British Columbia Yukon Sternwheel Days
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British Columbia Yukon Sternwheel Days
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Author : Art Downs
language : en
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
Release Date : 1992
British Columbia Yukon Sternwheel Days written by Art Downs and has been published by Heritage House Publishing Co this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
Over 300 sternwheelers plied the BC-Yukon waters, a record in North America. In icy northern lakes, rivers and the open sea, these flat-bottomed steamers served for 100 years. Ripped open by rapids, gutted by fire, crushed by ice, they left a memorable wake that altered history forever. This book includes portraits of flamboyant captains and crews, details on how the vessels were constructed and operated, historical background of the communities they served and more.
Pioneer Days In British Columbia
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Author : Art Downs
language : en
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
Release Date : 1975-05
Pioneer Days In British Columbia written by Art Downs and has been published by Heritage House Publishing Co this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-05 with History categories.
Pioneer Days is a blend of words and photos that proves British Columbia's history is as interesting as that recorded anywhere else in North America. Every article is true, many written or narrated by those who, 100 or more years ago, lived the experiences they relate. Each volume contains 160 pages, plus some 60,000 words of text and over 200 historical photos, many published for the first time.
Wires In The Wilderness
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Author : Bill Miller
language : en
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
Release Date : 2004
Wires In The Wilderness written by Bill Miller and has been published by Heritage House Publishing Co this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
This is the tale of how Canada's high northern wilderness was brought into civilization's fold through a frail network of wires laboriously strung between poles and trees for hundreds of desolate miles. The Yukon Telegraph started in 1897, when gold was discovered in the Yukon and the government needed a faster way to communicate with its remote northern territory. The isolated residents, too, wanted a more reliable connection with the outside world. Bill Miller takes readers from the line's conception in 1899 to its abandonment in 1952 through to its status today and its potential for future generations, focusing on the colourful people who lived and worked in the area. His account, enhanced by extensive research and engaging storytelling, reveals a fascinating fragment of Canada's rich history.
Alex Lord S British Columbia
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Author : John Calam
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2007-10-01
Alex Lord S British Columbia written by John Calam and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-01 with Education categories.
Alex Lord, a pioneer inspector of rural British Columbia schools, shares in these recollections his experiences in a province barely out of the stage coach era. Travelling through vast northern territory, utilizing unreliable transportation and enduring climatic extremes, Lord became familiar with the aspirations of remote communities and their faith in the humanizing effects of tiny assisted schools. En route, he performed in resolute yet imaginative fashion the supervisory functions of a top government educator developing an educational philosophy of his own based on an understanding of the provincial geography, a reverence for citizenship, and a work ethic tuned to challenge and accomplishment.
Captain Alex Maclean
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Author : Don MacGillivray
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2008-11-01
Captain Alex Maclean written by Don MacGillivray and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Alex MacLean was the inspiration for the title character in Jack London's bestselling novel The Sea-Wolf. Originally from Cape Breton, MacLean sailed to the Pacific side of North America when he was twenty-one and worked there for thirty-five years as a sailor and sealer. His achievements and escapades while in the Victoria fleet in the 1880s laid the foundation for his status as a folk hero. But this biography reveals more than the construction of a legend. Don MacGillivray opens a window onto the sealing dispute brought the United States and Britain to the brink of war, with Canadian sealing interests frequently enmeshed in espionage, scientific debate, diplomatic negotiations, and vexing questions of maritime and environmental law.
Carving The Western Path
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Author : Robert Gourlay Harvey
language : en
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
Release Date : 1999
Carving The Western Path written by Robert Gourlay Harvey and has been published by Heritage House Publishing Co this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
The history of British Columbia's transportation systems north of the Canadian National Railway's mainline may not be well known--but it certainly is colourful. Continuing the story he began in the first volume of Carving the Western Path, R.G. Harvey describes the development of river, road and rail routes that crossed the northern two-thirds of BC. This was a land of dreams and schemes that seemed to feed on each other. It started with the Collins Overland Telegraph, a communication link that was to connect Europe and America in the 1860s. Though this plan collapsed with the success of the trans-Atlantic cable, the telegraph surveyors established patterns for future roads and settlement. They also sparked the Omineca gold rush. It was a land full of larger-than-life characters, including: Charles Hays, who dreamed of a major seaport at Prince Rupert but died on the Titanic before he could realize his vision. Charles Bedaux, who in the 1930s carved his 416-mile path into the northern Rockies. Railway promoters Warburton Pike, Sir Edward Phillipps-Wolley, William Mackenzie and Donald Mann, who got gifts of land and money but couldn't always meet their promises. Their stories mingle with those of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Alaska Highway, the White Pass and Yukon Railway and those of the sternwheelers, fur traders, gold miners and other adventurers who were drawn to this last frontier.
Canadian Books In Print Author And Title Index
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language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 1975
Canadian Books In Print Author And Title Index written by and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Canada Imprints categories.
Stagecoach And Sternwheel Days In The Cariboo And Central B C
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Author : Willis J. West
language : en
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
Release Date : 1985
Stagecoach And Sternwheel Days In The Cariboo And Central B C written by Willis J. West and has been published by Heritage House Publishing Co this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
Riverboats carrying stagecoaches to the Cariboo were not uncommon sights in the 19th century. Transportation across the rugged terrain of the river canyons and rutted roads of the flatlands was never a picnic, this book provides an ideal introduction to the early days in Central BC.
Alex Lord S British Columbia
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Author : Alexander Russell Lord
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 1991
Alex Lord S British Columbia written by Alexander Russell Lord and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Education categories.
Alex Lord, a pioneer inspector of rural BC schools shares in these recollections his experiences in a province barely out of the stage coach era. Travelling through vast northern territory, utilizing unreliable transportation, and enduring climatic extremes, Lord became familiar with the aspirations of remote communities and their faith in the humanizing effects of tiny assisted schools. En route, he performed in resolute yet imaginative fashion the supervisory functions of a top government educator, developing an educational philosophy of his own based on an understanding of the provincial geography, a reverence for citizenship, and a work ethic tuned to challenge and accomplishment. Although not completed, these memoires invite the reader to experience the British Columbia that Alex Lord knew. Through his words, we endure the difficulties of travel in this mountainous province. We meet many of the unusual characters who inhabited this last frontier and learn of their hopes, fears, joys, sorrows, and eccentricities. More particularly, we are reminded of the historical significance of the one-room rural school and its role as an indispensable instrument of community cohesion. John Calam has organized the memoirs according to the regions through which Lord travelled. He has included in his introduction a biography of Alex Lord, a brief description of the British Columbia he knew, a sketch of its public education system, and an assessment of the place Lord’s writing now occupies among other works on education and society.
Healy S West
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Author : Gordon E. Tolton
language : en
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
Release Date : 2014
Healy S West written by Gordon E. Tolton and has been published by Heritage House Publishing Co this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Through his incredibly varied fifty-year career, John J. Healy left an indelible mark on the Canadian and American west. At different points in his storied life, Healy was a soldier, a trapper, a prospector, a free trader, an explorer, a horse dealer, a scout, a lawman, a newspaper editor, a speculator, a merchant, a capitalist, a historian, and a politician. He defied classification while defining the lifestyle of a frontier adventurer and buccaneer capitalist in the late nineteenth century. In Healy's West, Gordon E. Tolton cuts through the mythology and controversy of this larger-than-life character, giving us the most complete and truly balanced account of Healy's life ever published. From Irish famine to army saddle; from scouting on the Oregon Trail to digging for mountain gold in Idaho; from taking on powerful monopolies to trading with the Blackfoot; from political manoeuvring to hunting down rustlers behind a sheriff's badge, Healy challenged life, nature, enemies and, governments head on-in print, in business, and in physical combat. An entertaining and critical portrayal of the west's most charismatic figure, Healy's West is a must-read for any history buff .