Presents the local history of Terrace, British Columbia. "A record of the early days - a monument to the pioneers, a reminder to the people of today, and an inspiration to generations yet to come." - front flap. 243 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Unmarked. Average soiling and wear. A sound copy of this informative history. Hale & Barman 34. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Terrace British Columbia History Pioneers Settlers History View More...
Covers the communities of Fraser Lake, Endako and Fort Fraser which are situated along a thirty-two kilometre stretch of Highway 16 approximately one-hundred and thirty-five kilometres west of Prince George. This special copy is signed, without inscriptions, upon its title page by the following four members of the Fraser Lake & District Historical Society: Ruth H. Schmidt, Helen R. Sherwin, Beth Woolsey, and Grace A. Foote. "This book is a tribute to the rugged men and women of the past and present, whose courage, ingenuity and steadfastness began the settlement of this area. We have delved ... View More...
"Anyox has been nothing for approximately 80 years but suddenly it lives again in the warm, loving memories of a writer who was a boy in the northern British Columbia town where the largest copper smelter in the British empire was located. A human story of 3,000 people who found a strange happiness in a town cut off from the world by mountain and sea, drenched with coastal rains, choked with sulphurous smelter gas, bereft of grass or flowers and buried each winter in snow." - dust jacket. 111 pages including black and white photographic plates. Prior owner's name atop title page, otherwise ... View More...