Gold at Fortymile Creek
Early Days in the Yukon
Michael Gatesfollows the first gold-seekers from their arrival in 1873 until the stampede to the Klondike in 1896, capturing the essence of these early years of the gold rush and chronicling the trials and successes of the hardy individualists who searched for gold in the wilderness.
Ships and Memories
Merchant Seafarers in Canada's Age of Steam
An account of life on steamships, this book draws on the experiences of seafarers in peace and war and during the depression.
On the Northwest
Commercial Whaling in the Pacific Northwest, 1790-1967
On the Northwest is the first complete history of commercial whaling in the Pacific Northwest from its shadowy origins in the late 1700s to its demise in western Canada in 1967.
Francis Rattenbury and British Columbia
Architecture and Challenge in the Imperial Age
Overland from Canada to British Columbia
By Mr. Thomas McMicking of Queenston, Canada West
For Most Conspicuous Bravery
A Biography of Major-General George R. Pearkes, V.C., through Two World Wars
Set against the background of Canada's twentieth century transformation from a rural and agricultural society into an urban technological nation, General Pearkes's career makes a compelling biographical study.