Download or read book Sir James Douglas and British Columbia written by Walter Noble Sage and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the life of Douglas from his early years in the fur trade at Fort Vancouver (1830-46), to his position of Governor at the new colony in Vancouver Island.
Download or read book Sir James Douglas and British Columbia written by Walter N. Sage and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bonded Leather binding
Download or read book James Douglas written by Julie H. Ferguson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2009-10-05 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Douglas's story is one of high adventure in pre-Confederation Canada. It weaves through the heart of Canadian and Pacific Northwest history when British Columbia was a wild land, Vancouver didn't exist, and Victoria was a muddy village. Part black and illegitimate, Douglas was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1803 to a Scottish plantation owner and a mixed-race woman. After schooling in Scotland, the fifteen-year-old Douglas sailed to Canada in 1819 to join the fur trade. With roads non-existent, he travelled thousands of miles each year, using the rivers and lakes as his highways. He paddled canoes, drove dogsleds, and snowshoed to his destinations. Douglas became a hard-nosed fur trader, married a part-Cree wife, and nearly provoked a war between Britain and the United States over the San Juan Islands on the West Coast. When he was in his prime, he established Victoria and secrured the western region of British North America from the Russian Empire and the expansionist Americans. Eventually, Douglas became the controversial governor of the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia and oversaw the frenzied Fraser and Cariboo gold rushes.
Download or read book SIR JAMES DOUGLAS AND BRITISH COLUMBIA written by WALTER NOBLE. SAGE and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sir James Douglas written by Robert Hamilton Coats and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Makers of Canada Sir James Douglas by R H Coats and R E Gosnell 1908 written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Makers of Canada Sir James Douglas written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Columbia and Sir James Douglas K C B 1803 1877 written by Charles A. Banks and published by New York ; Montreal : Newcomen Society in North America. This book was released on 1954 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book British Columbia and Sir James Douglas 1803 1877 written by Charles A. Banks and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book James Douglas written by Alison F. Gardner and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside. This book was released on 1976 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sir James Douglas written by Robert Hamilton Coats and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Addresses and Memorials Together with Articles Reports c c from the Public Journals Upon the Occasion of the Retirement of Sir James Douglas K C B from the Governorship of the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Square Toes and His Lady written by John David Adams and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2011 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: August 12, 2003, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir James Douglas. Although he played an integral role in British Columbia's history, in many ways Douglas remains misunderstood and an enigma. He is known for his contradictory qualities -- he was self-serving, racist, a military hawk, sometimes violent and arrogant. Yet he was also extremely community oriented, a humanitarian, brave and a devoted family member. John Adam's bestseller Old Square-Toes and His Lady: The Life of James and Amelia Douglas serves as an important source of information regarding Douglas's public and private lives. As Adams writes, [the term] old square-toes characterizes him as an unbending, stodgy, boring individual, but nothing could be further from the truth. At the pinnacle of his career, Douglas was knighted by order of Queen Victoria. Considering his modest, mixed-race beginnings in South America, his lofty status is, indeed, remarkable. Equally so is the life of his wife, Amelia. She was also of mixed blood, her mother being Cree and her father Irish. But unlike Douglas, who was educated in Scotland, she never left the northern forests until they married. Their ending up as a knight and lady of the British Empire was an unusual achievement. Old Square-Toes discusses the Douglases' diverse experiences of astonishing contrasts, from crossing North America by canoe to touring Europe by train, from Native uprisings to the frantic gold rush. Besides finding glory, they also faced grief in losing seven of their beloved children. This is a story of the adventure, heartbreak, and devotion that lies at the roots of western Canada.
Download or read book Addresses and Memorials Together with Articles Reports c c from the Public Journals Upon the Occasion of the Retirement of Sir James Douglas K C B from the Governorship of the Colonies of Vancouver s Island and British Columbia written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sir James Douglas Private Papers written by James Douglas and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extracts and copies made for H.H. Bancroft at Victoria in 1878, of diaries, correspondence, and miscellaneous notes of which the originals are now in the Provincial Archives, British Columbia. Includes typescript transcription.
