Stanley Park's Secret The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch and Brockton Point
by Barman, Jean
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1550173464
- ISBN 13
- 9781550173468
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550173464 . Boards and DJ show light shelf wear, DJ has a horizontal scratch line across the back with 1/2" sliver of material missing.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.1 inches; 279 pages; Officially opened in 1888, Stanley Park was born alongside the city of Vancouver, so it is easy to assume that the park was a pristine wilderness when it was first created. But much of it had been logged and it was home to a number of settlements. Aboriginal people lived at the villages of Whoi Whoi, now Lumberman's Arch, and nearby Chaythoos. Some of the immigrant Hawaiians earlier employed in the fur trade took jobs at the lumber mills that dotted Burrard Inlet from the 1860s and settled at "Kanaka Ranch," which was located just outside the park's southeast boundary. Others resided at Brockton Point on the peninsula's eastern tip. Only in 1958 was the last of the many families forced out of their homes and the park returned to its supposed "pristine" character. Working in collaboration with descendants of the families who once lived in the park area, historian Jean Barman skilfully weaves together the families' stories with archival documents, Vancouver Parks Board records and court proceedings to reveal a troubling, yet deeply important facet of BC's history. .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20314
- Title
- Stanley Park's Secret The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch and Brockton Point
- Author
- Barman, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1550173464
- ISBN 13
- 9781550173468
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Madeira Park, BC
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- 1550173464, stanley park, Lord Stanley
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native studies;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
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Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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