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AKRIGG, G P V AND HELEN B British Columbia Place Names
Victoria BC Canada, Sono Nis Press. 1988. (ISBN: 0 919203 96 5) Pictorial Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This book, with over 2300 extensive entries, the culmination of years of careful research and investigation, completely replaces the authors' earlier publication ("1001 British Columbia Place Names"). Third printing May 1992. Vertical crease to back cover. Very clean, sound copy. 346 pages including map references; fold-out map of British Columbia with grid. Contents include: annotated map showing Indians of British Columbia - Linguistic Subdivisions; section on Indian place names, the derivation of names - linking place names with various stages of province's history; list of Abbreviations. The main part of the book consists of an alphabetical list of place names and their origins. Carefully researched and documented, the book is filled with remarkable historical facts, interesting anecdotes and brief biographical accounts of the characters for which the Province's towns, cities, rivers, lakes, mountains and islands have become namesakes. Very Good/No Jacket (as published).
Offered for US$ 20.00 by: Literacy Nanaimo - Book number: 003108
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