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
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From Feed Store to Grapevine: the House on Market Place
The house on 139 Market Place played very much a minor character in my last post on Prince Rupert’s Sunken
Continue ReadingA Few, Mad, Fatal Weeks
Surely the suffering was almost over. The cost had been so high. Thousands of young men had come for jobs,
Continue ReadingReflecting on Prince Rupert’s Sunken Gardens
Entering Prince Rupert’s downtown via McBride Street is a journey that puts on display some of the best Prince Rupert
Continue ReadingBuilding the First Cannery
Charlie Lane was a man of opportunity. He was a self-styled “Colonel,” one of those San Francisco mining speculators who
Continue ReadingNulu
In 1998 I presented a paper at the Canadian Archaeological Association annual conference in Victoria, identifying major events in the
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In the mid1980s, I was researching the early history of Prince Rupert for the new Kwinitsa Railway Station Museum exhibits.
Continue ReadingThoughts on History
I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realizes an emotion at the time. It expands
Continue ReadingLittle DetailsThat Tell Big Stories
I was intrigued when Susan Marsden proposed the idea of this blog, with a few of us telling historical stories.
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