Compiled across five volumes by the North Shuswap Historical Society, Shuswap Chronicles serves as the baseline local and geographic repository for the communities situated along the rugged northern perimeter of Shuswap Lake. The collection details how late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century homestead pre-emptions, small-scale logging flumes, and isolated farming clearings were established across the ancestral lands, seasonal berry grounds, and fishing camps of the Secwépemc. Regional writers document the arduous lake-bound logistics that preceded motor roads, tracing how early settlers in Scotch Creek, Celista, Magna Bay, Anglemont, St. Ives, and Seymour Arm depended on lake steamers like the S.S. Andover for mail, heavy equipment, and agricultural shipments. Through extensive pioneer accounts, school records, and cadastral maps, the series captures the transition from off-grid lakeshore independence to organized civic infrastructure.

Albas (B.C.), Anglemont (B.C.), British Columbia North Shuswap, Celista (B.C.), History, Lee Creek (B.C.), Magna Bay (B.C.), North Shuswap (B.C.) History, Scotch Creek (B.C.), Seymour Arm (B.C.), Shuswap Lake Region (B.C.) History, Squilax (B.C.), St. Ives (B.C.)

Five volumes published sequentially: Vol. 1 (1988), Vol. 2 (1990), Vol. 3 (1992), Vol. 4 (1995), Vol. 5 (1997).

Five volumes published sequentially: Vol. 1 (1988), Vol. 2 (1990), Vol. 3 (1992), Vol. 4 (1995), Vol. 5 (1997).