Author: Ursula JuppPublisher: U. Jupp
ISBN: 9780969065029
Category : Gordon Head (B.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
From Cordwood to Campus in Gordon Head, 1852-1959
Author: Ursula JuppPublisher: U. Jupp
ISBN: 9780969065029
Category : Gordon Head (B.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
From Cordwood to Campus in Gordon Head, 1852-1959
Author: Ursula JuppPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gordon Head region (B.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
From Cordwood to Campus in Gordon Head, 1852-1959
Author: Ursula JuppPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gordon Head (B.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
On the Street where You Live: Victoria's early roads and railways
Author: Danda HumphreysPublisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781894384094
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
In the mid-1800s, Victoria grew from a fur-trading post into a provincial capital--the jewel in British Columbia's golden crown. Meanwhile, many of the early residents, happy to leave the Hudson's Bay Company behind, followed simple trails from the fort or discovered new routes of their own. In her first book, Danda Humphreys introduced readers to some of the people who forged those pioneer pathways. Now she takes us another step back in time to the roads and railways that connected the original city's core to today's suburbs. From Saanich to Sooke, street names tell stories of intrigue and adventure: Rowland Avenue, named for the farm labourer with a sinister sideline: hangman for the HBC. Joan Crescent, where coal baron Robert Dunsmuir's widow once resided in solitary splendour in a castle called Craigdarroch. Sidney Avenue, close to where the Brethour brothers donated land for the northern terminus of the "Cordwood Express," first train to link the city with the Saanich Peninsula and the islands in the Strait of Georgia. In this second book in her On the Street Where You Live trilogy, Danda once again combines her passion for the past with a penchant for lively prose to bring you stories about Victoria's pioneers. You know the streets; now meet the people--their lives, their loves and the legends they left behind.
If These Walls Could Talk
Author: Valerie GreenPublisher: TouchWood Editions
ISBN: 9780920663783
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
How many times have you walked by or through an interesting old house, wondering about its past and what tales its walls could whisper if they could answer your questions? Although many of Victoria's heritage homes have disappeared, some remain—some rich and elegant and some working class. All have stories to tell. Valerie Green offers the stories of fifty houses and the people who lived, loved and died in them. The homes are illustrated by architectural artist Lynn Gordon-Findlay in exquisite detail. In If These Walls Could Talk, Valerie and Lynn celebrate Victoria's splendid old houses and the history of another era. They include only those residences still standing. The time span ranges from the 1850s to the 1930s and covers a wide spectrum; there are stories about famous houses of historical importance as well as some less familiar, like the Rockland home that rocked with scandal and a farmhouse with a connection to Harrod's, the famous London retailer. Maps have been included to show exact location.
Exploring Victoria's Architecture
Author: Martin SeggerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Saanich Centennial, 1906-2006
Author: Geoffrey CastlePublisher: Corporation of District of Saanich
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Canadiana
Author: Subject Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Author: