Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island

Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island
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Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Total Pages : 108
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ISBN-10 : 1895811805
ISBN-13 : 9781895811803
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Book Synopsis Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island by : Thomas William Paterson

Download or read book Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island written by Thomas William Paterson and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 1999 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leechtown, Wellington, Bevan, Kildonan, Fort Rupert, Cape Scott . . .Vancouver Island's ghost towns dot the Island from its southern end to its northern tip, and their stories chart the boom and bust of the resource economy that still characterizes the region. Well illustrated with maps and an abundance of photos, archival and modern, Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Islandis filled with tales of the famous and the not-so-famous. The Dunsmuirs appear throughout the book, but so do the First Nations who lived here first and the many European and Asian settlers who were drawn by the promise of wealth and land.


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