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The Cumberland News
Description
The Cumberland News was published in Cumberland, in the Comox Valley region of Vancouver Island, and ran from April 1899 to July 1916. Published by Walter Birnie Anderson, the News served the communities of Cumberland, Courtenay, and Comox Valley, and was eventually absorbed by another Cumberland-based paper, the Islander.
Item Metadata
| Title |
The Cumberland News
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| Alternate Title |
[The News]; [The Weekly News]
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| Publisher |
Cumberland, B.C. : Walter Birnie Anderson
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| Date Issued |
1902-01-08
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| Description |
The Cumberland News was published in Cumberland, in the Comox Valley region of Vancouver Island, and ran from April 1899 to July 1916. Published by Walter Birnie Anderson, the News served the communities of Cumberland, Courtenay, and Comox Valley, and was eventually absorbed by another Cumberland-based paper, the Islander.
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| File Format |
application/pdf
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| Language |
English
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| Notes |
Print Run: 1897-1915
Frequency: Weekly. Titled "The Weekly News" from 1897-01-05 to 1898-08-09 and on 1899-04-01 "The News" from 1899-08-13 to 1899-03-21 "The Cumberland News" from 1899-04-08 until end of publication. |
| Identifier |
Cumberland_News_1902-01-08
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| Collection | |
| Source |
Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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| Date Available |
2011-08-03
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/
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| AIPUUID |
9b7c2f90-64c7-4f58-84c6-8d0236fdfe2e
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0176502
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| Latitude |
49.6166999
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| Longitude |
-125.0332999
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| Aggregated Source Repository |
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Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/