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Colonization and Community

Author : John Douglas Belshaw
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773524033
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Colonization and Community written by John Douglas Belshaw and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2002 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth century coal-miners imported from Europe, Asia, and eastern North America burrowed beneath the Vancouver Island towns of Nanaimo, Wellington, and Cumberland. No group was as numerous and influential in this enterprise as the hundreds of British immigrants who travelled half-way around the world to take up back-breaking work in the most remote colony in the Empire. What drew the British miners and their families to the north Pacific? Why did they set aside six months to journey to a colony about which they knew little? Once they reached Vancouver Island, what did they make of it and what did they make it into? And how did they re-make themselves in the process? In Colonization and Community John Belshaw takes a new look at British Columbia's first working class, the men, women, and children beneath and beyond the pit-head. Beginning with an exploration of emigrant expectations and ambitions, he investigates working conditions, household wages, racism, industrial organization, gender, schooling, leisure, community building, and the fluid identity of the British mining colony, the archetypal west coast proletariat. By connecting the story of Vancouver Island to the larger story of Victorian industrialization, he delineates what was distinctive and what was common about the lot of the settler society. Belshaw breaks new ground, challenging the easy assumptions of transferred British political traditions, analyzing the colonial at the household level, and revealing the emergent communities of Vancouver Island as the cradle of British Columbian working-class culture.

Hub City

Author : Jan Peterson
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 9781894384667
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book Hub City written by Jan Peterson and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nanaimo Bastion, which marked its 150th anniversary in 2003, remains a prominent symbol of Nanaimo's heritage as an HBC fort, coal-mining centre and transportation hub, a vital link between other developing parts of Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. Hub City, the second volume in Jan Peterson's trilogy on Nanaimo's vibrant history, tells of the development of this Vancouver Island community from the arrival of the E&N Railway in 1886 through to the end of the First World War and the Spanish enfluenza epidemic. Included in her story are such pivotal events as the mining disaster of 1887, the Big Strike of 1912-1914, the emergence of the labour movement, and the rise and fall of coal baron James Dunsmuir.

British Columbia Place Names

Author : G.P. (Philip) V. Akrigg
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774841702
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book British Columbia Place Names written by G.P. (Philip) V. Akrigg and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elephant Crossing. Houdini Needles. Miniskirt, Tickletoeteaser Tower, and Why Not Mountain. These are just some of the many names of places, rivers, mountains, and lakes that you will come across in the newest edition of British Columbia Place Names. This classic which, in its various editions, has sold over 29,000 copies, covers about 2,500 geographical features, cities, towns, and smaller communities in the province. The book abounds with fascinating historical facts, stories, and remarkable characters involved with the names of towns, cities, rivers, lakes, mountains, and islands. The selection was determined by the geographical importance of the feature as well as story of the naming. In the introduction the authors deal with the stages by which B.C. acquired its place names, the history of research into those names, and the categories into which they fall. The latter range from the honorific and commemorative to the comic and disrespectful. Aboriginal names receive particular attention. The location of each place is clearly indicated and the text is accompanied by detailed maps. Brief biographical accounts of persons with places named after them as well as an abundance of anecdotes make this a fascinating book for browsers and an invaluable resource for historians.

Nanaimo

Author : Goody Niosi
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 9781894384568
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Nanaimo written by Goody Niosi and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2004 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanaimo is one of Canada's fastest-growing communities. Positioned beside a stunning and vibrant harbour, where the sight of seaplanes, fishboats, ferries, kayaks and sailboats paints an ever-changing seascape, Nanaimo is a city blessed with spectacular natural beauty, a vivid commercial history, cultural diversity and a vibrant attitude towards the future. Through Goody Niosi's broad knowledge of Nanaimo and its surroundings and through the discerning vision of local photographer Terry Patterson, Nanaimo: The Harbour City captures the human spirit and broad landscape that have clearly marked this place as being special. Designed to be a treasured keepsake for locals and visitors alike, this elegant, colourful visitor guide showcases the cultural fabric, arts community, recreational activities, tourism amenities, transportation links and shopping options that have made Nanaimo the premier trading centre of Vancouver Island's inland coast. Nanaimo also describes walking tours in and around the city's historic centre and in neighbourhoods that shed light on Nanaimo's fascinating past and its growth from small Aboriginal settlement to thriving city and modern-day playground.

The Dunsmuir Saga

Author : Terry Reksten
Publisher : D & M Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1926706064
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Dunsmuir Saga written by Terry Reksten and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dunsmuir Saga brings to life three generations of the legendary Dunsmuir family of Vancouver Island. Robert Dunsmuir -- canny, acquisitive and imaginative -- became the richest man in British Columbia; his sons struggled to consolidate the family fortune; his grandchildren spent it. Award-winning author Terry Reksten brings the members of the Dunsmuir family and their colourful saga to life with her lively writing, vivid anecdotes and careful research. A selection of 50 historical photographs depicts the Dunsmuirs and their grand style of life.

Canada's Entrepreneurs

Author : John English
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442644788
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Canada's Entrepreneurs written by John English and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with an accessible overview of the rise of entrepreneurialism in Canada, it features portraits of 61 individuals organized thematically. Here, readers will meet a variety of seminal characters: the merchants of the first trading posts and the commercial empire of the St. Lawrence; the industrialists of the Maritimes, Central Canada, and the West; the railway builders and urban developers; and everyone in between."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

The Eternal Flapper

Author : Jim Alessio
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1438961286
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book The Eternal Flapper written by Jim Alessio and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eternal Flapper: The Many Lives of Edna Wallace Hopper (1861-1959) is the amazing true story of the legendary actress, songstress, vaudeville star, silent movie star, and Wall Street trader who lived almost a century long. At the request of Edna Wallace Hopper to have her true story revealed in the 21st Century, author Jim Alessio's 20 year investigation reveals locked away secrets, some of which could have changed the course of history. Secrets include those of her stepfather's family, the notorious Dunsmuir family, the once richest family of North America, the dark and corrupt side of Wall Street, the Skull and Bones Society members, the Illuminati and additionally Edna's personal dark secrets. A letter from 1886 sealed with instructions to be opened in the year 2000 leads to a secret of the Royal House of Windsor. While in the midst of this investigation, the author accidently "opens Pandora's Box" and gets caught up in the web of the story as the British MI5 are informed of his findings. This book reads like great fiction yet is completly true. As one the first American stars of entertainment on Broadway, Edna made her transition to Vaudeville by comming out naked and selling the fountain of Youth in her sixties of age, being one of the first silent movie stars and then a key trader in the powerful world of Wall Street until her nineties of age. Thirteen decades of time pass by quickly as the story unfolds with romance, mystery, suspence, humor, historical events, tragedy as it was revealed to the investigative reporter. Not just the story of Edna, the book chronicals the lives of several famous people who surrounder her life. An additional bonus chapter reveals the secrets to the Eternal Flapper's amazing youth, health and beauty.

Craigdarroch Castle in 21 Treasures

Author : Moira Dann
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
ISBN 13 : 1771513497
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book Craigdarroch Castle in 21 Treasures written by Moira Dann and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told in 21 objects—including furnishings, artwork, and tools—this approachable museum guide takes readers into the family history, local lore, and oddities of one of Victoria's most famous landmarks. Craigdarroch Castle, built by coal baron Robert Dunsmuir for his wife, Joan, and their family, was completed in 1890. Following Joan's death, the castle was put up for sale in 1908, and later housed a military hospital and the nascent University of Victoria. Since 1979 the castle has operated as a museum and is one of the top tourist attractions in the city, a prime example of a “bonanza castle” and a rich repository of Victorian-era furnishings and décor, as well as objects evoking the hospital and college eras. Author Moira Dann offers the reader 21 selections from the castle's collection, using each artifact as a portal into the history of the building and life in Victorian and more recent times. The Black Forest clock, acquired by Joan on a trip to Europe; the telescope used by the eldest Dunsmuir son, James, aboard his yacht the Dolaura; the castle's famous stained-glass windows; a nineteenth-century intercom system known as a speaking tube—these and 17 more are described with detail and enthusiasm, and accompanied by photographs. Dann provides careful research into each object's provenance and manufacture, while inviting readers to join her imaginative journeys into the lives of the castle's occupants through the years.

On the Street where You Live: Victoria's early roads and railways

Author : Danda Humphreys
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 9781894384094
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book On the Street where You Live: Victoria's early roads and railways written by Danda Humphreys and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1800s, Victoria grew from a fur-trading post into a provincial capital--the jewel in British Columbia's golden crown. Meanwhile, many of the early residents, happy to leave the Hudson's Bay Company behind, followed simple trails from the fort or discovered new routes of their own. In her first book, Danda Humphreys introduced readers to some of the people who forged those pioneer pathways. Now she takes us another step back in time to the roads and railways that connected the original city's core to today's suburbs. From Saanich to Sooke, street names tell stories of intrigue and adventure: Rowland Avenue, named for the farm labourer with a sinister sideline: hangman for the HBC. Joan Crescent, where coal baron Robert Dunsmuir's widow once resided in solitary splendour in a castle called Craigdarroch. Sidney Avenue, close to where the Brethour brothers donated land for the northern terminus of the "Cordwood Express," first train to link the city with the Saanich Peninsula and the islands in the Strait of Georgia. In this second book in her On the Street Where You Live trilogy, Danda once again combines her passion for the past with a penchant for lively prose to bring you stories about Victoria's pioneers. You know the streets; now meet the people--their lives, their loves and the legends they left behind.

Kilts on the Coast

Author : Jan Peterson
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 1927051274
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Kilts on the Coast written by Jan Peterson and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2012 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Hudson's Bay Company decided to establish its new Pacific coast headquarters at Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island in 1843, the Island was a pristine paradise--or an isolated wilderness, depending on one's point of view--that had sustained its First Nations inhabitants for millennia. It was one of the last places to be discovered and settled by Europeans in North America. It was Scots who came to the Island to manage the Company's business in Fort Victoria, engaging in the fur trade and establishing coal-mining ventures around what is now Nanaimo, where "black diamonds" were found in abundance. From founding father James Douglas and other high-placed Company men to the humble miners from Orkney and Ayrshire who were brought over on harsh voyages around Cape Horn to work Nanaimo's mines, the Scottish influence on the young Colony of Vancouver Island was indelible. Nanaimo author and historian Jan Peterson focuses on events and people who sparked settlement and growth in BC's first Crown Colony over six critical years, 1848 to 1854, and delves deep into the roots of the Island's Scottish presence, tracing the lives of such pioneers as Dr. William Tolmie, Robert Dunsmuir and their descendants.

Canada's Landmarks Gr. 4-6

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Publisher : On The Mark Press
ISBN 13 : 1770727515
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Canada's Landmarks Gr. 4-6 written by and published by On The Mark Press. This book was released on with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island

Author : Thomas William Paterson
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 9781895811803
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island written by Thomas William Paterson and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 1999 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leechtown, Wellington, Bevan, Kildonan, Fort Rupert, Cape Scott . . .Vancouver Island's ghost towns dot the Island from its southern end to its northern tip, and their stories chart the boom and bust of the resource economy that still characterizes the region. Well illustrated with maps and an abundance of photos, archival and modern, Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Islandis filled with tales of the famous and the not-so-famous. The Dunsmuirs appear throughout the book, but so do the First Nations who lived here first and the many European and Asian settlers who were drawn by the promise of wealth and land.

Working People

Author : Desmond Morton
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773518018
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Working People written by Desmond Morton and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1998 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desmond Morton highlights the great events of labour history -- the 1902 meeting that enabled international unions to dominate Canadian unionism for seventy years, the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, and an obscure 1944 order-in-council that became the charter of labour's rights and freedoms. He looks at the "new model" unions that used their members' dues and savings to fight powerful employers and describes the romantic idealism of the Knights of Labor in the 1880s, one of the most dramatic and visionary movements ever to seize the Canadian imagination. He recounts the desperate struggles of miners, loggers, and fishers to protect themselves from both employers and the dangers of their work. Working People explores the clash between idealists, who fought for such impossible dreams as an eight-hour day, socialism, holidays with pay, industrial democracy, and equality for women and men, and the realists who wrestled with the human realities of self-interest, prejudice, and fear. Morton tells us about Canadians who deserve to be better known, such as Phillips Thompson, Helena Gutteridge, Lynn Williams, Huguette Plamondon, Mabel Marlowe, Madeleine Parent, and a hundred others whose struggle to reconcile idealism and reality shaped Canada more than they would ever know. This new edition brings the book up to date with discussions of globalization and its challenge to nationally based workers' organizations.

Ghost Stories of British Columbia

Author : Jo-Anne Christensen
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459726499
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Stories of British Columbia written by Jo-Anne Christensen and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1996-09-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive collection of supernatural tales drawn from the provinces history, its archives, and its people.

The Haunting of Vancouver Island

Author : Shanon Sinn
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
ISBN 13 : 177151244X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book The Haunting of Vancouver Island written by Shanon Sinn and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling investigation into supernatural events and local lore on Vancouver Island. Vancouver Island is known worldwide for its arresting natural beauty, but those who live here know that it is also imbued with a palpable supernatural energy. Researcher Shanon Sinn found his curiosity piqued by stories of mysterious sightings on the island—ghosts, sasquatches, sea serpents—but he was disappointed in the sensational and sometimes disrespectful way they were being retold or revised. Acting on his desire to transform these stories from unsubstantiated gossip to thoroughly researched accounts, Sinn uncovered fascinating details, identified historical inconsistencies, and now retells these encounters as accurately as possible. Investigating 25 spellbinding tales that wind their way from the south end of the island to the north, Sinn explored hauntings in cities, in the forest, and on isolated logging roads. In addition to visiting castles, inns, and cemeteries, he followed the trail of spirits glimpsed on mountaintops, beaches, and water, and visited Heriot Bay Inn on Quadra Island and the Schooner Restaurant in Tofino to personally scrutinize reports of hauntings. Featuring First Nations stories from each of the three Indigenous groups who call Vancouver Island home—the Coast Salish, the Nuu-chah-nulth, and the Kwakwaka’wakw—the book includes an interview with Hereditary Chief James Swan of Ahousaht.

Along the E&N

Author : Glen A. Mofford
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
ISBN 13 : 1771512881
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book Along the E&N written by Glen A. Mofford and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1885, Vancouver Island’s E&N rail service carried coal to smelters and ships, and the towns in the railway’s path prospered as the tracks expanded. Along the E&N celebrates the historic and still-surviving hotels and roadhouses that sprung up near the E&N. Within this carefully researched historical narrative, you’ll find stories of the halfway house in the Esquimalt District, the murder and suicide at the Mt Sicker Hotel, and the iconic Quinsam Hotel in Campbell River, burned down in 2017. Peppered with stories of patrons and proprietors alike, this book chronicles the history of sixty hotels—most long gone, destroyed by fire, or simply demolished. Featuring some of the old hotels remodelled into modern-day neighbourhood pubs—such as the Rod & Gun, the Fanny Bay Inn, the Shady Rest, the Cumberland Pub, and the Waverley Pub—Along the E&N resonates with the haunting echoes of the train’s iconic whistle.

When Coal Was King

Author : John Hinde
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774840145
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book When Coal Was King written by John Hinde and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The town of Ladysmith was one of the most important coal-mining communities on Vancouver Island during the early twentieth century. The Ladysmith miners had a reputation for radicalism and militancy and engaged in bitter struggles for union recognition and economic justice, most notably the Great Strike of 1912-14. This strike, one of the longest and most violent labour disputes in Canadian history, marked a watershed in the history of the town and the coal industry.