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Author : Elsie Grant Turnbull
Publisher :
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 40,98 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Extinct cities
ISBN :
Author : Elsie G. Turnbull
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Company Limited
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,34 MB
Release : 1995-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781894384261
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 : Garnet Basque
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,65 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 9781895811421
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 :
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 19,21 MB
Release : 2013-04-29
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0760343160
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. 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). See the region as you have never seen it before with this essential guidebook to the glory days of the Pacific Northwest!
Author : Clint Thomsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 13,70 MB
Release : 2012-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1782001077
Tombstone, Bodie, St. Elmo, Silver City: these are some of the most famous of the Old West ghost towns and mining camps that dot America's landscape and provide hints to the country's history. But literally thousands more are scattered throughout the West, with some states boasting hundreds of abandoned boomtowns. Attracting thousands of visitors every year, many of these are protected by public and private parties alike, and visits are carefully regulated in order to preserve these valuable historical relics. Clint Thomsen describes various types of ghost town, explains their histories, and outlines ongoing research and archaeological study into decaying towns and mining camps.
Author : Diana Wilson
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,76 MB
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1926936795
Rich in stories, the Crowsnest Pass region in the southern Rocky Mountains still bears evidence of its tragedies, and one monumental triumph—a railroad rammed through the pass in 18 months. Hailed as the greatest project in the Dominion, the Crow's Nest Pass Railway was built by men who toiled with horses and primitive tools to carve the way for industry. Towns and coal mines blossomed as the nourishing stem of the railroad brought abundance to British Columbia and Alberta, but with progress came disaster. The town of Frank, Alberta, was devastated when part of the legendary "Mountain That Walks" crashed down on the homes and businesses nestled at its foot. A mine explosion at nearby Hillcrest took nearly 200 men in one huge blast, and the entire town of Fernie, BC, was razed by fire. Was the relentless hand of fate responsible, or was it the Elk Valley curse? A must-read for anyone who enjoys thrilling tales of true life and real people, this book captures all the drama and spirit of a mythic land.
Author : Fred Thirkell
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 39,54 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781894974639
Award-winning popular historians Fred Thirkell and Bob Scullion have assembled an all-new collection of postcard views capturing different communities around British Columbia as they appeared at the turn of the 20th century. Collectively defining the state of affairs in BC a century ago, each one of these images has a story to tell. Once a thriving cannery town, Port Essington is now long gone, abandoned and then destroyed by forest fires. They may have mined millions of dollars in gold at Stout's Gulch, but you'll have trouble finding it on any maps today. Even Kelowna's main street is unrecognizable. With each passing year, it becomes more difficult to find rare and unusual black-and-white printed postcards from this period. Many of the ones Thirkell and Scullion have included in "Greetings from British Columbia" are themselves rare, borrowed from the collection of a pre-eminent postcard dealer without whose cooperation this new collection would not have been possible.
Author : Marie Elliott
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 29,71 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780920663714
Some of the richest gold claims in British Columbia lay along the Quesnel River and its creeks. And there some of the grandest mining schemes were hatched.
Author : Christina Robertson
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 36,58 MB
Release : 2015-02-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0874179645
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 : Glen A. Mofford
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 177203424X
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.