Author: MCGIVERN, J.S.
Title: The Royal Engineers in British Columbia
Description: Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1957. Softcover. Light edge wear, creasing to bottom back card cover. ; Side stapled blue card covers with blue cloth on spine ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 24 pages; This booklet was written while Captain McGivern was stationed at Camp Chilliwack, the location of the Royal Canadian School of Military Engineering. The Royal Engineers were very involved in making the wild and mountainous landscape of British Columbia habitable. In 1857, the gold rush along the Fraser River started and the word spread bringing an influx of people from around the world. The Royal Engineers were sent in to survey suitable places for habitation, roads and suggest a site for the government.. Very Good .
Keywords: British Columbia Royal Engineers James Douglas Gold Rush History::Canada Militaria
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Title: The Royal Engineers in British Columbia
Description: Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1957. Softcover. Light edge wear, creasing to bottom back card cover. ; Side stapled blue card covers with blue cloth on spine ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 24 pages; This booklet was written while Captain McGivern was stationed at Camp Chilliwack, the location of the Royal Canadian School of Military Engineering. The Royal Engineers were very involved in making the wild and mountainous landscape of British Columbia habitable. In 1857, the gold rush along the Fraser River started and the word spread bringing an influx of people from around the world. The Royal Engineers were sent in to survey suitable places for habitation, roads and suggest a site for the government.. Very Good .
Keywords: British Columbia Royal Engineers James Douglas Gold Rush History::Canada Militaria
Price: US$ 35.00 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 19065
- Book number: 19065
See more books from our catalog: Militaria::Canada::Unit History