FAWCETT, EDGAR & HIGGINS, D. W.

Roster of the 'fifty

Victoria, BC: Old Cemeteries Society, 2008. Reprint. Stapled wraps. ISBN: 0968289932. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages; In 1858 roughly 20,000 people arrived in Victoria BC from San Francisco to participate in the gold rush. 50 years later Edgar Fawcett, one of the 20,000, celebrating the anniversary, created a list of those who remained. The book gives brief biographies of some of those on the list.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 19059

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 0968289932 fifty-eighter Gold Rush History::Canada

FISH, GORDON

Dreams of Freedom Bella Coola, Cape Scott, Sointula

Victoria, BC: Provincial Archives, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0771883285. Card covers show light shelf wear, light soiling.; A tight solid book, B&W photos.. ; Sound heritage series No. 36; 10.4 X 7.3 X 0.3 inches; 84 pages; The Sound Heritage traditionally interviews long term residents to mine for historical information not necessarily found in books. Bella Coola, Cape Scott and Sointula are remote coastal communties.. Very Good .

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Book number: 20528

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: 0771883285 Bella Coola sointula Sound heritage Cape scott History::Canada Community History

FISHER, ROBIN

Duff Patullo of British Columbia

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802027806. Light chipping and edge wear to dust jacket ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs; 9.50 X 6.50 X 1.25 inches; 445 pages; A biography of the controversial and colourful Premier of British Columbia from 1933 to 1941.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 16646

Catalogue: Canadiana::Biography::British Columbia

Keywords: 0802027806 Politics premier British Columbia History::Canada Biographies & Memoirs

FREEMAN, PATRICIA (EDITOR)

The Extra Mile - Celebrating 150 Years of Service, Government Agents in British Columbia 1858

Victoria, BC: Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0772659516. DJ has V shape piece missing top front panel of dustjacket, light edge wear to boards, gift notation on front free end paper, ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar. ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 9.30 X 7.30 X 0.70 inches; 100 pages. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17260

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 0772659516 BC Pioneer coroner Native Studies History::Canada

FRENCH, DIANA

The Road Runs West a History of the Chilcotin Highway

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1550171143. DJ shows very light shelf wear, small ding bottom of front board, ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.90 X 6 X 0.80 inches; 276 pages; "This is the spirited story of a road - Highway 20, the Bella Coola/Chilcotin Road. Built across some of the roughest terrain in Canada, by people who braved killer winters, vicious insects, daunting distances and the famous Chilcotin mud, the 456 km highway runs from Williams Lake to Bella Coola and took almost a century to complete. In 1953 it became a reality." jacket blurb. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17892

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 1550171143 Bella Coola shuswap indians Tsilhquot'ins Williams lake Chilcotin History::Canada

GABRIEL, THERESA

Vernon, British Columbia

Vernon BC: Vernon Centennial Committee 1958, 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Card covers show light shelf wear, light soiling. Previous owner' name written on front cover. ; A tight, solid book. Stapled wraps. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 63 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 20243

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: Vernon Community history Kalamalka lake British Columbia History::Canada Community History

NEW PATHWAYS TO GOLD

Chasing the Golden Butterfly

British Columbia: Gold Country Print Works, N.D.. Softcover. Slight edgewear, one page dogeared ; A bright, solid book ; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 67 pages; This booklet looks to be a tourist passport for touring the gold towns of the lower interior.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 18003

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: Gold Mining British Columbia History::Canada

GOODFELLOW, FLORENCE

Memories of Pioneer Life in British Columbia a Short History of the Agassiz Family

Hope BC: Harrison Lake Historical Society, 1982. Reprint. Paperback. ISBN: 0969211902. Only light wear and soil to card covers ; A tight solid book. B&W photos ; Trade PB; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 46 pages; This is a reprint of the 1945 book.. Very Good .

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Book number: 21671

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: agassiz harrison British Columbia History::Canada Community History

GORDON MARCHIONESS OF ABERDEEN, ISHBEL; ROBERT MIDDLETON (EDITOR)

The Journal of Lady Aberdeen the Okanagan Valley in the Nineties

Victoria, BC: Morriss Publishing, 1989. Second Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0919203671. Light bumping of fore corners ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; B&W Photographs; 0.39 x 8.66 x 5.83 Inches; 91 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 14989

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 0919203671 Okanagan Valley British Columbia History::Canada

GOULD, ED

Bridging the Gulf: A Hilarious Look at Life in the Gulf Islands

Saanichton, BC: Hancock House, 1975. Revised Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0919654355. Card covers show shelf wear, sun-faded on spine edge. Gift inscription written inside front card cover. ; A tight solid book. Illustrated with B&W cartoons ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 102 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 21786

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 0919654355 gulf islands History::Canada HUMOR

GOULD, ED

Ralph Edwards of Lonesome Lake

Saanichton, BC: Hancock House Publishers Ltd, 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919654746. Some chipping of DJ with short tears with some loss to base of fore edge. Light wear to book with gift notation on front free end paper ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W and colour photos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages; This is an oral history narrated by Edwards and written by Gould. This is the first of a trilogy of books about and by Edwards family members. It is the amazing story of a man who lived a self dependent life in the wilderness of British Columbia, learned to fly at 65 and became a commercial fisherman at 70. Edwards is best known for his efforts to preserve the wild life of northern British Columbia. Lonesome Lake became a wildlife refuge which after his death was tended by his son John. Unfortunately in 2004 wildfires destroyed the buildings at this remote outpost. "Often called The Crusoe of Lonesome Lake, because of a best-selling book written by the American journalist Leland Stowe, Edwards has gone on to live at least one more life and reveals himself to be a pioneer of a breed that no longer exists. Best known for his almost single-handed rescue of the trumpeter swans from extinction in North America, Edwards now related in his own words other aspects of his long, varied life, including experience with his missionary parents in India, as a telegraph operator under fire in World War I and his eventual return to Lonesome Lake.". Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 21626

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 0919654746 lonesome lake swans History::Canada Biographies & Memoirs Natural History::Birds

GREENE, JOHN, MARC LAPPRAND, GERALD MOREAU, GERALD RICARD

French Presence in Victoria, B.C.

Victoria, BC: L'Association Historique Francophone De Victoria, C. B, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0969250444. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, B&W illustrations, Fold out map ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 20396

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: 0969250444 Francophone Victoria BC History::Canada Community History

HACKING, NORMAN R.

Captain William Moore: B.C. 's Amazing Frontiersman

Surrey, BC: Heritage House Publishing, 1993. Paperback. ISBN: 1895811023. Only slight wear ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages; "William Moore (5 June 1825 – 29 March 1909) was a steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska. During most of British Columbia's gold rushes Moore could be found at the center of activity, either providing transportation to the miners, working claims or delivering mail and supplies. In 1887, guided by First Nation's explorer Skookum Jim (who later co-discovered the Klondike Goldfields), Moore was guided through the White Pass route that would become a famous route to the Klondike Gold Rush and purchased the land that later became the famous gold rush town of Skagway. Throughout his 83 years, he would father five sons and four daughters and make and lose at least three separate fortunes. His friends and rivals would give him many nicknames, among them, "Buddy" and "The Flying Dutchman".". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21734

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 1895811023 paddlewheelers Gold Rush skagway Steamboat History::Canada Mining MARITIME

HAGEN, JUDY

Comox Valley Memories: Reminiscences of Early Life in Central Vancouver Island

Courtenay and District Museum & Historical Society, 1993. Paperback. Signed by Author; Short tear bottom front cover, light edge wear to white card covers ; Signed by author on half-title page ; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 95 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 15954

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: comox valley Vancouver Island Courtenay History::Canada

HAIG-BROWN, ALAN

The Fraser River

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 155017147X. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Illustrated with stunning full colour photography by Rick Blacklaws ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 200 pages; " From northeast BC, where the river is a clear mountain stream running quietly below Mt. Robson, to the dry belt where the Fraser slows to a tame trickle you can jump over, to the ferocious torrents of the world-renowned Canyon, to the fertile farms and urban sprawl of the Fraser Valley, Haig-Brown and Blacklaws document the wildlife and landforms of the Fraser system, as well as the full spectrum of vigorous human life on the river-the mills and marinas, ocean liners and gillnetters, houseboats and fish wheels that are home to more than half of BC's population.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21667

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 155017147X Salmon Delta Fraser Valley Fraser Canyon History::Canada PHOTOGRAPHY