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The Pioneers of British Columbia

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  1. Hobnobbing with a Countess and Other Okanagan Adventures

    Hobnobbing with a Countess and Other Okanagan Adventures

    The Diaries of Alice Barrett Parke, 1891-1900

    Edited by Jo Fraser Jones

    Series The Pioneers of British Columbia

    UBC Press

    In 1891, Alice Barrett moved from Port Dover, Ontario, to the Okanagan Valley. Few women’s diaries have survived from that time, and Barrett Parke recalls a period of profound transformation in a region newly opened to white... Learn More
    Published: 10th October 2001
    Hardback | £87.00
    Paperback | £31.00
    PDF | £30.00
  2. This Blessed Wilderness

    This Blessed Wilderness

    Archibald McDonald's Letters from the Columbia, 1822-44

    By Jean M. Cole

    Series The Pioneers of British Columbia

    UBC Press

    This book traces 25 turbulent years (1821-46) in the Pacific Northwest's fur trade through the experiences of Archibald McDonald, a trader, cartographer and literate observer of his times.... Learn More
    Published: 10th February 2001
    Hardback | £87.00
    Paperback | £28.99
    PDF | £28.00
  3. Fort Langley Journals, 1827-30

    Fort Langley Journals, 1827-30

    By Morag Maclachlan

    Series The Pioneers of British Columbia

    UBC Press

    Contains a wealth of information about social and administrative life at Fort Langley.... Learn More
    Published: 27th July 1998
    Hardback | £87.00
    Paperback | £28.99
  4. The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney

    The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney

    1862-65

    Edited by Allan Pritchard

    Series The Pioneers of British Columbia

    UBC Press

    This previously unknown collection of letters lets us experience colonial British Columbia through the eyes of a young British naval officer who spent three years on Vancouver Island commanding a Royal Navy gunboat during the... Learn More
    Published: 1st January 1996
    Hardback | £78.00
  5. The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney

    The Vancouver Island Letters of Edmund Hope Verney

    1862-65

    Edited by Allan Pritchard

    Series The Pioneers of British Columbia

    UBC Press

    This previously unknown collection of letters lets us experience colonial British Columbia through the eyes of a young British naval officer who spent three years on Vancouver Island commanding a Royal Navy gunboat during the... Learn More
    Published: 1st January 1996
    Paperback | £28.99
  6. Alex Lord's British Columbia

    Alex Lord's British Columbia

    Recollections of a Rural School Inspector, 1915-1936

    Edited by John Calam

    Series The Pioneers of British Columbia

    UBC Press

    These memoirs invite the reader to experience the British Columbia that Alex Lord knew. Through his words, we endure the difficulties of travel in this mountainous province.... Learn More
    Published: 1st January 1991
    Hardback | £78.00
    Paperback | £31.00
    PDF | £28.00
  7. A Pioneer Gentlewoman in British Columbia

    A Pioneer Gentlewoman in British Columbia

    The Recollections of Susan Allison

    By Margaret A. Ormsby

    Series The Pioneers of British Columbia

    UBC Press

    In 1860, at the age of fourteen, Susan Louisa Moir left England for British Columbia. After settling initially at Hope, she lived briefly in both Victoria and New Westminster, then B.C.’s two most important settlements. Returning... Learn More
    Published: 1st January 1991
    Paperback | £25.99
    PDF | £28.00
  8. Robert Brown and the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition

    Robert Brown and the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition

    Edited by John Hayman

    Series The Pioneers of British Columbia

    UBC Press

    ... Learn More
    Published: 1st January 1989
    Paperback | £28.99
    PDF | £28.00
  9. They Call Me Father

    They Call Me Father

    Memoirs of Father Nicolas Coccola

    Edited by Margaret Whitehead

    Series The Pioneers of British Columbia

    UBC Press

    These fascinating memoirs of Father Nicolas Coccola, a Corsican-born Oblatean who arrived in British Columbia in 1880, reveal the complexity of the work carried out by ordinary missionary priests.... Learn More
    Published: 1st January 1988
    Paperback | £28.99
  10. Overland from Canada to British Columbia

    Overland from Canada to British Columbia

    By Mr. Thomas McMicking of Queenston, Canada West

    Edited by Joanne Leduc

    Series The Pioneers of British Columbia

    UBC Press

    Spurred on by reports of gold in the Cariboo, adventurers from all overthe world descended on British Columbia in the mid-1800s. Among themwere ambitious easterners who accepted the challenge of the shorter butmore arduous overland... Learn More
    Published: 1st January 1981
    Paperback | £28.99

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