A Traveller's Guide to Historic British Columbia

by Rosemary Neering

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"Revised and completely updated, this new edition of takes travellers, armchair and actual, on a road trip through the province's history. Included in this new edition are First Nations experiences, displays and museums that describe indigenous heritage; details of changing museums and revamped and newly designated heritage sites; and notes of sites and buildings that sadly have slipped away."--

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Common Knowledge

Important places
British Columbia, Canada; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
First words
Beside a turbulent creek in the mountainous back country behind Lillooet, weathered wood and listing machinery sag into the ground. In 1940, entering the fifth month of a bitter strike, 55 union members set up camp deep in th... (show all)is mine, vowing to outlast the mining company in a bitter strike for better wages and working. conditions.
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English

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Genres
Travel, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS
917.1104History & geographyGeography & travelGeography of and travel in North AmericaCanadaBritish Columbia
LCC
FC3812Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin AmericaCanadian History (LCC Extension)
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