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Author : Elsie Grant Turnbull
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Extinct cities
ISBN : OCLC:1056388526
Author : Elsie G. Turnbull
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Company Limited
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1995-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1894384261
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 : Neville Langrell Barlee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Extinct cities
ISBN : 0889255466
Author : Garnet Basque
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 1895811821
Annotation The lost communities that stretch from the Okanagan to West Kootenay come to life with 150 photographs, a dozen maps, and entertaining text.
Author : Johnnie Bachusky
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926936192
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 : Garnet Basque
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 1895811422
Here are the stories of early days in the West Kootenay. Nine chapters include tales from Ainsworth, West Kootenay's first town; the story of Nelson; ghost towns of the silvery Slocan; and the legendary gold of Rossland. The book is well illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs, and includes an index. Now in its fourth printing.
Author : Shirley D. Stainton
Publisher : Heritage House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : 1772031852
A warm-hearted memoir of a childhood spent living in various mining towns in the Kootenays throughout the 1930s and '40s. When young Shirley Doris Hall and her family moved to BC's West Kootenay region in 1927, the area was a hub of mining activity. Shirley's father, a cook, had no problem finding work at the mining camps, and the family dutifully followed him from town to town as his services were sought after. For Shirley and her brother, Ray--described as both her confidant and her nemesis--mining camps were the backdrop of their youth. The instant close-knit communities that formed around them; the freedom of barely tamed wilderness; and the struggles of the Depression years and the war that followed created an unlikely environment for a happy childhood. Yet Shirley's memories reveal that it was indeed a magical time and place in which to grow up. Children of the Kootenayspaints a lively portrait of this forgotten period in BC history--of mining towns that are now ghost towns--told from the unique perspective of a young girl.
Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781610587990
Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest is a guidebook to the best boomtowns of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Once thriving centers for mining, fishing, logging, and national defense, these abandoned camps and pioneer villages still ring with history. Nowadays, these ghost towns are some of the best places to travel to, filled with fun things to do and see.Ghost town expert Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to know to explore these remnants of the past. Featuring color maps, driving and walking directions, town histories, touring recommendations, and stunning color photography, Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest details famous sites such as Port Gamble (Washington), Fort Steele (British Columbia), and Jacksonville (Oregon) — in addition to out-of-the-way gems like Holden (Washington), Sandon (British Columbia), and Flora (Oregon).Chasing down the ghost towns of the Pacific Northwest will take you from the seacoast high into the forests of the Cascade Range. You will view the magnificent Columbia River as it passes through Revelstoke, British Columbia, to its first entry into the United States in Northport, Washington, and to its dramatic meeting with the Pacific Ocean near Astoria, Oregon. See the region as you have never seen it before with this essential guidebook to the glory days of the Pacific Northwest!
Author : Thomas William Paterson,Garnet Basque
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 1895811805
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 : Bruce Ramsey
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1014844509
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 : Garnet Basque
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : West Kootenay Region (B.C.)
ISBN : 0919531253
Author : Greg Nesteroff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1772761648
Greg Nesteroff and Eric Brighton started the Lost Kootenays Facebook Group with the intent of preserving, promoting and sharing the history of the Kootenays and the people who lived here. Today the Lost Kootenays community is 48,000 strong and one of the most dynamic sites in British Columbia.
Author : Glen A. Mofford
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781772034240
A fully illustrated social history profiling forty historic hotels spread over five regions of the southern interior of British Columbia, covering the time period of the 1890s to 1950s. Room at the Inn reveals the long-forgotten histories of British Columbia’s early hospitality industry, through the riveting stories of the men and women who built, ran, and frequented hotels, hostelries, resorts, and roadhouses in the southern Interior. From the Similkameen town of Keremeos to Spences Bridge at the confluence of the Thompson and Nicola Rivers, east to the Alberta border along the Trans-Canada Highway, and south to the Canada–US border, the history of these hotels mirrors the history of BC’s mining towns and boom-bust economy of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as waves of prospectors, settlers, and eventually tourists shaped the culture of the province that we know today. Of the forty historic hotels profiled in this book, all contributed to their communities in various ways. They provided more than just a roof over the heads of weary travellers; they were often the sites of live entertainment, places where community members could meet and socialize. Some even doubled as makeshift hospitals during wildfires and floods. Through colourful anecdotes, meticulous research, and fascinating archival photography, Room at the Inn transports readers to a bygone era and pays tribute to the pioneers, entrepreneurs, and hard-work men and women who built and operated these historic accommodations.
Author : Christina Robertson,Jennifer Westerman
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780874179644
This collection of essays examines the relationship between environmental injustice and the exploitation of working-class people. Twelve scholars from the fields of environmental humanities and the humanistic social sciences explore connections between the current and unprecedented rise of environmental degradation, economic inequality, and widespread social injustice in the United States and Canada. The authors challenge prevailing cultural narratives that separate ecological and human health from the impacts of modern industrial capitalism. Essay themes range from how human survival is linked to nature to how the use and abuse of nature benefit the wealthy elite at the expense of working-class people and the working poor as well as how climate change will affect cultures deeply rooted in the land. Ultimately, Working on Earth calls for a working-class ecology as an integral part of achieving just and sustainable human development.
Author : Bruce Ramsey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : British Columbia
ISBN : OCLC:911891003