The Society is proud to bring a full range of publications on the history of Bruce County to you and our members.
Publications can be purchased through the Society (at a discount of 25% for members) and through area bookstores. Prices are at suggested retail price and postage is extra.
Contact our Publications Sales Coordinator to order:
Mr. Bill Stewart
RR #2
Allenford, Ontario
N0H 1A0
willstew@bmts.com
| The History of the County of Bruce | The History of the County of Bruce Vol. 2 | Historical Plaques and Cairns of Bruce County |
| Norman Robertson | Norman McLeod | Bruce County Historical Society |
| A comprehensive history of the county and its municipalities from the early beginnings to 1906. | A continuation of the history of the county and the municipalities from 1906 to 1968. | A listing of plaques and cairns of the people, places and events which shaped the county's history. With pictures. |
| $35.00 Hardcover 500 pp. |
$25.00 Hardcover 477 pp. |
$10.00 Softcover 156 pp. |
| The History of the County of Bruce - Surname Index | Pioneer Days At Guelph and Bruce | Pioneer Days on the Bruce Peninsula |
| Bruce County Historical Society | David Kennedy, Sr. | Jack Hilditch |
| An index of people who are contained in the Robertson's History. | Written by an early pioneer of Saugeen in 1903. It contains excellent background information of the Southampton vicinity and the Saugeen River. | Jack Hilditch relates his experiences and writes about the folklore of the peninsula. |
| $5.00 Softcover |
$16.00 Softcover 135 pp. |
$8.00 Softcover 84 pp. |
| The Bruce Beckons | The Queen's Bush | Experiences of a Backwoods Preacher |
| W. Sherwood Fox | Dr. Brown | Rev. Joseph H. Hilts |
| A very popular classic history of the Bruce Peninsula. | An interesting account of early life along the Saugeen River and in southern Bruce County including the county's first hanging. | Recounts the hardships of a pioneer Methodist minister as he traveled the Queen's Bush roads for 30 years prior 1893. |
| $22.00 Softcover 245 pp. |
$16.00 Softcover 295 pp. |
$16.00 Softcover 366 pp. |
| From City Street to Trackless Forest | Alexander McNeill, A Political Life | The Saddest Calamity: The Wreck of the Steamer J.H. Jones |
| Marion McGillivray | Alan Bartley | Patrick Folkes |
| The story of one of Brant Township's earliest pioneer women, Jane Smith, who left Paisley, Scotland to homestead in Walkerton 1849-1850. Suitable for the junior reader. | A well documented account of the life of a Bruce Peninsula Member of Parliament 1882-1901. | The story of the sinking of a steamer in Georgian Bay by Wiarton. |
| $10.00 Softcover |
$10.00 Softcover 50 pp. |
$10.00 Softcover 50 pp. |
| Critical Years: Bruce County Museum & Archives | Slippy Roads & Cattlebeasts | Winning Essays from the Bruce County Millennium Essay Project |
| Chris Paterson & Marion McGillivray | Graham MacDonald | Various |
| The history of Bruce County's Museum & Archives from its inception. | A retired school superintendent/Presbyterian minister, Graham reminisces about his youth in a rural area near Lucknow. | Lost In Time: The Early History of Glammis, In Search of David Milne, Women in Bruce County: 1850-1900, Entrance To The Bruce: The Point Clark Lighthouse |
| $8.00 Softcover 66 pp. |
$12.50 | $10.00 Softcover |
| Audentes A Family War Story | Whippletree Tales | Misty Rain |
| Archie MacKinnon | Graham MacDonald | Graham MacDonald |
| The story of three brothers and a nursing sister from a Kincardine Township family and their participation in World War I. | Reminiscences of Rural Life in the Thirties | An historical novel. A family lives through the Great Depression. |
| $7.00 Coil Bound, Softcover 46 pp. |
$12.50 Coil Bound, Softcover 119 pp. |
$12.50 |
| The Experiences of John Stewart 'The Rebel' | Canadian Lighthouses from Goderich to Christian Island | |
| compiled by Mary MacKay | Laura M. Gateman | |
| John Stewart who later resided in Paisley was a participant in the 1837 Mackenzie's Rebellion. | This is an updated version of her original publication. | |
| $5.00 Coil Bound, Softcover |
$14.00 Perfect Bound, Softcover 96 pp. |
| Indices of the BCHS Yearbooks | Newsletter Archive | Historical Notes - Yearbook Edition |
| Bill Stewart | ||
| An index of the society's yearbooks from 1967 to 2007. Divided into 3 groups: Subject, Name (Surname) and Authors. | Follow the link. | Out of Print - 1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2001 |
| $18.00 Softcover 183 pp. |
1967-1991 $8.50 1992-2007 $9.00 |