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[British Columbia] Mineral Map
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24747
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1951
- Publisher
- Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys
- Call Number
- C7-3.18 A & B
- Publisher
- Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys
- Published Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col
- Scale
- Scale: 20 miles: 1 inch
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Accession Number
- 673
- Call Number
- C7-3.18 A & B
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The cariboo story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20066
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1958
- Author
- Lindsay, F.W.
- Publisher
- [Quesnel, B.C.] : [Quesnel Advertiser
- Call Number
- 08.2 L64t
- Author
- Lindsay, F.W.
- Responsibility
- F.W. Lindsay
- Publisher
- [Quesnel, B.C.] : [Quesnel Advertiser
- Published Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 52 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of stories combined to tell the story of Cariboo, British Columbia. While not entirely complete in nature, the author dedicates the history to the men who chose the disgruntled forest life, over that of comfort and stability. The author, F.W. Lindsay explains the relationship between pioneers and Americans, arguing that our best pioneers were American men. Readers can expect to learn more about Cariboo, while taking in the patriotic undertones of the publication.
- Notes
- by F.W. Lindsay ; with pen and ink illustrations by Gwen Lewis.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.2 L64t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Columbia unveiled : being the story of a trip, alone, in a rowboat from the source to the mouth of the Columbia River, together with a full description of the country traversed, and the rapids battled
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3569
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1924
- Author
- Lorraine, M. J
- Publisher
- Los Angeles : Times-Mirror
- Call Number
- 02.3 C72l
- Author
- Lorraine, M. J
- Publisher
- Los Angeles : Times-Mirror
- Published Date
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 466p. : ill., map
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Accession Number
- 1000
- Call Number
- 02.3 C72l
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The geography of memory : reclaiming the cultural, natural and spiritual history of the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First people
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25654
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Delehanty Pearkes, Eileen
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 07.2 D37a
- Author
- Delehanty Pearkes, Eileen
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- 1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
- Abstract
- This compact book records a quest for understanding, to find the story behind the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First Nation. Known in the United States as the Arrow Lakes Indians of the Colville Confederated Tribes, the tribe lived along the upper Columbia River and its tributaries for thousands of years. In a story unique to First Nations in Canada, the Canadian federal government declared them “extinct” in 1956, eliminating with the stroke of a pen this tribe’s ability to legally access 80 per cent of their trans-boundary traditional territory. Part travelogue, part cultural history, the book details the culture, place names, practices, and landscape features of this lost tribe of British Columbia, through a contemporary lens that presents all readers with an opportunity to participate in reconciliation. -- From publisher
- ISBN
- 9781771605212
- Accession Number
- P2022.14
- Call Number
- 07.2 D37a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Hard is the journey : stories of Chinese settlement in British Columbia's Kootenay
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26249
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Chow, Lily
- Publisher
- Qualicum Beach, BC : Caitlin Press
- Call Number
- 08.3 C46h
- Author
- Chow, Lily
- Publisher
- Qualicum Beach, BC : Caitlin Press
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Chinese
- Women
- Immigration
- Canada
- History
- British Columbia
- Abstract
- In Hard is the Journey, award-winning historian and researcher Lily Chow shares the difficult history of Chinese Canadians in the Kootenay. She unearths the racism of early newspapers that portrayed Chinese immigrants as dirty, sinister, and lethargic people not fit to live in BC and uncovers the history of the Chinese labourers who completed the deadly work of blazing the Dewdney Trail from Hope to Kootenay only to be dismissed, without any compensation, as soon as the project was completed. She also offers an intimate and inspiring look into the many ways Chinese immigrants survived, finding community, building resilience, and preserving their culture. Piecing together interviews with Kootenay residents and descendents of Chinese immigrants, government records and documents, and early newspaper articles, Chow bravely exposes dark parts of BC's history while shedding light on the struggles but also resilience and untold accomplishments of the Chinese immigrants who risked everything and often lost their lives in building the Canada we know today. Hard is the Journey is Chow's fourth book on the history of Chinese Canadians. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Wild Horse Creek gold rush: Fisherville -- The key city: Cranbrook -- Once the Farwell town: Revelstoke -- The queen city: Nelson -- The golden city: Rossland -- Afterword.
- ISBN
- 9781773860749
- Accession Number
- P2024.02
- Call Number
- 08.3 C46h
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Highways, motor camps and stopping places in British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24953
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1929
- Author
- Bureau of Provincial Information
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Printer to the King
- Call Number
- 02.5 B85h PAM
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- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Printer to the King
- Published Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 96 pages : illustrations, maps
- Abstract
- Pertains to highways, camping, and stopping places in British Columbia as of 1929 - includes maps and descriptions
- Contents
- British Columbia:
- Camps and Fire Precautions
- Fishing and Hunting
- Island Highway
- Vancouver Highways
- Dewdney Road
- Pacific Highways
- Yale Road
- Cariboo Road
- South Trunk Highway
- Kamloops-Okanagan Highway
- Trans-provincial Highway
- Northern Highway
- Okanagan-Arrow-Kootenay Lakes
- Columbia Valley Highway
- Accession Number
- 2014.8336
- Call Number
- 02.5 B85h PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Mentioned as a "Special Publication" in this document entitled "Publications of the Government of British Columbia 1811-1947"
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Historic Yale : British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20114
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1954
- Author
- Rev. Gordon Forbes, O.M.I, John E. Gibbard, Norman Hacking, D.A. McGregor, Bruce Ramsey, Noel Robinson and H.B. Scudamore.
- Publisher
- Vancouver Section, British Columbia Historical Association
- Call Number
- 08.2 F74h Pam
- Publisher
- Vancouver Section, British Columbia Historical Association
- Published Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 32 pages.
- Subjects
- Yale
- British Columbia
- Abstract
- Pertains to a brief collection of information working to tell the story of Yale, in British Columbia. The publication tells the history of the small town, while also grounding it with more modern comparisons.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.2 F74h Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The kicking horse trail, scenic highway from Lake Louise, Alberta to Golden, British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19849
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1927
- Author
- Williams, M.B.
- Publisher
- [Ottawa], [F.A. Acland, printer]
- Call Number
- 02.6 W66k PAM
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- Author
- Williams, M.B.
- Responsibility
- M.B. Williams
- Publisher
- [Ottawa], [F.A. Acland, printer]
- Published Date
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 47 pages
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Travel
- Abstract
- Pertains to a Canadian Rocky Mountain travel guide. With the use of both images and text, the author has been successful in compiling a guide for travelling in the Canadian Rockies. The book is written in a narrative voice, as to immerse the reader into the Canadian Rocky Mountain experience. The author cover areas and landmarks ranging from Lake Louise, Alberta to Golden, British Columbia.
- Notes
- This version contains a unique annotation on the first page dating August 4, 1927 from Fred Johnston
- Accession Number
- 2019.50
- Call Number
- 02.6 W66k PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The URL is linked to an interactive website in which the reader can learn more about the author and her admiration for Canada’s national parks.
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A little town and a little girl
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25549
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1951
- Author
- Carr, Emily
- Publisher
- Toronto : Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited
- Call Number
- 06 C23a
- Author
- Carr, Emily
- Responsibility
- With a Foreword by Ira Dilworth
- Publisher
- Toronto : Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited
- Published Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- xvii, 124 pages
- Abstract
- Emily Carr describes her life in Victoria, British Columbia.
- Contents
- Beginnings ; James' Bay and Dallas Road ; Silence and Pioneers ; Saloons and Roadhouses ; Ways of Getting Round ; Father's Store ; New Neighbours ; Visiting Matrons ; Servants ; East and West ; Cathedral ; Cemetery ; Schools ; Christmas ; Regatta ; Characters ; Loyalty ; Doctor and Dentist ; Chain Gang ; Cook Street ; Waterworks ; From Carr Street to James' Bay ; Grown Up
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 06 C23a
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- Archives Library
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Mount Pleasant early days : memories of Reuben Hamilton, pioneer, 1890
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20083
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1957
- Author
- Hamilton, Reuben and Vancouver City Archives
- Publisher
- Vancouver, B.C. : City Archives, City Hall
- Call Number
- 08.1 H18m
- Responsibility
- Reuben Hamilton and Vancouver City Archives
- Publisher
- Vancouver, B.C. : City Archives, City Hall
- Published Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 64 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of letters and images pertaining to Reuben Hamilton. Reuben Hamilton had been a pioneer in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1890. Through the use of his letters, readers are offered insight into the life of Hamilton, as told by him.
- Contents
- Mount Pleasant School, 1892-3 (pg. 8)
- Mount Pleasant School class, 1894 (pg. 9)
- William Hamilton, portrait of (pg. 10)
- Kingsway and St. Catherines St. (pg. 13)
- Cedar Cottage Brewery, 1902 (pg. 19)
- Cedar Cottage Brewery, 1944 (pg. 20)
- "North Arm Road" - Hutson home (pg. 22)
- Lot 301, Plan of subdivision of (pg. 23)
- Lot 301, Price list (pg. 24)
- District Lot 301 School, 1902 (pg. 27)
- Joseph Jones' milk ranch, cottage (pg. 29)
- Joseph Jones' milk ranch, barn (pg. 29)
- Doering and Marstrand Brewery (pg. 31)
- Fifth Avenue, East, circa 1898-1900 (pg. 31)
- Gladstone Inn, 1909 (pg. 32)
- Jones, of Jones Park, portait of (pg. 38)
- Mt. Pleasant, from False Creek bridge, July 1rst, 1890 (pg. 45)
- Garvin Milk Ranch, circa 1890 (pg. 46)
- McCleery Farm House, 1948 (pg. 55)
- Broadway and Main street, 1899 (pg. 64)
- Broadway and Kingsway, 1898 (pg. 64)
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.1 H18m
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- Archives Library
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