About Garnet Basque Garnet Basque (1945-1994) operated Canadian West magazine from 1985 to 1994, as well as Sunfire Publications in Langley, BC. He published numerous titles about lost treasures and frontier settlements under various imprints. Books by Garnet Basque Gold Panner's Manual by (author) Garnet Basque Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of the Boundary Country by (author) Garnet Basque Lost Bonanzas of Western Canada Volume 1 edited by Garnet Basque Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island by (author) T.W. Paterson & Garnet Basque Frontier Days in Alberta by (author) Garnet Basque West Kootenay The Pioneer Years by (author) Garnet Basque