Describes the history of Vancouver Island, beginning with the cultures of the Indians and ending with the Second World War.
Record details
ISBN:9780920663035 (pbk.)
ISBN:0920663036 (pbk.)
Physical Description:print viii, 248 p. : ill ; 22 cm.
Publisher:Ganges, BC : Horsdal & Schubart, c1986.
Content descriptions
General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: p. 239-243.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. The West-Coast people -- 2. Closing the Pacific -- 3. Years of expansion -- 4. Fort Victoria -- 5. Company men -- 6. Hardrock and soft -- 7. Breaking the land -- 8. Manifest destiny -- 9. Rogues, red lights and rum -- 10. Selling the island -- 11. Industrial convolutions.