British Columbia : a new historical atlas (Oversize)
Record details
- ISBN: 1926812573 (hc.) :
- ISBN: 9781926812571 (hc.) :
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Physical Description:
368 p. : ill. some col., maps (some col.) ; 35 cm.
print - Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., 2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:june.13 |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 356-357) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | First inhabitants, first nations -- A coast unknown -- The Spanish move north -- The world finds British Columbia -- The Spanish return -- British explorers -- New Caledonia -- British British Columbia -- The golden colony -- The royal engineers -- Gold in the Cariboo -- Settlement on Burrard Inlet -- Vancouver Island gold -- Connecting to the world -- The San Juan boundary dispute -- Gold on Wild Horse Creek -- The transcontinental connection -- Lower Mainland municipalities -- Opening the Okanagan -- Victorian Victoria -- The Island railway -- A mineral bonanza -- More railways for Vancouver -- Northern gold -- The steamboat connection -- The coast-to-Kootenay railway -- Island coal -- Fishing for salmon -- The booming lower mainland -- Grand trunk pacific -- The mapmaking missionary -- The Doukhobors -- Gentlemen farmers -- Interurbans -- Canadian northern -- Tunnels through the mountains -- Prince George, eventually -- Surveying British Columbia -- Population and pre-emption -- Marketing the B.C. rockies -- Roads left and right -- Reclaiming Sumas Lake -- Vancouver between the wars -- Serving the coast -- Flying west of the mountains -- Defending the coast -- Post-war British Columbia. |
Action Note: | Committed to retain 20170101 20321231 COPPUL SPAN Monograph |
Awards Note: | BC Book Prize Finalist, 2013 |
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Subject: | Atlases British Columbia -- Historical geography -- Maps British Columbia -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps British Columbia -- History -- Maps SPAN-M |
Available copies
- 28 of 29 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Nelson Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 29 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Nelson Public Library | 911.711 HAY (Text) | 3514830014873 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |