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Vickers, Roy Henry, 1946-
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Skeena River Region (B.C.) -- History -- Anecdotes.
Skeena River Region (B.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works.
Skeena River Region (B.C.) -- History, Local -- Anecdotes.
Skeena River Region (B.C.) -- History, Local -- Pictorial works.
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Vickers, Roy Henry, 1946-
Skeena River Region (B.C.) -- History -- Anecdotes.
Skeena River Region (B.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works.
Skeena River Region (B.C.) -- History, Local -- Anecdotes.
Skeena River Region (B.C.) -- History, Local -- Pictorial works.
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Voices
from the
Skeena
: an
illustrated
oral
history
/ Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd.
by
Vickers, Roy Henry, 1946-
Harbour Publishing, 2019.
Call #:
971.185 V637v
Subjects
Skeena
River Region (B.C.) --
History
-- Anecdotes.
Skeena
River Region (B.C.) --
History
-- Pictorial works.
Skeena
River Region (B.C.) --
History
, Local -- Anecdotes.
Skeena
River Region (B.C.) --
History
, Local -- Pictorial works.
ISBN:
9781550178838 (hc)
Description:
112 p. : color ill. ; 21 x 29 cm.
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Navigating the cloudwaters : Chief Jeffrey H. Johnson on the life of the Gitxsan and Tsimsien along the
Skeena
-- And they poled for all they were worth : Vicky Sims on travelling the
Skeena
by canoe --- More trader than missionary : Agnes Harris on Robert Cunningham and the founding of Port Essington -- There's old Cataline! : Martin Starret on British Columbia's most famous mule train packer -- Monarch of all I survey : Sarah Glassey, the first woman to pre-empt land in British Columbia -- It's just one big boil : Viroqua Godfrey on navigating the
Skeena
by paddlewheeler --
Skeena
, river of the clouds : Wiggs O'Neill, Captain Joseph Gardner, Agnes Johnson, Viroqua Godfrey, Flora Martin, Martin Starret and Chief Jeffrey H. Johnson on the wonders of a trip up the
Skeena
-- Traditional place names.
Summary:
"The
Skeena
, second longest river in the province, remains an icon of British Columbia's northwest. Called Xsien ("water of the clouds") by the Tsimshian and Gitksan, it has always played a vital role in the lives of Indigenous people of the region. Since the 1800s, it has also become home to gold seekers, traders, salmon fishers and other settlers who were drawn by the area's beauty and abundant natural resources.
Voices
from the
Skeena
will take readers on a journey inspired directly by the people who lived there. Combining forty ill. with text selected from the pioneer interviews CBC radio producer Imbert Orchard recorded in the 1960s, the book follows the arrival of the Europeans and the introduction of the fur trade to the Omineca gold rush and the building of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Open the p. to meet Robert Cunningham, an Anglican missionary who would later become the founder of the thriving Port Essington. Here too is a man called Cataline, a packer for whom no settlement was too remote to reach, and the indominable Sarah Glassey, the first woman to pre-empt land in British Columbia. At the heart of these stories is the river, weaving together a narrative of a people and their culture. Pairing the stories with Roy Henry Vickers's vibrant art creates a unique and captivating portrait of British Columbia that will appeal to art lovers and
history
readers alike."--Publisher.
Other authors:
Budd, Robert, 1976-
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