Author: LARGE, RICHARD GEDDES
Title: The Skeena: River of Destiny
Description: Vancouver, BC: Mitchell Press, 1958. Second Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Map Endpapers. DJ and boards show shelf wear, with tears, creasing and chipping of DJ. Previous owner's name on front free end paper, gift notation on back of frontispiece ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages; "Navigable and ranking secondto the Fraser in importance among the three all-Canadian rivers that empty into the Pacific Ocean, the Skeena has long been a main traffic artery into North Central British Columbia." The book goes into the history of the Native peoples of the area, the role of the Collins Overland Telegraph, the gold rush and the era of steamboating.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket .

Keywords: Prince Rupert British Columbia Canada Skeena River Telegraph Gold Rush Steamboat History::Canada


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