Author: Canada's National History Society (Annalee Greenberg, Doug Whiteway, Laird Rankin et al)
Title: The Beaver, Exploring Canada's History, December 1998/January 1999
Description: Winnipeg: Canada's National History Society, 1999. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 56pp. Ships lettermail. A very good copy (other copies of this issue may also be available). Cover: Self-portrait, oil on canvas by Paul-Emile Borduas, c. 1935. Contents of this issue include: A Community of Feeling - A band of Quebec artists just say 'non' by Patricia Smart; The Legend of Lefroy - Victory follows tragedy in Canada's Rockies by Matt Jackson; Catching the Saviour Fish - Eulachon light the way for B.C.'s Nisga'a by Tom Koppel; Daniel O'Donoghue - Canada's first labour parliamentarian by Vic Parsons; Story in Stone - The enigma of the Herschel petroglyphs by Darlene Polachic; A Geographer's Diary, 1945 - A war's end tour of the Mackenzie Valley by J. Lewis Robinson; They Blew Up Brock's Monument - In 1840, terrorists target a token of Empire by Robert Malcomson; plus Book Reviews & Letters.

Keywords: Beaver Magazine Hudsons Bay Company Canada National History Society; Self-Portrait Paul-Emile Borduas, Patricia Smart; Legend Lefroy Matt Jackson; Catching Saviour Fish Eulachon Nisga'a; Tom Koppel; Daniel O'donoghue Canada First Labour Parliamentarian; V


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