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Betty Pratt-Johnson has written about scuba diving, whitewater kayaking, sailing and natural history, including a walking-safari in Africa. She is currently writing a book on short walks across Canada.

Books

151 Dives in British Columbia and Washington State, Betty Pratt-Johnson Adventure Publishing, to be released in 2007

101 Dives from the mainland of Washington and British Columbia, Heritage House, 1995

99 Dives from the San Juan Islands in Washington to the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Heritage House, 1994

Whitewater Trips and Hot Springs in the Kootenays of British Columbia: For Kayakers, Canoeists and Rafters, Adventure Publishing, 1989. Available from Sandhill Books, see Canadian order information.

Whitewater Trips for Kayakers, Canoeists and Rafters in British Columbia: Greater Vancouver through Whistler, Okanagan and Thompson River Regions, Adventure Publishing/Pacific Search, 1986

Whitewater Trips for Kayakers, Canoeists and Rafters on Vancouver Island, Soules/Pacific Search,1984. Available from Sandhill Books, see Canadian order information.

141 Dives in the protected waters of Washington and British Columbia, Soules/Writing Works, 1976

 

Contributions to Books

Everybody Loves an Octopus, natural history article in anthology Read to Write, Scott Foresman and Company, 1981

Everybody Loves an Octopus, natural history article in the Americana Encyclopedia, 1979 Science Supplement, Grolier, 1978

Selected Articles
Published
Around the World

Diver (Canada), Sunshine Coast: Flower Garden of the Sea, 1991

Western Living (Canada), Paddling West, 1987

Tauchen (Germany),
Wer Frier, taucht sicherere!, 1981

Aquanaut (Switzerland),
Everybody Loves an Octopus, 1978

Reader's Digest (worldwide
editions), The Octopus:
Not a "Monster" at All, 1978

Sub-Aqua (Britain),
Red Coral in a Cold Sea, 1977

The New York Times (US),
Nose to Nose With the White Rhino, 1973

BC Motorist (Canada),
Trail and Sail, 1972

Skin Diver (US),
Catching the Canadian Colossus, 1972