos of more than 60 flower species found in Paradise Meadows by photographer & naturalist Krista Kaptein. Organized by colour.
Price: $7
Dimensions: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ pocket size (unfolds to 17″ x 11″)
Pamphlet: Printed on waterproof paper
Year: 2015
To Purchase: SWI Wilderness Centres or Email
Strathcona Park Butterflies ID Guide
Photos of 18 butterfly species by photographer Mike Yip.
Includes checklist of over 40 species found in Strathcona Park.
Organized by family.
Price: $7
Dimensions: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (unfolds to 17″ x 11″)
Pamphlet: Pocket size and printed on waterproof paper
Year: 2015
To Purchase: SWI Wilderness Centres or Email
Paradise Meadows Interpretive Nature Walk Brochure
Interpretive nature walk guide with maps of the Centennial Loop & Paradise Meadows Loop Trails. Full colour with names of features and over two dozen nature notes of interest. Accompanying photos by photographer Krista Kaptein.
Price: $5 Printed
Free Download: (Click Here, 5MB PDF)
Dimensions: 4-1/4″ x 11″
Pamphlet: Folds out to 17″ x 11″
Year: 2014
To Purchase: SWI Wilderness Centres or Email
Comox Valley Climbs
The Climbers Guide to Comox Lake and Surrounding Crags. Black and white photos and route maps of great climbs around the Comox Valley.
Price: $15 [$4 off retail price]
Author: John Waters (SWI Director)
Dimensions: 4.5″ x 7.5″
Soft Cover: 78 pages, third edition
Year: 2014
To Purchase: SWI Wilderness Centres or Email
Above the Bush
A Century of Climbing on Vancouver Island 1912 – 2012. Written to commemorate the centenary of the Alpine Club of Canada’s Vancouver Island Section, this book contains transcripts of journal entries, diaries and newspaper accounts of early ascents of some of the most prominent mountains on Vancouver Island. Order through author Lindsay Elms website.
Price: $25 (plus 5% GST, shipping and handling)
Author: Lindsay Elms (SWI Director)
Dimensions: 6″ x 9″
Soft Cover: 176 pages, first edition, 51 B/W Photos.
Year: 2012
To Purchase: SWI Wilderness Centres, Email, or Lindsay’s Website
Beyond Nootka
A Historical Perspective of Vancouver Island Mountains.
A comprehensive history of the mountain regions of Vancouver Island, this book recounts the tales of the early explorers, prospectors, surveyors and mountaineers as they pushed into ever more remote regions, covering the period from 1579- 1910. Order through author Lindsay Elms website.
Price: $25 (plus 5% GST, shipping and handling) [$7.50 off retail price]
Author: Lindsay Elms (SWI Director)
Dimensions: 8.5″ x 11″
Soft Cover: 160 pages, first edition, 72 B/W and Colour Photos
Year: 1996
To Purchase: SWI Wilderness Centres, Email, or Lindsay’s Website
Strathcona Park Bird Checklist
Checklist of 175 birds found in Strathcona Park over the years. Notes on rarity & season for viewing.
Price: $2
Dimensions: 3-3/4″ x 8-1/2″
Brochure: Folds out to 11″ x 8-1/2″
To Purchase: SWI Wilderness Centres or Email
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