Author: Hudson's Bay Company; Christopher Dafoe (ed.); Carol Preston (managing ed.)
Title: The Beaver, Exploring Canada's History, June/July 1986
Description: Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Company, 1986. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 63pp. Cover: The Parting of the Brigades, 1826 by Walter J. Philips. Contents of this issue: A Forest of Poles (In the summer of 1876 vice-regal tourists visited a far corner of the new Dominion) by Judy Hall; Robert Brown and the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition (A greenhorn from Edinburgh plunges into the depths of darkest Vancouver Island, 1864) by John Hayman; Vancouver's Real Estate Tree (As fires raged and mighty trees fell, a great city was born) by Betty C. Keller; Exploring for The Telegraph in B.C. (London and Paris via New Westminster and Russia? Why not?) by Gerard Chapman; New Dawn at Skidegate (Bill Reid and the Haida revival) by Max Wyman; Books in Review. Very good condition. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books.

Keywords: Beaver Magazine Hudsons Bay Company; 1864 Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition, Skidegate Bill Reid Haida Revival; Founding Vancouver City Canada History Cdn Periodicals


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