Ghost Town Stories Of Bc

Author : Johnnie Bachusky
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926936192

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Ghost Town Stories of BC by Johnnie Bachusky Pdf

Many of BC's old mining towns are now abandoned ruins, disappearing into the wilderness. These once-thriving towns and the pioneers who built them are remembered in 10 fascinating stories of hard work and heroism. A mine rescue worker sadly recounts a tale of death underground at Coal Creek. Three eccentric old bachelors become the final residents of Phoenix. Legends of Spanish treasure near a Vancouver Island gold-rush town persist to this day. Experience BC's colourful past in these entertaining stories from the province's vanished communities.

Author : Johnnie Bachusky
Publisher : Heritage Amazing Stories
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1551539845

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Ghost Town Stories III by Johnnie Bachusky Pdf

Dreams of wealth brought waves of opportunists to British Columbia, who settled throughout the province in communities destined to disappear. Author Johnnie Bachusky has traced the lives of a number of characters who made up the thrilling, tragic, and curious past of these almost-forgotten towns.

Author : Bruce Ramsey
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1014844509

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Ghost Towns of British Columbia by Bruce Ramsey Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Bruce Ramsey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:504426083

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Ghost Towns of British Columbia. [With Illustrations.]. by Bruce Ramsey Pdf

Author : Johnnie Bachusky
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926936185

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Ghost Town Stories of Alberta by Johnnie Bachusky Pdf

Today, many of the historic coal-mining communities of the Rocky Mountains are uninhabited ghost towns. Yet behind the crumbled ruins are tales of perseverance, danger and romance. A devastating mine explosion on Halloween shatters the lives of mining families in Nordegg. The miners of Mountain Park build a hockey rink still celebrated in local lore. A young immigrant couple in Mercoal establishes a successful business only to have their love story sadly cut short. These 11 dramatic and poignant ghost-town tales are sure to fascinate all who love pioneer history.

Author : Ian Gibbs
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781771512145

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Victoria's Most Haunted by Ian Gibbs Pdf

Ghost stories from Canada’s most haunted city, including tales from iconic sites such as the Empress hotel, Hatley Castle, and Ross Bay Cemetery. Beautiful, charming Victoria is world renowned for its seaside attractions, flourishing gardens, and breathtaking ocean views. But looming behind its picture-perfect façade is a city shrouded in mystery, with restless, disembodied beings that whisper ghastly tales of mystery, violence, and horror. Known as British Columbia’s most haunted city, Victoria is teeming with a plethora of spirits. Through this brand-new collection of disturbing tales, you’ll come face to face with: The Grey Lady who chills hotel guests to the bone A decorated World War I soldier who protects tenants from something sinister An inconsolable child who haunts the pool area of a defunct hotel The blood-soaked spectre who runs through the infamous Fan Tan Alley to escape capture The ghost of Robert Johnson, who perpetually re-enacts his own suicide The phantom of a cranky hermit who plagues a beautiful lake house A spinster who gives tours of her childhood home And many more Get to know Victoria’s best-known hauntings along with some you may have not have heard before.

Author : Johnnie Bachusky
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926936208

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Ghost Town Stories of the Red Coat Trail by Johnnie Bachusky Pdf

The Red Coat Trail of southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta runs near the route of the North West Mounted Police’s famous 1874 March West. Today, this lonely highway passes through a windswept land of ghostly abandoned towns. Johnnie Bachusky takes readers back to the heyday of these towns, which sprang up as settlers travelled west during the last great land rush. The Roaring Twenties brought bumper harvests, but also bootleggers and bank robbers; fortunes were won and lost in high-stakes poker games. The Great Depression devastated the region as disease, drought, dust storms and grasshoppers took their toll. History comes to life in these exciting true stories, from an account of a 1920s bank robbery in Manyberries to the tales of a boisterous Govenlock rancher who hunted with Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickok.

Author : Jo-Anne Christensen
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0888821913

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Ghost Stories of British Columbia by Jo-Anne Christensen Pdf

A comprehensive collection of supernatural tales drawn from the provinces history, its archives, and its people.

Author : Terry Malanchuk
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780557030958

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Blakeburn-British Columbia's Forgotten Ghost Town-Revised Second Edition by Terry Malanchuk Pdf

B.C.'s largest remaining, unspoiled historic site is no longer forgotten. Covering 12 square miles atop Mount Lodestone, over 250 structures still exist. Finally, Blakeburn has been revealed for the jewel that it was. The first ever comprehensive map and travel guide has now been assembled. Together with the people's stories and detailed site discriptions, new life has come to Blakeburn, B.C.

Author : Elsie G. Turnbull
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Company Limited
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1995-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1894384261

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Ghost Towns and Drowned Towns of West Kootenay by Elsie G. Turnbull Pdf

Leaning headstones and cow parsnip covered ruins proclaim that people once lived in over fifty ghostly communities of West Kootenay. Other towns like Arrowhead, Beaton, Needles and Waneta were drowned or became power dams. Comaplix died one fiery night. Elsie Turnbull helps you revisit them all.

Author : Thomas William Paterson,Garnet Basque
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 1895811805

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Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island by Thomas William Paterson,Garnet Basque Pdf

Leechtown, Wellington, Bevan, Kildonan, Fort Rupert, Cape Scott . . .Vancouver Island's ghost towns dot the Island from its southern end to its northern tip, and their stories chart the boom and bust of the resource economy that still characterizes the region. Well illustrated with maps and an abundance of photos, archival and modern, Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Islandis filled with tales of the famous and the not-so-famous. The Dunsmuirs appear throughout the book, but so do the First Nations who lived here first and the many European and Asian settlers who were drawn by the promise of wealth and land.

Author : Brennan Storr
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738749648

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A Strange Little Place by Brennan Storr Pdf

Revelstoke: Where the worlds of the living, dead, and extraordinary collide Embark on a fascinating journey into Revelstoke, Canada, a world-renowned ski destination with a well-kept secret: it has a long and active paranormal history just as breathtaking as its mountain views. Packed with stories of hauntings, UFOs, Sasquatch, missing time, and much more, A Strange Little Place takes you into a small town full of thrilling secrets and bizarre encounters. Chronicling over seventy years of unusual occurrences in his hometown, Brennan Storr provides exciting, first-hand accounts of unexplainable phenomena. Discover the sinister mysteries of Rogers Pass, the strange craft and spectral music of the Arrow Lakes, and generations of hauntings in the infamous Holten House. As a magnet for the supernatural, Revelstoke invites you to experience things you never thought possible.

Author : Neville Langrell Barlee
Publisher : Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 088839988X

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Gold Creeks & Ghost Towns by Neville Langrell Barlee Pdf

Welcome to gold creek and ghost town country where towns stand in another century, the echoes of history are audible, and the wilderness is still just a glance away. From the sagebrush, desert country of southern valleys of the Okanagan and Similkameen across to the high grandeur of the East Kootenays, the southern interior of BC remains an entrancing region. To some people it is the ghost town country, and area where half a hundred towns stood in another century and names like Sandon, Phoenix, Ferguson and Cascade City were familiar words. To others it is the land of gold creeks, for there was a time when streams like Perry, Granite, Rock and Wild Horse drew thousands of miners in their never ending quest for Eldorado. Fortunately, some of this area remains relatively unchanged and even today the wilderness is but a glance away and beyond the traveled routes, the trail blazing country still beckons. For that rather unique breed, those who feel at ease in places far off the beaten path or deep in the back country where the echoes of history are still audible and the atmosphere of half-forgotten eras lingers on, we hope that this book will be enjoyable, for it is for those individuals that is in intended.

Author : Michael Kluckner
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780774842532

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Vanishing British Columbia by Michael Kluckner Pdf

The old buildings and historic places of British Columbia form a kind of "roadside memory," a tangible link with stories of settlement, change, and abandonment that reflect the great themes of BC's history. Michael Kluckner began painting his personal map of the province in a watercolour sketchbook. In 1999, after he put a few of the sketches on his website, a network of correspondents emerged that eventually led him to the family letters, photo albums, and memories from a disappearing era of the province. Vanishing British Columbia is a record of these places and the stories they tell, presenting a compelling argument for stewardship of regional history in the face of urbanization and globalization.

Author : Joel A. Sutherland
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443133777

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Haunted Canada 4: More True Tales of Terror by Joel A. Sutherland Pdf

The popular series of Canadian ghost stories is back and scarier than ever! The ghoulishly good fourth book in the Haunted Canada series is full of more than 25 sinister, unsettling, and absolutely true ghost stories from across the country. Settle in for an evening of hair-raising thrills and chills! Bram Stoker Award-nominee Joel A. Sutherland brings a fresh approach to this favourite scary series.