BARLEE, N. L.

The Guide to Gold Panning in British Columbia Gold Regions, Methods of Mining and Other Data

Summerland, BC: Canada West Magazine, 1973. First Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. Light shelf wear and light soiling of card covers, minor creasing. Bottom fore corner bumped , black mark extends half way up front cover. ; A tight solid book, B&W photos and maps. ; 11.0 X 8.0 X 0.3 inches; 192 pages; Contains many historic photos, maps, illustrations relating to the British Columbia Region. Detailed descriptions and maps of important historic regions. Includes nugget size date, location, and other regional data, gold regions, methods of mining & other data. Very Good .

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Book number: 20664

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: panning British Columbia Gold Mining

BASQUE, GARNET

Frontier Days in the Yukon

Langley, BC: Sunfire Publications, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0919531326. Only slight wear to pictorial card covers; A bright solid book.; B&W and Colour Photographs, Maps; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 96 pages; This colorful history of the Klondike Gold Rush contains seven vignettes: - Prelude to Bonanza; Rabbit Creek; Queen of the Klondike; Gateway to the Klondike; White Pass & Yukon Railway; Paddle Wheels on the Yukon River and Jack Dalton: Pioneer Trail Builder. Near Fine .

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Book number: 16768

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: 0919531326 Chilkoot Yukon Railway paddlewheelers Gold Mines White pass History::Canada Mining

BASQUE, GARNET

Frontier Days in the Yukon

Langley, BC: Sunfire Publications, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0919531326. Only slight wear to card covers; A bright solid book.; B&W and Colour Illustrations, Maps; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 96 pages; This colorful history of the Klondike Gold Rush contains seven vignettes: - Prelude to Bonanza; Rabbit Creek; Queen of the Klondike; Gateway to the Klondike; White Pass & Yukon Railway; Paddle Wheels on the Yukon River and Jack Dalton: Pioneer Trail Builder. Near Fine .

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Book number: 16769

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: 0919531326 Klondike Railway Gold Mines rabbit creek paddlewheelers White pass History::Canada Mining

BASQUE, GARNET

Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of the Boundary Country

Surrey, BC: Heritage House, 2007. Reprint. Softcover. ISBN: 1895811821. Illustrated by B&W and Color Photos. Only slight wear, some corner curl.; Trade PB; B&W and colour Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 151 pages; "The many lost communities of British Columbia's Boundary country, which stretches from Osoyoos east to the Kootnays, are reborn with the help of 150 photographs, a dozen maps and a factual and entertaining text. Garnet Basque interviewed old-timers and scoured newspaper archives to create these entertaining accounts.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 19726

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Gold Rush

Keywords: 1895811821 Ghost towns British Columbia Mining History::Canada Mining

BERTON, PIERRE

Klondike; the Life & Death of the Last Great Gold Rush

London: W. H. Allen, 1960. 1st UK. Hardcover. Illustrated by B&W Plates. Price clipped DJ chipped with light delamination, short tears & some creasing. Light yellowing of pages ; DJ in Mylar, bright, solid book ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 456 + index pages; A classic Canadian history by someone who spent his first 12 years in Dawson City. Berton was born there after the big rush and was imbued with the history of the place by his parents, especially by his mother, Laura Beatrice Berton, who wrote the biographical classic 'I Married the Klondike'.. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 12322

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: Klondike Dawson City Gold Rush Klondyke History::Canada Biographies & Memoirs

COHEN, STAN

The Streets Were Paved with Gold a Pictorial History of the Klondike Gold Rush 1896

Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co, 1977. Revised Edition; Sixth Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0933126034. Light wear to extremities. Previous owner's name on fly leaf. ; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 202 pages; The Klondike Gold Rush, was a frenzy of gold rush immigration to and for gold prospecting, along the Klondike River near Dawson City, Yukon, Canada after gold was discovered there in the late 19th century and generally considered to be the greatest Gold Rush in North America's history. It compares scenes of the gold rush period with the same scenes today with Maps, illustrations, photographs, bibliography, There are many old black and white photos of this rip-roaring time, illustrating the hardships and difficulties for gold prospecting, along the Klondike River. In 1896, a party led by Keish (Skookum Jim Mason), a member of the Tagish First Nations, headed north, down the Yukon River from the Carcross area, looking for his sister Kate and her husband George Carmack. The party consisted of Skookum Jim, his cousin, known as Dawson Charlie, and his nephew. After meeting up with George and Kate, who were fishing for salmon at the mouth of the Klondike River, they ran into Nova Scotian Robert Henderson who had been mining gold on the Indian River, just south of the big dike. August 16, 1896, the Skookum party discovered rich placer gold deposits in Bonanza (Rabbit) Creek, Yukon. It is not clear who made the actual discovery, with some accounts saying that it was Kate Carmack, while others credit Skookum Jim. George Carmack was officially credited for the gold discovery because the actual claim was staked in his name. The group agreed to this because they felt that other miners would be reluctant to recognize a claim made by an Indian, given the strong racist attitudes of the time.. Very Good .

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Book number: 16156

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: 0933126034 Yukon Klondike George Carmack Gold Rush History::Canada

DEARMOND, R. N.

'stroller' White Tales of a Klondike Newsman

Vancouver BC: Mitchell Press Limited, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Edge wear and light soiling to DJ, sun-faded on edges, small tears. ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A tight solid book. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 182 pages; "Here is a book of lively anedcotes of the Klondike and Alaska told by a beloved writer who was part of the great Gold Rush and who stayed in the North until he died." White was an American journalist who fell in love with the North and its peoples. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17030

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush::Jounalism

Keywords: Klondike Gold Rush Alaska History::Canada Biographies & Memoirs

DOWNS, ART

Wagon Road North : Saga of the Cariboo Gold Rush

Surrey, BC: Heritage House Publishing Company, Limited, 1999. Fourth Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0969054602. Only slight wear, previous owner's stamp on title page ; B&W and colour illustrations throughout. ; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 96 pages; Gold was discovered in the 1850s in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, drawing fortune seekers from around the world up the Fraser River to the interior of the province.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21761

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: 0969054602 History::Canada Mining

FORSYTHE, MARK & GREG DICKSON

The Trail of 1858 British Columbia's Gold Rush Past

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2007. Third Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 155017424X. Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 9.9 X 8.4 X 0.6 inches; 250 pages; In 1858, over eight decades had passed since Captain James Cook claimed the shores of what would become British Columbia for the British crown, but European settlers had shown little interest in the new lands. The non-aboriginal population was only about 700. Then gold was discovered on the shores of the Fraser River and, overnight, the lonely outpost of empire was overrun by some 30,000 fevered gold-seekers. The raucous sourdough hordes were mostly American and treated the new territory as an extension of the United States. The fragile colonial administration in Victoria was overwhelmed and the territory's future as a British possession hung in the balance. But by the time the gold rush wound down a decade later, the colony of British Columbia had come into being and BC's destiny as a part of Canada was sealed.In The Trail of 1858, BC Almanac host Mark Forsythe and coauthor Greg Dickson augment their historical research with contributions from CBC listeners that give the gold rush story a personal, folksy feel. Making liberal use of historic photos, the authors celebrate memorable personalities from this epic time: the stern but sensible Judge Matthew Begbie; the peacemaking Chief Spintlum; Nam Sing, the first Chinese miner in the Cariboo; overlander Catherine Schubert; high-rolling miners Billy Barker and Cariboo Cameron; and a host of others.The Trail of 1858 is a combination of fact and memory of the colourful characters who helped form this province; it is a book from which history truly jumps.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 19739

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: 155017424X British Columbia barkerville Fraser Canyon Gold Rush History::Canada Mining

NEERING, ROSEMARY & DANIEL R. BIRCH (EDITOR)

Gold Rush

Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0889021759. Light edge wear to card covers; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; Maps, B&W photographs, drawings; This is a largely pictorial history of the gold rush phenomenon in western North America written for the school system.. Very Good .

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Book number: 16611

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: 0889021759 Textbook Mining Gold Rush Mining

OLIVE, W. H. T.

The Right Way on

Langley, BC: Timberholme, 1999. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 189425404X. Slight wear, small remainder dot bottom page edges.; Dust jacket in Mylar DJ unclipped. A tight bright book.; B&W Illustrations; 327 pages; 'W. H. T. Olive's memoir is his record of the year he spent as "manager of the boats" for the Bennett Lake & Klondyke Navigation Company in the Yukon Gold Rush of 1898.'.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 6216

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: 189425404X Klondike Gold Rush Yukon Rattenbury History::Canada

PATENAUDE, BRANWEN

Golden Nuggets Roadhouse Portraits Along the Cariboo's Gold

Surrey, BC: Heritage House Publishing, 1998. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 1895811562. Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 96 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 15476

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: 1895811562 Gold Rush Cariboo British Columbia History::Canada

PATERSON, THOMAS WILLIAM

Ghost Towns of the Yukon

Langley, BC: Stagecoach Publishing, 1977. First Edition; First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0889830096. Card covers have light shelfwear to edges. Prev. owner's name in ink on title page. Title page is separating. ; B&W Photographs; 8.80 X 5.70 X 0.60 inches; 148 pages; renowned historian, Paterson, goes into great detail, covering the gold rush in the Klondike and its affect on residents, white and first nations.. Very Good .

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Book number: 16776

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: 0889830096 Yukon kate Dawson City Gold Mines Klondike Whitehorse History::Canada

RAMSAY, BRUCE & COLOR AND B&W ILLUSTRATIONS

Barkerville a Guide to the Fabulous Cariboo Gold Camp

Langley, BC: Sunfire Publications Ltd, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 091953127X. Light edge wear to black card covers ; A bright solid book. B&W period photos as well as colour photos of modern Barkerville and the museums and displays created for the curious visitors. ; B&W and Color Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 64 pages; A guide book originally sold in Barkerville, which outlines the history of the town. Many old b&w photographs, and new color prints of the same areas. This provides a history of the Cariboo gold rush and the people who made it happen.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16765

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: 091953127X Mining British Columbia Cariboo Gold Rush Billy Barker mineral resources History::Canada

BC MINISTRY OF TOURISM

The Gold Rush Trail Guide

Victoria, BC: BC Ministry of Tourism, 1986. Softcover. Small tear to fore edge of paper cover ; A bright, solid book ; British Columbia tourism Guide; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 47 pages; Gold rushes of British Columbia, large and small with photos, ads and maps.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16661

Catalogue: Canadiana::Gold Rush

Keywords: British Columbia barkerville quesnel Maps Gold Rush