The Princess story : a century and a half of West Coast shipping

Hacking, Norman R. 1912-1997 (author.). Lamb, W. Kaye, (William Kaye), 1904-1999 (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 0888360029
ISBN: 9780888360021
Physical Description: 360 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
print
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : Mitchell Press, 1976.
Copyright: ©1974.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index (pages 350-360).

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I: Ancestry: H.B.C. and C.P.N. 1827 - 1901 / by Norman R. Hacking : Early Hudson's Bay Company Services -- The Beaver: 1935 - 1850 -- Hudson's Bay Vessels, 1851 - 1858 -- Hudson's Bay Company and the Pioneer Line, 1858 - 1883 -- Beginnings of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company -- The premier and the Islander -- Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, 1890 - 1897 -- The Klondike Gold Rush. Part II: The British Columbia Coast Service 1901 - 1974 / by W. kaye Lamb : The canadian Pacific Takes Over -- The Rate War and After -- High Hopes and Tragedy -- The Nineteen-Twenties -- The Depression and World War II -- Indian Summer -- Difficult Days -- New Ships and New Ways. Appendix -- Finances of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, Limited -- Fleet Lists -- Acknowledgements -- Index.