Peace River chronicles : eighty-one eye-witness accounts from the first exploration in 1793 of the Peace River Region of British Columbia, including the Finlay and the Parsnip River Basins.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-546)
Contents:
Fur traders : 1793-1860. The discovery of the canyon / Alexander Mackenzie From the portage to Finlay Forks / Simon Fraser A fur-trader's journal / D. W. Harmon The discovery of Deserters' Canyon / Samuel Black First navigation of Peace River Canyon / Archibald McDonald A report on the fur trade / George Simpson Up the Peace to Fort McLeod / John McLean New Caledonia / John McLean Dried salmon and rum at Fort McLeod / W. McLean and Paul Fraser Dried salmon and rum again / Anonymous Gold-seekers, travellers, missionaries, and surveyors : 1861-1906. The monopoly is broken / H. J. Moberly The Omineca gold rush / Peter O'Reilly Pete Toy / J. C. Bryant The first railway survey / Charles Horetzky The future garden of the west / Charles Horetzky An early description of the country / John Macoun Fort St. John and Dan Williams / Wm. F. Butler The Hope of Hudson / Wm. F. Butler The Black Canyon of the Omineca / Wm. F. Butler Two Omineca mining camps / Wm. F. Butler A missionary bishop writes home / Wm. C. Bompas The frist geological survey / A. R. C. Selwyn The discovery of Pine Pass / Joseph Hunter Pouce Coupe prairie / G. M. Dawson From Fort McLeod to Fort St. John / Daniel M. Gordon The trial of Dan Williams / A. C. Garrioch A river journey to Fort St. John / A. Husson. A winter ordeal / Warburton Pike A land surveyor reports / Wm. Ogilvie A disparaging appraisal / H. Somers Somerset A report on the Finlay and Omineca rivers / R. G. McConnell Through the wilderness to Fort Grahame / A. G. Morice Blazing a trail to the Klondike / J. D. Moodie On the Klondike trail / Verner Maurice Shooting the rapids / J. S. Leitch An adverse report / James M. Macoun Building the Police Trail / A. C. Bury The Peace River Block / J. A. Macdonell A stolen horse / A. M. Bezanson The provincial mineralogist reports / Wm. Fleet Robertson The coming of the settlers : 1907-1930. The last west / A. M. Bezanson Through the Wapiti Pass / Spencer H. Tuck Travelling down the Peace / Hulbert Footner The first journalist / Hugh Savage A prospector reports / L. M. Bower The untamed Beaver Indians / Philip H. Godsell An optimist visits the area / C. F. J. Galloway From Hudson Hope to Fort St. John / C. F. J. Galloway An expedition to Laurier Pass / Frederick K. Vreeland Finlay and Omineca valleys / F. C. Swannell The homestead at Finlay Forks / Lucill K. Adems A settler's family arrives / W. O. Harper On the headwaters of Peace River / Paul L. Haworth The climate / F. H. Kitto A district agriculturist reports / H. E. Walker More settlers arrive / F. H. Kitto The daily round at the trading post / Frank W. Beaton A settler's wife looks back / Esme Tuck The outpost hospital / Ida S. Crook A mining engineer reports / J. D. Galloway Minerals in the Fort Grahame area / Douglas Lay A visit by steamer / Lewis R. Freeman A journalist's impressions / Lukin Johnston A missionary's visit / F. H. Eva Hasell The water power potention of the canyon / J. W. Bremner, C. R. Crysdale The promised land / George M. Murray The region begins to come into its own : 1931-1962. The valley of the Peace / John M. Imrie Making trail for M. Bedaux / Ernest C. W. Lamarque A diary of the Bedaux Expedition / F. C. Swannell Westward to Omineca / Monica Storrs "Red" Powell and the first air line / Vera Kelsey Dawson Creek and the Alaska Highway / Gertrude Baskine An expedition to the Lloyd George Mountains / F. S. Smythe Dudley Shaw of Hudson Hope / Vena and Bradford Angier A visit to Hudson Hope / Lyn Harrington Hudson Hope country / C. D. La Nauze Peace River passage / R. M. Patterson Dawson Creek and Fort St. John / Vera Kelsey The world's loneliest hotel / Jack Scott A journal reports / R. M. Shaw The fur trade on the Finlay / C. B. Cunningham
