Books about all things outdoors - be they canoe guides by Kevin Callan, bushcraft skills by Mor Kochanski or Ray Mears, emergency medical guides, field guides for plants and animals - we have all your outdoor books needs.
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Books About the Outdoors
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About Books
Even in the age of computers and e-readers, there’s still something alluring about books. They can be taken anywhere, there's always room in a pack to throw one in, they don’t require any power, and they can be lifesavers when you’re stuck in your tent or under a tarp on stormy days. We’ve carefully selected our book lineup to be instructional, educational, and insightful, and to impart useful information, techniques and concepts to further your appreciation of the outdoors and outdoor skills and knowledge. Books on bushcraft, paddling, canoeing, guidebooks, smithing and field guides are amongst our best loved, and we hope that they will become favourite books of yours as well.
Types of Books
Books of Indigenous Knowledge
Canada's Indigenous Peoples have millennia of deep, accumulated knowledge and understanding of the natural world and the ways to best interact and commune with it that have been passed down through generations.
Books for Kids
Books are an excellent way to instil a sense of wonder and to teach children about the outdoors, and the flora and fauna that share this planet with us.
Kevin Callan Books
Kevin Callan's canoe guides are some of the best written, most informative guides for routes throughout the province of Ontario. He's penned over 15 books about canoeing and camping.
Adam Shoalts Books
Adam Shoalts is a historian, archaeologist, geographer, and Westaway Explorer-in-Residence at the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Shoalts holds a PhD from McMaster University where his research examined the influence Indigenous oral traditions had on fur traders in the subarctic and Pacific Northwest, as is the author of several national bestsellers.
Mors Kochanski Books
Learn from the books of veteran wilderness survival instructor and the godfather of bushcraft, Mors Kochanski.
Lars Fält Books
Read books by Lars Fält, the elder statesman of Swedish bushcraft, outdoors and survival training, and learn Outdoors the Scandinavian Way.
Ray Mears Books
Ray Mears' books are impeccably written and laid out - definitive works in the art of bushcraft.
Ray Goodwin Books
Ray has paddled on 4 continents & was the first person to complete circumnavigation of Wales and an unsupported crossing of the Irish Sea. His book "Canoeing" details many facets and techniques for safe and effective canoe and water travel.
Blacksmithing Books
Books on the art of blacksmithing including forging projects and information on practices and techniques. A must read for anyone interested in forging and blacksmithing.
Canadian Canoe Guides
Going Canoeing in Canada? Need maps? How to books? Route suggestions? We've got canoe route books by Kevin Callan and others to get you out there.
Classic Outdoor Books
Some outdoor books are so well written, exhaustive and well loved, they truly are outdoor classics, and would do well on any outdoor person’s bookshelf - be they novice, or seasoned expert.
Canadian Field Guides
The Canadian Outdoor Equipment Co. carries field guides specific to Canada and Ontario. These field guides include: Mushrooms, Wild Edibles, Fish, Trees, Mammals, Wild Berries, Weather and more.
First Aid Guides
First aid emergency guides are invaluable for any outdoors person or activities - be they hikers, canoeists, campers or hunters.
Our Books
We stock only the best in Books so you can rest assured knowing you're COEC Equipped.
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Sold Out Plants of Coastal British ColumbiaThis easy-to-use field guide covers covers the entire stretch of the British Columbia coast. Includes 794 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatic plants, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens that stretch from shoreline to alpine regions.
Sold Out Alpine Plants of British Columbia, Alberta & Northwest North AmericaDiscover the beautiful species of the fragile alpine ecosystem of British Columbia, Alberta & Northwest North America. Two of Canada’s most respected nature writers, Mackinnon and Pojar, have written a guide for over 500 species found in the alpine slopes and meadows of western Canada.
