Pioneer Days in British Columbia Volume 4 by Art Downs
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.
British Columbia local history: pioneering, homesteading, logging,
ranching, railroad, mining, fur trade, nautical,gold rush, aeronautics,
mountaineering, aboriginal, articles with accompanying photographs,
maps, illustrations.Covers BC log cabins, canoes, Nootka Sound, early
gillnet fisherman, sternwheels, Barkerville, totem poles etc.
Articles include:
Memories of Cariboo BC, Trapping tales of terror on Vancouver Island,
vanished communities of the Slocan, Yukon Telegraph Line, Trail BC 1897,
Frontier policemen, Highway 3 milepost history, Hotel Quilchena in
Nicola Valley, Handtrolling rowboat salmon fishing Gabriola Pass, Major
Clarence MacLaurin pioneer of the air, 1890s Christmas in the Kootenays,
the Bedeaux Expedition, first car in Grand Forks, early days in Nechako
Valley, Indian Fishing and cooking on the Pacific coast, Ainsworth
first community on Kootenay Lake, pioneer housekeeping in the Okanagon,
the Bannock Trail, BC orchards, Quatsino Village, Place Names of the BC
Coast etc....
Softcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Company, Limited Surrey BC 1979 first edition
Language: English
Parcel Dimensions: 27.7 x 21.4 x 0.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g
Out of printCarefully packaged and shipped