Selected References
A starting point for references on BCER and other trains in the Fraser Valley
Online sources in the area
City of Surrey Archives http://surrey.minisisinc.com/
Township of Langley: salishan Place by the River archives https://www.tol.ca/en/collections.aspx
City of Burnaby archives https://heritageburnaby.ca/
City of Richmond archives http://archives.richmond.ca
City of New Westminster archives http://archives.newwestcity.ca
City of Vancouver Archives https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/
UBC Library Archives https://open.library.ubc.ca/
Selected Books
This is not an exhaustive list, there are many more book on the subject. If you feel there is a work that should be added to this list, please contact info@FVHRS.org
Please note: this list may reference books that are no longer in print; you may not be able to purchase them. Many should be in local libraries.
Friends of Interurban 1223, Tram Memories in celebration of the restoration of Interurban 1223, City of Burnaby, 2007
Heather Conn, Henry Ewert,Vancouver’s Glory Years: Public transit 1890 -1915, Whitecap Books, 2003
Chuck Davis, The Greater Vancouver book – an urban encyclopedia, Linkman Press, 1997
Henry Ewert, The story of the BC Electric Railway Company, Whitecap Books, 1986
Derek Hayes, Iron Road West An illustrated history of British Columbia’s Railways, Harbour Publishing, 2018
Derek Hayes, British Columbia – A new Historical Atlas, Douglas & McIntyre, 2012
Derek Hayes, Historical Atlas of Vancouver and the lower Fraser Valley, Douglas & McIntyre, 2005
Derek Hayes, Incredible Crossings: the history and art of the bridges, tunnels and inland ferries that connect British Columbia, Harbour Publishing, 2022
Ron Hyde, The Sockeye Special: The story of the Steveston tram and early Lulu Island, (self published), 2011
Ron L. Jones, Railway Nation: tales of the Canadian Pacific – the world’s greatest travel system, Heritage House, 2020
Michael Kluckner,Vancouver: the way it was,Whitecap Books, 1984
Barrie Sanford, Railway by the Bay 100 years of trains at White Rock, Crescent Beach and Ocean Park, National Railway Historical Society – BC Chapter, 2009
Barrie Sanford, The pictorial history of railroading in British Columbia, Whitecap Books, 1981
Fred Thirkell & Bob Scullion, Frank Gowen’s Vancouver 1914 – 1931, Heritage House publishing, 2001
Fred Thirkell & Bob Scullion,British Columbia 100 years ago: portraits of a province, Heritage House publishing, 2002
K. Jane Watt, Surrey A city of stories, City of Surrey, 2017
