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Summer Sizzler
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Over 230 photographs, sketches and newspaper advertisements illustrate this history of Merritt and the Nicola Valley – the heart of south western British Columbia.
The photographs and illustrations are tied together by accounts of the pioneers and life in the Nicola Valley, beginning with the Interior Salish Indians and the fur traders. Coal mining, ranching and logging are also amply illustrated as well as transportation, recreation, sports, culture and the valley communities.
© 1998. 120 pages, 231 b&w illustrations, bibliography and index. 11" x 8 1/2" paperback. Laminated two-color cover. ISBN 0-929069-11-0 $9.95
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Boundary History:
The Twelfth Report of the Boundary Historical Society
Edited by Jim Glanville of Grand Forks, B.C., this 160 page soft-cover book deals with various aspects of the history of British Columbia's Boundary District. Geographically, the area generally lies north of the Canada-U.S.A. boundary between Osoyoos and Rossland. In addition to a number of family stories, this book also includes articles on early stagecoach travel; road building; the Columbia & Western Railway; the mining community of Phoenix; and the Arrow Lakes Indian Tribe.
160 pages, six maps, 60 b&w photographs and index. 6" x 9" paperback. Laminated two-color cover. ISBN 0-9692892-2-7 $14.95
Schools of the Boundary: 1891-1991
by Alice Glanville
A companion to Boundary History, Schools of the Boundary covers the general geographic area north of the Canada - USA border between Osoyoos and Rossland, including Rock Creek, Midway, Greenwood, Grand Forks and Christina Lake. Alice Glanville's emphasis is on the evolution of education with numerous vignettes of life in the isolated farming, logging and mining communities that have come and gone in British Columbia's Boundary District. Included are chapters on the Grand Forks City Schools; the Doukhobor Schools; schools in the Christina Lake area and others.
144 pages, maps, 57 photographs, bibliography and index. 6" x 9" paperback. Laminated two-color cover. ISBN 0-929069-03-X $12.95
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