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This Was Our Valley
The 2019 edition of This Was Our Valley by Shirlee Smith Matheson and Earl K. Pollon continues a longstanding conversation about the impacts of large dams in northern British Columbia. This story, told in three acts,...
BC Studies no. 205 Spring 2020 | Page(s) 121-122
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Echoes of British Columbia: Voices from the Frontier
For devotees of British Columbian history and, in particular, of the province’s local histories, the origins of Robert Budd’s latest collection of oral history transcripts will be familiar. Drawn from the pioneering work of...
BC Studies no. 188 Winter 2015-2016 | Page(s) 122-23
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The Legendary Betty Frank: The Cariboo’s Alpine Queen
As a young girl, Betty Cox (Frank) had some very non-traditional ideas of what she wanted to be when she grew up. She dreamed of riding horses, mushing dogs, and guiding hunters in the northern...
BC Studies no. 175 Autumn 2012 | Page(s) 133-34
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Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Northwest Coast of America
The fourth in a series of historical dictionaries from the Scarecrow Press, Robin Inglis’s Historical Dictionary meets the standard set by its predecessors. In a good, general introduction (there are no citations or notes), Inglis...
BC Studies no. 169 Spring 2011 | Page(s) 152-155
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Royal City: A Photographic History of New Westminster, 1858-1960
Today, many residents of the Lower Mainland know New Westminster only as the site of traffic jams as they wait to get on to the Pattullo, the Queensborough, and Alex Fraser bridges; Highway 401; or...