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A Pour of Rain: Stories from a West Coast Fort (Paperback)

by Helen Meilleur (Author), Stephen Hume (Foreword) "THE CENTURY WAS in its seventh year and already racing headlong into change when my mother rolled over the gunnel of a Tlingit dugout onto..." (more)
Key Phrases: oolichan fishery, wharf approach, oolichan grease, Fort Simpson, Hudson's Bay, Port Simpson (more...)

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In the small town of Port Simpson in British Columbia, where Helen Meilleur grew up in the 1920s, she witnessed such exciting events as Indian attacks, gold prospecting, missionary efforts, and visits from royalty. She also traveled by steamship to her one-room school on an Indian reservation. Her personal stories, written when she was 70 years old and combined with painstaking research and dozens of photographs, bring forth a remarkable history of this coastal community.

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Raincoast Books; Rep Sub edition (March 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1551924226
ISBN-13: 978-1551924229
Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,443,808 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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THE CENTURY WAS in its seventh year and already racing headlong into change when my mother rolled over the gunnel of a Tlingit dugout onto the beach that fronted the Hudson's Bay post at Port Simpson. Read the first page

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oolichan fishery, wharf approach, oolichan grease, fort people, seal noses, fort life, journal keeper, trade shop, land party, wood yard, elk skins

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Fort Simpson, Hudson's Bay, Port Simpson, Prince Rupert, Big House, Captain Dickson, British Columbia, Fort Vancouver, Nass River, Queen Charlotte Islands, New Year, Skeena River, Susan Sturgis, Hamilton Moffatt, William Duncan, Fort Victoria, Russian American Company, Vancouver Island, Captain Simpson, Dundas Island, Finlayson Island, Snake River, Columbia District, James Douglas, Union Steamship Company

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