British Columbia

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Life at Yellowhead

Life at Yellowhead

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Talks about life at Yellowhead Road Camp ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Pass the Spuds
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Pass the Spuds

From: Up the Coast

Chapter Seven focuses on the cook house, the cook Dave, the routine at the logging camp, grizzly bears in the shed, and the cook Lousia the nazi. 10 $1.00 Add
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Postscript: A Work Diary
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Postscript: A Work Diary

From: Up the Coast

The postscript is the author’s reflection on her fathers 1959 work diary. 5 $0.50 Add
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Preface
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Preface

From: Up the Coast

An introduction to the methodology, maps, and the explanation of “up the coast.” 3 $0.30 Add
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Prologue:

Prologue:

Woodfibre days

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Talks about life before Pearl Harbour in Woodfibre BC ; 5 $0.50 Add
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Rumours of War, 1906–1914

Rumours of War, 1906–1914

From: Canada's Bastions of Empire

How Britain involved the Dominion in new defense challenges and the emergency of Germany as a potential enemy, immigration issues during this period 38 $3.80 Add
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Summer Camp
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Summer Camp

From: Up the Coast

Chapter Six contrasts life in North Vancouver and Oxford Bay, logging life and realities, evidence of previous loggers in the areas, Smokey the dog discovering a human skull, American tourists on … 30 $3.00 Add
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That’s the Navy for You
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That’s the Navy for You

From: Up the Coast

Chapter Four focuses on the author’s mother Joan O’Connell’s time working during the Second World War, working in the boeing aircraft plant, disposable income, dancing, her special … 8 $0.80 Add
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The Truth About Loggers
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The Truth About Loggers

From: Up the Coast

Chapter Eight focuses on the truth about loggers, entertainment at logging camps, calls in and out of the camps, sport at the camps, animals visitors, the star loggers Erik and Olaf Nyström, life … 25 $2.50 Add
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The Watch Is Set, 1749–1858

The Watch Is Set, 1749–1858

From: Canada's Bastions of Empire

examines how Britain had made Canada part of its strategic thinking for more than 150 years before war broke out in 1914, with focus on the naval basis in Halifax and Victoria 24 $2.40 Add
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Threat and Response, 1858–1905

Threat and Response, 1858–1905

From: Canada's Bastions of Empire

Mostly dealing with relations with America during this time it analyzes Canadian responses to threats during this period, including the Alaska boundary 50 $5.00 Add
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To Descoigne road camp

To Descoigne road camp

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

He is moved to Descoigne Road Camp, talks about the country surrounding it ; 6 $0.60 Add
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To jail in Vancouver

To jail in Vancouver

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

talks about being send to Jail after the association with the Security committee in Slocan ; 7 $0.70 Add
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To Slocan instead of Greenwood

To Slocan instead of Greenwood

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

He is sent to work at slocan instead of joining his family at Greenwood and ensuing arguments with the Security Commission about broken promises ; 6 $0.60 Add
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To Vancouver and on to Yellowhead road camp

To Vancouver and on to Yellowhead road camp

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

The trip from Vancouver to the work camp ; 7 $0.70 Add
Up the Coast
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Up the Coast

One Family's Wild Life in the Forests of British Columbia

Kathryn Willcock and her sisters grew up in logging camps on the coast of B.C. in the 1960s when children were set loose to play in the wilderness, women kept rifles next to the wood stove, and … 224 View