On the Street where You Live: Victoria's early roads and railways - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On the Street where You Live: Victoria's early roads and railways write by Danda Humphreys. This book was released on 2000. On the Street where You Live: Victoria's early roads and railways available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
On the Street Where You Live
On the Street Where You Live - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On the Street Where You Live write by Danda Humphreys. This book was released on 1999. On the Street Where You Live available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Today, the streets of Victoria are busy thoroughfares. Yesterday, they were simple trails, used by the Hudson's Bay Company men and the First Nations people who traded with them and helped build their fort. Then came the gold miners, followed by the bankers and businessmen, sailors and saloon-keepers, poets, postmasters, architects and astronomers. They're remembered in Victoria's city's streets . . .and every street name tells a story: Courtney Street is a misspelled memorial to Captain George W. Courtenay, whose Constancewas one of the first of Her Majesty's vessels to sail into Esquimalt Harbour in the 1840s. Fan Tan Alley provides a tantalizing glimpse into 1800s Chinatown, where Fan Tan gambling dens existed alongside brothels and opium factories that fuelled the gamblers' fortunes. Rattenbury Place is named for the ill-fated architect who designed the Empress Hotel and the Parliament Buildings. Danda's knack for colourful, no-nonsense writing makes history come alive. You'll sympathize with the characters she writes about, enjoy them and through their eyes experience 19-century Victoria in a way you've never experienced it before.
Government Street
Government Street - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Government Street write by Danda Humphreys. This book was released on 2012. Government Street available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nothing says "Victoria" like Government Street, the road that runs through the city's historic downtown core. At one end of the street is the earliest Chinatown in Canada, at the other, a view across the strait to the United States. Since the mid-1800s, Government Street has held the key to Victoria's past and in her lively new book Danda Humphreys takes you on a guided tour of this "heritage mile." The history of Victoria may be short--the city marks its 150th anniversary in 2012--but it hasn't been dull. Characters, events, politics, and even the buildings were colourful in the early days. Danda's stories are complemented by archival photos and postcards, and contemporary colour photographs that let you compare historical and present-day views of buildings and features. This stroll along Government Street will reveal the people, places and events that created the city we see today.
Canadian Books in Print. Author and Title Index
Canadian Books in Print. Author and Title Index - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Canadian Books in Print. Author and Title Index write by . This book was released on 1975. Canadian Books in Print. Author and Title Index available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Canadian Book Review Annual
Canadian Book Review Annual - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Canadian Book Review Annual write by Joyce M. Wilson. This book was released on 2001. Canadian Book Review Annual available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
