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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.

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Title
The Cumberland News
Alternate Title
[The News]; [The Weekly News]
Publisher
Cumberland, B.C. : Walter Birnie Anderson
Date Issued
1906-05-23
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.
Geographic Location
Cumberland (B.C.)
Genre
Newspapers
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Notes
Print Run: 1897-1915

Frequency: Weekly

No paper between Oct. 1, - Nov. 1, 1904, and Apr. 26 - May 17 1905.

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_1906-05-23
Collection
BC Historical Newspapers
Source
Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
Date Available
2012-09-21
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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/
AIPUUID
a3a33d71-8b49-4a90-8830-200728307a69
DOI
10.14288/1.0176776
Latitude
49.6166999
Longitude
-125.0332999
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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/