From Hudson’s Bay outpost to gold rush fever and coal and lumber barons to political scandals Island-style to the mighty Douglas fir and Pacific salmon and profiles of Emily Carr, Cougar Annie and the Dunsmuir clan, no book is more comprehensive than the Vancouver Island Book of Everything. No book is more fun!

Well-known Islanders weigh in on their favourite things about Vancouver Island. From politics to the country’s best weather to the origins behind place names, Island slang and the First People…it’s all here!