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Book Synopsis Carving the Western Path by : R. G. Harvey
Download or read book Carving the Western Path written by R. G. Harvey and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Carving the Western Path by : Robert Gourlay Harvey
Download or read book Carving the Western Path written by Robert Gourlay Harvey and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century of dealmaking and government misdeeds forms the backdrop of this entertaining account of sternwheelers, iron horses and mountain roads. Battling factions of rail builders crossed many a line in the sand as they carved up both the land and the spoils of industry. Did both federal and provincial politicians wittingly sabotage road construction programs to the benefit of the rail barons? Were Cornelius Van Horne, Major A.B. Rogers and Andrew McCulloch fully deserving of the accolades bestowed on them? Was railway man J.J. Hill a genius or an opportunist? R.G. Harvey has applied a keen mind and deft pen to uncover skulduggery in politics and critical routing errors by the early surveyors and engineers who "carved their western paths." In turn he has exposed new scars and wrinkles to add to historic portraits otherwise untainted.
Book Synopsis Marine Engineer and Motorship Builder by :
Download or read book Marine Engineer and Motorship Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aggie and Mudgy written by Wendy Proverbs and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2021-11-17 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the true story of the author’s biological mother and aunt, this middle-grade novel traces the long and frightening journey of two Kaska Dena sisters as they are taken from their home to attend residential school. When Maddy discovers an old photograph of two little girls in her grandmother’s belongings, she wants to know who they are. Nan reluctantly agrees to tell her the story, though she is unsure if Maddy is ready to hear it. The girls in the photo, Aggie and Mudgy, are two Kaska Dena sisters who lived many years ago in a remote village on the BC–Yukon border. Like countless Indigenous children, they were taken from their families at a young age to attend residential school, where they endured years of isolation and abuse. As Nan tells the story, Maddy asks many questions about Aggie and Mudgy’s 1,600-kilometre journey by riverboat, mail truck, paddlewheeler, steamship, and train, from their home to Lejac Residential School in central BC. Nan patiently explains historical facts and geographical places of the story, helping Maddy understand Aggie and Mudgy’s transitional world. Unlike many books on this subject, this story focuses on the journey toresidential school rather than the experience of attending the school itself. It offers a glimpse into the act of being physically uprooted and transported far away from loved ones. Aggie and Mudgy captures the breakdown of family by the forces of colonialism, but also celebrates the survival and perseverance of the descendants of residential school survivors to reestablish the bonds of family. Winner, 2022 City of Victoria Children's Book Prize Winner, 2022 Jeanne Clarke Regional History Award Shortlisted, 2022/23 First Nations Communities READ Award Nominated, 2022 Rocky Mountain Book Award
Book Synopsis Engineering; an Illustrated Weekly Journal by :
Download or read book Engineering; an Illustrated Weekly Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shipbuilding & Shipping Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Seine from Havre to Paris by : Thomas Edward Thorpe
Download or read book The Seine from Havre to Paris written by Thomas Edward Thorpe and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Statesman's Year Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Statesman's Year-Book by : J. Scott-Keltie
Download or read book The Statesman's Year-Book written by J. Scott-Keltie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 1497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Book Synopsis The Statesman's Year-book by : Frederick Martin
Download or read book The Statesman's Year-book written by Frederick Martin and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Indian and Eastern Engineer by :
Download or read book The Indian and Eastern Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Steamboat Bill written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Passenger and Merchant Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways by : David R.P. Guay
Download or read book Passenger and Merchant Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways written by David R.P. Guay and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-07-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first detailed account of the rise and fall of the maritime branches of two of Canada’s great transcontinental railways of the early twentieth century: the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern.
Download or read book Motorship written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sail, Steam, and Diesel by : Eric Hirsimaki
Download or read book Sail, Steam, and Diesel written by Eric Hirsimaki and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2024-04-01 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water transportation has played a key role in the Great Lakes region’s settlement and economic growth, from providing entry into the new lake states to offering cheap transportation for the goods they produced. There are numerous tales surrounding the Great Lakes shipping trade, but few storytellers have addressed the factors that influenced the use, design, and evolution of the ships that sailed the inland seas. Sail, Steam, and Diesel: Moving Cargo on the Great Lakes provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of Great Lakes ships over the centuries, from small birch-bark canoes originally used in the region to the massive thousand-footers of today. The author also looks at the economics of vessel operation in the context of the expanding scope of the shipping industry, which was crucial in catapulting America into becoming an industrial juggernaut. The captains of industry and the sailors whose labor propelled the trade populate this account, which also offers solemn acknowledgment of the high cost paid in both lost ships and lives. Although they might not realize it, millions of Americans have owed their livelihoods to the Great Lakes boats, and this volume is an excellent way to recognize the importance of this regional industry.
Book Synopsis The Making of India by : Kartar Lalvani
Download or read book The Making of India written by Kartar Lalvani and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of The Making of India begins in the seventeenth century, when a small seafaring island, one tenth the size of the Indian subcontinent, despatched sailing ships over 11,000 miles on a five-month trading journey in search of new opportunities. In the end they helped build a new nation. The sheer audacity and scale of such an endeavour, the courage and enterprise, have no parallel in world history. This book is the first to assess in a single volume almost all aspects of Britain's remarkable contribution in providing India with its lasting institutional and physical infrastructure, which continues to underpin the world's largest democracy in the twenty-first century.
