Travel back in time into the history of British Columbia. Explore gold rush towns, old wagon routes, and dramatic railway lines carved into mountain ranges. Along the way, you will discover the stories of the places and people who have had an important parting shaping the province. With Rosemary Neering as your guide, you can find hidden treasures from the Gulf Islands and Victoria all the way to Fort St. John.
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Rosemary Neering is the award-winning author of countless books on history and travel in Canada, including works on Canadian women and Canadian pioneers. Although Rosemary was born in England, she grew up in Brantford, Ontario, and moved to British Columbia at the age of nineteen. Rosemary enjoys traveling throughout Canada, Europe and South America. When she's at home in Victoria, she likes gardening, playing tennis and spending time with her cat Cayambe.
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"Vancouver Island has been not unaptly designated the England of the great Western ocean," wrote Matthew Macfie in the 1860s, "and it is no exaggeration to assert that it only requires a vigorous application of British capital, enterprise and labour in the development of its resources, to secure for it supremacy as a commercial and manufacturing centre in the Western Hemisphere." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Columbia, World War, First Nations, Prince George, Vancouver Island, Bella Coola, Fraser River, United States, Hudson's Bay Company, Peace River, New Westminster, Kootenay Lake, Dawson Creek, Kootenay River, West Kootenay, Campbell River, Columbia River, Grand Forks, Powell River, Alaska Highway, Dewdney Trail, Port Alberni, Bridge River, Fraser Valley, National Historic Site New!
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"Vancouver Island has been not unaptly designated the England of the great Western ocean," wrote Matthew Macfie in the 1860s, "and it is no exaggeration to assert that it only requires a vigorous application of British capital, enterprise and labour in the development of its resources, to secure for it supremacy as a commercial and manufacturing centre in the Western Hemisphere." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Columbia, World War, First Nations, Prince George, Vancouver Island, Bella Coola, Fraser River, United States, Hudson's Bay Company, Peace River, New Westminster, Kootenay Lake, Dawson Creek, Kootenay River, West Kootenay, Campbell River, Columbia River, Grand Forks, Powell River, Alaska Highway, Dewdney Trail, Port Alberni, Bridge River, Fraser Valley, National Historic Site New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis on page 53
- Grass Beyond the Mountains: Discovering the Last Great Cattle Frontier on the North American Continent by Richmond P. Hobson on page 254
- Emily Carr by Ian M. Thom on page 8
- North America (Countries: Faces and Places) by Bob Temple on page 8
- The Great War: A Novel by Larry W. Poland on page 165
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