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1881, Cariboo Road along the Fraser River, VPL #419,
photographer unknown
Transportation
into the Cariboo in the early sixties
[January 1937, Robie L. Reid]
(see Robie L. Reid's “Captain Evans of Cariboo: The
Presidential address to the Vancouver Section of the British
Columbia Historical Association, October 3, 1938,”
BCHQ, 2: 4, 1938; Encyclopedia of British Columbia,
114; see also http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-678-3896/politics_economy/trans_canada/clip1;)
Totem
poles in front of homes at Alert Bay
VPL#4909, Philip Timms
Romance of
Indian Life
[February 1937, Dr. G. H. Raley]
(see George H. Raley's Na-na-kwa; or, Dawn on
the Northwest Coast, Kitimaat,
BC 1898-1907)
Work of the
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
[April 30, 1937, 1st annual dinner, Judge F. W. Howay]
(see Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, fonds
for Charles W. Humphries, Margaret Prang, Walter Sage &
Margaret Ormsby, UBC Archives; see also http://www.pc.gc.ca/clmhc-hsmbc/index_E.asp)
British Columbia's
position among the five Canadas
[October 28, 1937, AGM, Dr. Walter N. Sage]
(see George M. Wrong, Chester Martin and Walter N. Sage's,
The Story of
Canada, Ryerson Press, c. 1929;)
How self-government
came to British Columbia
[December 15, 1937, Kenneth Waites]
1938
Why British
Columbia was discovered
[March 25, 1938, 2nd annual dinner, Dr. W. Kaye Lamb]
Captain Evans
of Cariboo
[October 3, 1938, AGM, Dr. Robie L. Reid]
(see Robie L. Reid's “Captain Evans of Cariboo: The
Presidential address to the Vancouver Section of the British
Columbia Historical Association, October 3, 1938,”
BCHQ, 2: 4, 1938; Encyclopedia of British Columbia, 114;)
C.P.R.
locomotive #96 at Kamloops Station - group of men, VPL#669,
photographer unknown
Kamloops: the
meeting of the waters
[February 7, 1939, Henry Johnson]
(see Encyclopedia of British Columbia, 374;
see also http://www.bcadventure.com/)
Father Coccola
[March 20, 1939, Rev. Father O'Boyle]
Nicolas Coccola (1854-1940) spent 60 years working as a
missionary in the Interior of BC for the Oblates of Mary
Immaculate among First Nations peoples. He grubstaked a
mine but sold his share to build a church. (see They
Call me Father: memoirs of Father Nicolas Coccola, Margaret
Whitehead, ed., UBC Press, 1988; Encyclopedia of British
Columbia, 137; see also http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10378a.htm)
Drake's plate
of brass
[April 21, 1939, 3rd annual dinner, Dr. T. A. Rickard]
Sir Francis Drake spent some time in the San Francisco area
in 1579 and a brass plate found in the area has turned out
to be a fake.
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake's_Plate_of_Brass)
Miners
sluicing at the Lowhee Placer Claim, VPL#9349, Leonard
Frank
Golden days
in the Cariboo
[November 7, 1939, AGM, Judge F. W. Howay]
Bedrock men
of Barkerville
[December 1, 1939, Louis LeBourdais, MLA)
(see Encyclopedia of British Columbia, 47-48; see
also http://www.barkerville.ca/collections.htm)
1940
David Douglas
[February 1940, A. G. Harvey]
Scottish born and trained David Douglas (1799-1836) came
to the Pacific Northwest twice, once in 1824 for three years
and in 1829 for another three years gathering and cataloguing
plants. Because he introduced 7000 species of plants to
England he became a celebrity. He was accidentally killed,
committed suicide or murdered in Hawaii. (see Athelstan
George Harvey's Douglas of the fir: a biography of David
Douglas, botanist, Harvard University Press, 1947; Journal
Kept by David Douglas during his Travels in North America,
1823-1827…Antiquarian Press, 1959;)
Men
in field at harvest time in Peace River
area, VPL #12465, Leonard Frank
History and
development of the Peace River area of British Columbia
[March 4, 1940, Dr. M. Y. Williams]
(see David L. Macdonald's Peace River past: a Canadian
Adventure, Venture
Press, c.1981; Lillian York's Lure of the South Peace:
tales of the early pioneers to 1945, South Peace Historical
Book Committee, c. 1981; see also http://www.travel-british-columbia.com/tours/Peace_River_Country_Circle_Tour.aspx
Sir James Douglas,
the father of British Columbia
[April 19, 1940, 4th annual dinner, Dr. Walter N. Sage]
South America born James Douglas (1803-77) was educated
in Scotland and joined the fur trade, rising up in the ranks
to become a Chief Trader for the Hudson's Bay Company. Himself
of mixed descent, he married Amelia Connolly, also of mixed
descent. He became governor of Vancouver Island and later
British Columbia and contributed much to the development
of the colonies. (see Dereck Pethick's James Douglas:
servant of two Empires, Mitchell Press, c. 1969; Dorothy
Blakey Smith's James Douglas: father of British Columbia,
Oxford University Press, 1971;)
Recollections
of pioneer days in British Columbia, 1859-1871
[September 18, 1940, Rev. J. H. White]
1914, "Komagata Maru" incident, VPL #136,
Canadian Photo Company
The inside
story of the Komagata Maru
[October 28, 1940, AGM, Dr. Robie L. Reid]
In order to get around restrictive immigration policies,
a Sikh entrepreneur chartered a Japanese ship to sail to
Vancouver in 1914. Not being allowed to disembark, the South
Asians held back the police and military until a military
ship escorted the vessel from the harbour and it sailed
back to India. Further assassinations took place against
police informants and an immigration inspector. (see Hugh
Johnson's The Voyage of the Komagata Maru: the Sikh challenge
to Canada's colour bar, UBC Press, 1989; see also http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/BC/komagata_maru_incident.htm
and http://www.punjabilok.com/misc/freedom/komagata_maru1.htm
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