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Books about the history of BC.
A River Captured

A River Captured

The Columbia River Treaty and Catastrophic Change - Revised and Updated
by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : environmental conservation & protection, rivers, natural resources

A River Captured explores the controversial history of the Columbia River Treaty and its impact on the ecosystems, Indigenous peoples, contemporary culture, cross-border politics and recent history of the Pacific Northwest.

 

Long lauded as a model of international co-operation, the Columbia River Treaty governs the storage and management of the waters of the upper Columbia River basin, a region rich in water resources and with a natural geography well suited to hydroelectric megaprojects. The Tre …

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Entering Time

Entering Time

The Fungus Man Platters of Charles Edenshaw
by Colin Browne
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : native american studies, canadian studies

During the groundbreaking Charles Edenshaw exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2013, poet Colin Browne found himself returning often to study three large argillite platters carved by the Haida master in the late 1800s. Produced several years apart, each depicts an identical scene at the same moment: two frightened figures in a canoe appear to be on a mission. One is the Raven, in supernatural form, brandishing a spear; the other, in the stern, is a human-like figure with a circular head. …

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150 Years of Canadian Beer Labels

150 Years of Canadian Beer Labels

by Lawrence C. Sherk, foreword by Ian Coutts
edition:Hardcover
tagged : branding & logo design, typography, canadiana

Shortlisted for the 2017 Taste Canada Food Writing Awards

In celebration of Canada’s 150 birthday, one of the country’s most avid collectors of breweriana showcases a stunning selection of beer labels dating from the late 1870s to the present day.

What’s more Canadian than beer? Craft brewing has exploded across Canada, reinvigorating the country’s love and appreciation for its favourite beverage. But Canadians have always treasured beer—a fact evidenced by these 150 vintage labels that …

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Aqua Vitae

Aqua Vitae

A History of the Saloons and Hotel Bars of Victoria, 1851-1917
by Glen A. Mofford
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : social history

A rowdy, rollicking popular history that celebrates the tales of Victoria’s drinking establishments in their heyday.

From the raunchy saloons that lined Victoria’s notorious Johnson street to the lavish high-class hotel-bars like the Driard and the Empress, Aqua Vitae is a collection of fascinating true stories from the days of swinging doors, smoky bars, and five-cent beers.

Read about how the quick actions of an employee of the Bee-hive saloon saved a young Emily Carr from possible death. Di …

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Gold Rush Queen

Gold Rush Queen

The Extraordinary Life of Nellie Cashman
by Thora Illing
edition:eBook
tagged : women, historical

A biography of the extraordinary Nellie Cashman, a well-loved miner, entrepreneur and philanthropist who lived and worked in the roughest boomtowns of the West in the late-nineteenth century.

At a time when well-bred women wore tight corsets and entertained each other at tea, Nellie Cashman (1845–1925) was trekking for hundreds of miles through blizzard conditions to deliver food and supplies to trapped miners in Northern BC.

An Irish immigrant, Cashman travelled from Boston to San Francisco in …

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Gold Rush Queen

Gold Rush Queen

The Extraordinary Life of Nellie Cashman
by Thora Kerr Illing
edition:Paperback
tagged : women, historical

A biography of the extraordinary Nellie Cashman, a well-loved miner, entrepreneur and philanthropist who lived and worked in the roughest boomtowns of the West in the late-nineteenth century.

At a time when well-bred women wore tight corsets and entertained each other at tea, Nellie Cashman (1845–1925) was trekking for hundreds of miles through blizzard conditions to deliver food and supplies to trapped miners in Northern BC.

An Irish immigrant, Cashman travelled from Boston to San Francisco in …

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A Perfect Eden

A Perfect Eden

Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island
by Michael Layland
edition:Hardcover
tagged : pre-confederation (to 1867), expeditions & discoveries

Shortlisted for two 2016 BC Book Prizes
Finalist for the 2016 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing

A compelling history of the earliest explorers to Vancouver Island, brought to life with illustrations and maps.

 

In 1842, when explorer James Douglas encountered the rugged natural paradise that would become Vancouver Island, he described it as “a perfect Eden." This book gathers the early recorded histories and personal accounts left by Chinese seafarers, Spanish and British naval …

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Blood, Sweat, and Fear

Blood, Sweat, and Fear

The Story of Inspector Vance, Vancouver's First Forensic Investigator
by Eve Lazarus
edition:Paperback
tagged : serial killers, post-confederation (1867-)

Finalist, Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award

During his forty-two-year-career he helped detectives in Vancouver, Victoria, and throughout BC solve hit-and-runs, safe-crackings, and some of the most sensational murder cases of the 20th century. Vance was constantly called to crime scenes and to testify in court because of his skills in serology, toxicology, and autopsy.

When Vance was first called to a crime scene in 1914, forensics was in its infancy. Vancouver was the first police departm …

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