Leechtown, Wellington, Bevan, Kildonan, Fort Rupert, Cape Scott . . .Vancouver Island's ghost towns dot the Island from its southern end to its northern tip, and their stories chart the boom and bust of the resource economy that still characterizes the region. Well illustrated with maps and an abundance of photos, archival and modern, Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island is filled with tales of the famous and the not-so-famous. The Dunsmuirs appear throughout the book, but so do the First Nations who lived here ...
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Leechtown, Wellington, Bevan, Kildonan, Fort Rupert, Cape Scott . . .Vancouver Island's ghost towns dot the Island from its southern end to its northern tip, and their stories chart the boom and bust of the resource economy that still characterizes the region. Well illustrated with maps and an abundance of photos, archival and modern, Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island is filled with tales of the famous and the not-so-famous. The Dunsmuirs appear throughout the book, but so do the First Nations who lived here first and the many European and Asian settlers who were drawn by the promise of wealth and land.
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Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 104 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Hand-numbered copy 59 of only 200 printed. Contains features on the following locations: Leechtown; Bamberton; Mount Sicker; Cassidy; Morden; Extension; Wellington; Red Gap; Powder Point; Union Bay; Cumberland's Chinatown; Bevan; Headquarters; Fort Rupert; Cape Scott; Zeballos; Clayoquot; Fort Defiance; Port Hughes; Clo-oose; Kildonan; Hayes Landing; Barclay Townsite; Secchart. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy.; 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall; Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island Limited Edition Leechtown; Bamberton; Mount Sicker; Cassidy; Morden; Extension; Wellington; Red Gap; Powder Point; Union Bay; Cumberland's Chinatown; Bevan; Headquarters; Fort Rupert; Cape Scott; Zeballos; Cl.
