History, Canada, Post-Confederation (1867 To Present)
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The Making of a Radical Immigrant
by Ivana Caccia
The radical immigrant in the title of this book, Edo Jardas, was a young Croatian who arrived in Canada in May 1926 and worked for several years as a lumberjack in the hinterland of British Columbia. He was a loyal member of the Communist Party...
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Plunging into the Lord's Prairie Vineyard
Tinchebray Missionaries Evangelized and Established R.C. Institutions Throughout Central Alberta (1904-1924) by Henry L. Wostenberg
Follow the Tinchebray Congregation of intrepid priest-professors initiating with their formation in nineteenth century France to their arrival to Central Alberta in 1904 where they evangelized, organized parishes, constructed churches, founded...
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Icelanders Arrive and Strive - A Manitoba Story
by Robert C. A. Frederickson
Since the Viking era, Icelandic emigrants have been forging new paths and communities. Icelanders Arrive and Strive – A Manitoba Story shares, through the journey of one family, the story of how Icelandic immigrants settled in Canada and shaped...
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Between Heaven and Balmoral
A History of Cary Castle British Columbia’s First Government House 1860-1899 by Robert Ratcliffe Taylor
In 1860, Cary Castle was built by George Hunter Cary in Victoria, the bustling Gold Rush capital of Vancouver Island. Cary was the brilliant “Boy Attorney-General,” unethical, unpopular and mentally disturbed—one of the colony’s vivid early...
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Captain Scott's Scrapbook
Mutinies, Mining and Mysteries by Margot Dixon
Amongst the family albums her mother had kept, Margot Dixon found something very curious—Captain Samuel F. Scott’s old scrapbook. Who was this man? And why did her family have his scrapbook? As she read through the book, full of one-of-a-kind...
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Nation Builders and Enemy Aliens
Four Centuries of German Experience in Canada by Gerhard P. Bassler
Today German Canadians are among Canada’s most assimilated citizens, often distinguishable from other Canadians by their name only. For centuries their pioneer farmers, economic developers, industrialists, professionals, musicians, artists,...
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The Nisselinka Claims
by Robert Longe
In the early years of the 20th century Edward Wickford, a settler in northern British Columbia, lays claim to a rich vein of copper and gold. But events outside his control wreak havoc with his plans and dreams of wealth. Two world wars and two...
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The Job To Be Done
A Son's Journey Into The Story Of A WW2 Bomber Command Aircrew by Clint L. Coffey
A unique blend of historical narrative and personal memoir, this is the powerful true story of seven young men, including the author’s father, who served in Bomber Command in World War Two. Based on a pilot’s logbook and years of research, this...
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Tales From the Hollow
The Story of Hogg's Hollow and York Mills by Scott Kennedy
This story begins some 13,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, before travelling thousands of years ahead to the early pioneers and the farms they established, and right up to the present day. Readers will learn how the local St. John’s...
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History Matters
Stories and Photographs from the Archives of the Lakes District Museum by Michael Riis-Christianson
Located in the geographic centre of British Columbia, the Lakes District is a unique region with a fascinating backstory. History Matters, the first book published by the Lakes District Museum Society in a half century, gives readers a glimpse...
