The handbook of British Columbia, and emigrant's guide to the gold fields, with map and two illustrations, from photographs by M. Claudet
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
contributor: Claudet, Max, 1840-1893
issued: 2015-06-12
issued: 1862
description: "This book is compiled from the most recent and trustworthy authorities it has been possible to find. The chief amongst these are the Parliamentary papers relative to the affairs of British Columbia (1858- 1861), the Colonization Circular (1862), The Times newspaper (1858-1862), the reports of Mr. W. Downie, a gentleman in Government employ, and the printed information by Mr. McLean, an officer of the Hudson's Bay Company." -- Preface.
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extent: 82 pages : illustrations, map (folded) ; 18 cm
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note: HANDBOOK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA HANDBOOK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PREFACE, This book is compiled from the most recent and trustworthy authorities it has been possible to find. The chief amongst these are the Parliamentary papers relative to the affairs of British Columbia (1858-1861), the Colonization Circular (1862), Si The Times newspaper (1858-1862), the reports of Mr. W. Downie, a gentleman in Government employ, and the printed information by Mr. McLean, an officer of the Hudson's Bay Company. BEITISH COLUMBIA, CHAPTER I. BEITISH COLUMBIA. The knowledge England has gained within the last two or three months of the value of British Columbia, enables us to look upon that colony as the second marvel of the year 1862, the Great Exposition alone taking precedence of it as a national good- Since last Christmas time—since the date when Albert the Good, in dying, awoke the people of the prince's adopted land to his worth and magnanimity, we have learnt that a new England, a new home, as like that of the fatherland as any territory beyond its boundaries can be, is in existence and ready to afford many thousands of the people of our overpopulated kingdom the means of living in a new country; the climate, soil, and general products of which assimilate most wondrously to those of the native land. British Columbia is apparently a second England, with the added advantages of gold fields the richest in the world. It is computed to contain about 200,000 square miles of land, fitted to the labor of the agriculturist, as yet unreclaimed, Cnd inhabited by the Bed Indian alone. Nor is it the least remarkable fact in connection with the marvellously and hourly increasing knowledge of this colony, that it has been known as a gold- bearing district for some years. It is the impression of most people that the discovery of the auriferous nature of British Columbia is of exceedingly recent date; that it is but a few months old. This is an error. So far back as 1857 the value of this colony as a …
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has type: Books
identifier: F5801.8 .H2
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0222065
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : W. Oliver
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5801.8 .H2
subject: Gold mines and mining--British Columbia
type: Text