Download or read book Encyclopedia of British Columbia written by Daniel Francis and published by Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BC publishing event of the decade! 30,000 copies in print!
Download or read book Cariboo Gold Rush written by Art Downs and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1858, some 30,000 gold seekers stampeded to the Fraser River. Scores perished during the gruelling journey, but some made their fortune and many pressed on northwards to the creeks of the Cariboo. Originally compiled by Art Downs, founder of Heritage House, this is a vivid and detailed account of the first gold strikes, the miners who made them and the incredible efforts to establish transportation routes and build roads to the Cariboo goldfields. Here are the stories of the legendary Williams Creek diggings, which yielded a golden harvest of over $2.6 million in 1862, and creeks with names like Lightning, Jack of Clubs and Last Chance. Also included are excerpts from the journals of Lord Milton and Walter B. Cheadle, who became the first tourists to the Cariboo in 1863. Richly descriptive and touched with humour, their first-hand account is a fascinating window into Cariboo history.
Download or read book Wagon Road North written by Art Downs and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A newly revised and updated edition of the classic pictorial account of the Cariboo Gold Rush trail. First published in 1960, Wagon Road North is the quintessential popular history book chronicling gold-rush-era BC. Focusing on the Cariboo Wagon Road—the crucial transportation route stretching from Fort Yale to Barkerville that made it possible for tens of thousands of prospectors to make their way to the Cariboo goldfields in the 1860s—this newly updated, expanded, and re-designed edition brings to life the adventures, hardships, and blind ambitions of the men and women who risked everything in the quest for gold. Packed with more than one hundred archival photos, many of them rarely seen, as well as maps and contemporary images of historical sites, this fascinating book is a visual celebration of a pivotal chapter in early BC history.
Download or read book Overland to Cariboo written by Margaret McNaughton and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the first overland journey from Fort Garry to the Cariboo. Includes an account of the state of the Cariboo district at the time of writing and biographical sketches of some of those who took part in the arduous trek.
Download or read book The Cariboo Trail written by Agnes C. Laut and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Barkerville and the Cariboo Goldfields written by Richard Wright and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2013 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of the men and women who dug for gold on Williams Creek are told in this revised and updated edition of a Canadian bestseller. The legendary town of Barkerville is flourishing today, just as it did more than 150 years ago, but this time under the care of professional and amateur historians. Richard Thomas Wright peels back the pages of history as he unearths the area's history and chronicles the fortunes and the follies of gold-rush-era Barkerville. The result of years of around-the-world research, Barkerville and the Cariboo Goldfields brings to life the men and women of the creeks who came in search of gold and left their mark on BC history. Wright mined the archives to bring forth new information on the development of the Cariboo goldfields and nearby places of interest. Barkerville includes dozens of little-known historical photos and a complete index. It is the best, most comprehensive source of detailed information on this important national heritage site.
Download or read book Golden Nuggets written by Branwen Christine Patenaude and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 1998 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When gold was discovered on the Fraser River, the rush was on. By early spring of 1858 the need for shelter, food, rest stops and stores became very apparent, as miners and would-be-miners made their way up into the hinterland. From Yale to Barkerville, roadhouses sprung up along the Cariboo's gold-rush trail. From their crude beginning, the roadhouses soon grew to be more than just stopovers. The roadhouses are gone, but the communities, villages, towns and cities remain. Golden Nuggets, with pictures and written text, brings the roadhouses back to life and gives us a glimpse of yesterday.
Download or read book A Trail of Broken Dreams written by Barbara Haworth-Attard and published by Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2004 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still reeling from the death of her mother, Harriet sets out on a dangerous journey -- disguised as a boy, since no "petticoats" are allowed on the trip -- determined to find her missing father in the gold fields of British Columbia's Cariboo. The journey itself is incredibly difficult, and Harriet still has to find her father before the winter snows close down the entire Williams Creek area. Will she be able to find him, or will her journey be for nothing?
Download or read book Wagon Road North written by Art Downs and published by Heritage Group Distribution. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The B.C. encyclopedia calls this "the most notable B.C.-published book to follow the 1958 breakthrough [in regional publishing, and is] among the top five all-time B.C. bestsellers."
Download or read book New Perspectives on the Gold Rush written by Donald J. Bourdon and published by Royal British Columbia Museum. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1858, reports of gold found on the Fraser River spurred tens of thousands of people--mostly men--to rush into the territory we now call British Columbia. They came with visions of fortune in their eyes. The lucky ones struck it rich, but most left penniless or died trying for the motherlode. Some stayed behind and helped build the colony and the province of British Columbia.
Download or read book Cariboo Runaway written by Sandy Frances Duncan and published by Gabriola Island, B.C. : Pacific Edge Pub.. This book was released on 1989-12-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grade level: 5, 6, 7, 8, e, i, s.
Download or read book Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada and of Its Crystalline Rocks Sent to the London International Exhibition for 1862 written by Geological Survey of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada by the Geological Corps written by Geological Survey of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Report written by Geological Survey of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gold Gold in Cariboo A Story of Adventure in British Columbia 1894 written by Clive Phillipps-Wolley and published by . This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Treasures of Canada written by Alan Edouard Samuel and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tome is an extensive record of Canada's treasures including art, architecture, historical sites, and spots of natural beauty.
