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When Coal Was King: Ladysmith in the Coal-Mining Industry on Vancouver Island
WHEN COAL WAS KING, Ladysmith was a small, undistinguished pit-town, one of thousands around the industrializingworld. On the eve of the Great War, Ladysmith’s population barely passed 3,200. Compared with Nanaimo or Cumberland, let alone...
BC Studies no. 144 Winter 2004-2005 | Page(s) 125-6
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Love of the Salish Sea Islands: New Essays, Memoir and Poetry by 40 Island Writers
The Salish Sea is an international ecosystem that features an amazing array of gorgeous and largely tranquil islands. Tourists and residents enjoy the rural simplicity of the islands and from most appearances, the living is...
BC Studies no. 205 Spring 2020
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High Boats: A Century of Salmon Remembered
The commercial salmon fishery has recently inspired a spate of books on the fading of the salmon industry. This volume fits into that literature. Among its special virtues are its basis in a specific area...
BC Studies no. 147 Autumn 2005 | Page(s) 127-8
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The W̲SÁNEĆ and Their Neighbours: Diamond Jenness on the Coast Salish of Vancouver Island, 1935
Anthropologist Rolf Knight launched a new chapter of Indigenous history in 1978 with the publication of his book, Indians at Work: An Informal History of Native Indian Labour in British Columbia, 1858-1930.[1] In contrast to...
BC Studies no. 197 Spring 2018 | Page(s) 169-72
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Back to the Land: Ceramics from Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, 1970-1985
Earning a decent living from pottery is difficult. Crafts, in general, do not support high earners. The notion that any amateur can throw a pot has kept professional potters just above the poverty line —...
BC Studies no. 181 Spring 2014 | Page(s) 147-48
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The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, 1577-1580
This book represents an expanded form of the much debated revelations of Samuel Bawlf concerning the Pacific Ocean explorations of Francis Drake during his 1577–80 voyage of circumnavigation. Parts of the voyage account are well known,...
BC Studies no. 146 Summer 2005 | Page(s) 101-3
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This Day in Vancouver
There are some stories about Vancouver that bear retelling. Take the tale of Theodore Ludgate, an American capitalist in the lumber trade who arrived in the city around 1899 with a lease for the...
BC Studies no. 185 Spring 2015 | Page(s) 206-09
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Put that Damned Old Mattock Away
In Put that Damned Old Mattock Away, long-time Gulf Island resident David Spalding draws on oral histories, a variety of archival documents, and his grandfather’s delightfully written and illustrated diary (1914-32) to explore life on...
BC Studies no. 185 Spring 2015 | Page(s) 202-03
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Fishing the River of Time
Here is an entertaining addition to the shelf of books about Vancouver Island. Depending upon the reader’s own experiences in life, and the breadth of his interests, he may be amused by Taylor’s rambling memories...
BC Studies no. 182 Summer 2014 | Page(s) 230-231
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Is it a house? Archaeological Excavations at English Camp, San Juan Island, Washington
Synthesizing archaeological research results from the Salish Sea can be a time-consuming task because of the international boundary that currently divides the region. This is further complicated by the rise of cultural resource management archaeology...
BC Studies no. 176 Winter 2012-2013 | Page(s) 157-9
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Alberni Prehistory: Archaeological and Ethnographic Investigations on Western Vancouver Island
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 64, Winter 1984
BC Studies no. 64 Winter 1984-1985 | Page(s) 82-4
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Boss Whistle: The Coal Miners of Vancouver Island Remember
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 58, Summer 1983
BC Studies no. 58 Summer 1983 | Page(s) 71
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Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney, 1862-65
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 113, Spring 1997
BC Studies no. 113 Spring 1997 | Page(s) 107-9
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Mayne Island and the Outer Gulf Islands: A History
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 65, Spring 1985
BC Studies no. 65 Spring 1985 | Page(s) 71-2
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“Haida Burial Practices…;” Jerome S. Cybulski, “The Gust Island Burial Shelter: Physical Anthropology;” Archaeological Survey of Canada Mercury Series (Paper No. 9.)
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 21, Spring 1974
BC Studies no. 21 Spring 1974 | Page(s) 59-60
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Bowen Island, 1872- 1972
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 22, Summer 1974
BC Studies no. 22 Summer 1974 | Page(s) 77-9
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Salt Spring: The Story of an Island
PDF – Wheeler Review Essay – BC Studies 121, Spring 1999
BC Studies no. 121 Spring 1999 | Page(s) 125-8
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Vancouver Island: Land of Contrasts
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 44, Winter 1979
BC Studies no. 44 Winter 1979-1980 | Page(s) 78-80
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Sointula: Island Utopia
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 109, Spring 1996
BC Studies no. 109 Spring 1996 | Page(s) 97-8
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Dancing in Gumboots: Adventure, Love & Resilience: Women of the Comox Valley
Dancing in Gumboots: Adventure, Love & Resilience: Women of the Comox Valley is a collection of memoirs by thirty-two women who came to the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island in the 1970s. Drawn by an...