This Was Our Valley

Type
Book
ISBN 10
1550592440 
ISBN 13
9781550592443 
Category
970-989 American History  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2003 
Publisher
Pages
332 
Subject
Hudson's Hope (B.C.) -- History. W.A.C. Bennett Dam (B.C.) -- History. Williston Lake (B.C.) -- History. 
Description
Genre/Form: History
Additional Physical Format: Pollon, Earl K. (Earl Kitchener).
This was our valley.
Vancouver, BC : Library Services Branch, 1990
Pollon, Earl K. (Earl Kitchener).
This was our valley.
[Toronto : CNIB], 1992
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Earl K Pollon; Shirlee Smith Matheson
ISBN: 0920490913 9780920490914 0920490921 9780920490921
OCLC Number: 19512648
Description: 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents: pt. I. Learning Our Legends. Introduction: Challenging the Wild Country --
The Mighty Peace --
1. The Christmas Card Village --
2. The Character of Hudson's Hope --
3. "Merry Christmas, you sons of bitches!" ; This is the Land --
4. Lazy Stoke of the Paddle --
5. Hazards of the River --
6. Billy-Goad Wham --
7. Setting off for Manson Country --
8. Mishaps and Mysteries ; The Dipper --
9. Grown Men Dreaming --
10. Fiddle-Feet --
11. Caught in Nature's Trap --
12. Currents of Commerce --
13. Burying the Legends --
14. Lost in Time --
pt. II. Prophesies and Prophets. 15. Prophesies and Prophets --
16. The Dam-Builders --
17. Labour Unrest --
18. Good Intentions ; Epoch --
19. The Political Path --
20. Coal: A Historical Headache? --
21. Eminent Domain --
22. A Lake Full of Frogs --
23. Williston lake Navigation, An Oxymoron? --
24. Boom and Busts ; Portage Mountain Dam --
25. The Women's Protest --
26. Beneath These Waters --
27. River Girl --
28. Death of a Delta --
29. The Site C Question --
30. Squatters on Their Own Land --
31. The Birds and the Bees, The Fish and the Trees --
32. 20-20 Vision --
33. Other Dams --
34. In Accordance with the Great Spirit --
35. Philosophies and Futures ; Then Shall We Rest.
Responsibility: Earl K. Pollon and Shirlee Smith Matheson.
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