An emigrant in the Canadian Northwest
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Church, H. E.
issued: 2018-10-19
issued: 1929
description: "Smith lists a London, Methuen [1928] ed. held by Vancouver Public Library and U.B.C. Both copies seen; both are [1929] ed. Experiences of the author and his family, who moved to the Chilcotin in 1903."-- Edwards, M. H., Lort, J. C. R., & Carmichael, W. J. (1975). A bibliography of British Columbia: Years of growth, 1900-1950. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 72.
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extent: ix, 134, 8 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, photographs, advertisements ; 20 cm
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note: AN EMIGRANT IN THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST AN EMIGRANT IN THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST BY H.V~E. CHURCH WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON Fir si Published in 1929 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN TO MY WIFE A TRUE HELPMEET PREFACE SOME reason is due to the public to account for this attempt to inflict my personal experiences on them. There seems to be a great amount of discussion just now on the subject of emigration from Great Britain to Canada and the other Dominions, and it has occurred to me that a true and unvarnished account of an actual emigrant's experience might give those interested in the subject a fairly correct view of the matter. My experiences may reasonably be called typical, though without doubt great numbers of similar emigrants have done far better than I have; still emigration can be considered successful if one wins a comfortable competence and at the same time helps forward the development of one's new home. H. E. Church Big Creek British Columbia September ig28 i_ FARMING IN THE CHILCOTIN, BRITISH COLUMBIA Frontispiece FACING PAGE AN ISLAND LANDSCAPE 14 A SETTLER'S FIRST HOME, ALBERTA . . 26 A TWENTIETH-CENTURY HOMESTEAD, ALBERTA FARMING IN VANCOUVER ISLAND . THE FRASER IN THE FALL * . ... THE FRASER 1 ON THE WAY TO WILLIAMS LAKE * WELL MOUNTED* MILKING TIME* CHILLIWACK : IN THE LOWER FRASER VALLEY IOO GLACIER ON THE TRAIL TO WHITEWATER * . 126 THE BEEF DRIVE * . . . . . . 126 For the two Alberta illustrations the Author's thanks are due to the Chief Publicity Commissioner of Alberta, and for the four full plates of British Columbia, the Agent' General for British Columbia. The six illustrations marked with an asterisk are from photographs by the Author. AN EMIGRANT IN THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST CHAPTER I FORTY years in the history of countries such as Great Britain is a mere bagatelle, though even there the changes, if catalogued, would be almost unbelievable; in Canada, forty years has meant either very much more or very much…
note: Page viii misprinted as ix Includes index Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/635656333
has type: Books
identifier: F5804.4 .C47
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0372917
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : Methuen & Co. Ltd.
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5804.4 .C47
subject: Canada--Emigration and immigration
subject: Northwest, Canadian
subject: Frontier and pioneer life--Northwest, Canadian
subject: Biography
type: Text