A traveler's guide to the fascinating facts, intriguing incidents and lively legends of Vancouver Island and the B.C. Coast. Required reading for any visitor to Canada's Pacific shore-whether traveling by car, boat or the proverbial armchair. Meet characters like the Confederate Army officer killed on Vancouver Island who became the last casualty in the American Civil War or the Swedish immigrant who came to British Columbia to-of all things-get out of the rain. Maps and photographs round out the fascinating tales.