Trucks - Canada: Illustrated History Books & Guides

Encyclopedia of Canadian Fire Apparatus

A complete encyclopedia of every Canadian Fire Apparatus Company of the 20th century. Each company listed alphabetically and its apparatus documented in text and high-quality photographs. There have been over 20,000 pieces of fire apparatus built in Canada, and every manufacturer is documented here.

Includes Allain, Almonte, Amertek, Anderson, Bickle and Bickle Seagrave, Carl Thibault, Ft. Garry, Hub, King and King Seagrave, LaFleur, LaFrance, Marsh, Maxi Metal, Metalfab, Phoenix, Pierreville, Superior, Thibault, Tibotrac, Waltek and more. An essential reference tool for every fire apparatus buff and historian.

Product details

Pierre Thibault Ltd. Fire Apparatus 1918-1990 Photo Archive

Pierre Thibault Ltd. was Canada's largest and best known manufacturer of fire engines. Throughout its history, Thibault built every type of fire apparatus imaginable - engines, ladders, platforms, rescues, and specialized units on both commercial and its own line of custom cabs and chassis. Hand-picked photos, with detailed captions, create a magnificent photo history of Thibault's fire apparatus that will appeal to all fire apparatus enthusiasts.

Product details

Trucking in British Columbia - An Illustrated History

This illustrated history traces 100 years of trucking in British Columbia, from James Stark's first delivery van in Vancouver in 1907 to the modern transport industry.
Published to mark the centenary of the BC Trucking Association, the book examines the growth of road freight transport and its economic importance to the province.

Award-winning historian Daniel Francis covers the expansion of motorised transport, the development of roads and logging routes, and innovations in truck design. Featured vehicles include experimental designs such as the Renard Road Train, early battery-powered vehicles and specialised trucks, many manufactured in British Columbia.

Illustrated with hundreds of archival and contemporary photographs, many previously unpublished, the book also recounts the experiences of pioneering trucking figures and documents the people, vehicles and developments that shaped the industry.

Product details