The Tsimshian Defeat the Tlingit
It was as if a dam broke, when 1500 years ago a wave of migrants invaded northern Tsimshian territory. Nothing
Continue ReadingIt was as if a dam broke, when 1500 years ago a wave of migrants invaded northern Tsimshian territory. Nothing
Continue ReadingThe house on 139 Market Place played very much a minor character in my last post on Prince Rupert’s Sunken
Continue ReadingSurely the suffering was almost over. The cost had been so high. Thousands of young men had come for jobs,
Continue ReadingEntering Prince Rupert’s downtown via McBride Street is a journey that puts on display some of the best Prince Rupert
Continue ReadingCharlie Lane was a man of opportunity. He was a self-styled “Colonel,” one of those San Francisco mining speculators who
Continue ReadingIn 1998 I presented a paper at the Canadian Archaeological Association annual conference in Victoria, identifying major events in the
Continue ReadingIn the mid1980s, I was researching the early history of Prince Rupert for the new Kwinitsa Railway Station Museum exhibits.
Continue ReadingI can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realizes an emotion at the time. It expands
Continue ReadingI was intrigued when Susan Marsden proposed the idea of this blog, with a few of us telling historical stories.
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