Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names

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Winner of the 2010 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional BC Book Prize

Winner of the 2009 Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing

In 1909 Captain John T. Walbran published probably the most beloved and enduring of all BC books, British Columbia Coast Names. Harbour Publishing celebrates the hundredth anniversary of that landmark work by presenting the first book to update Walbran’s classic, Andrew Scott’s Raincoast Place Names. Like its progenitor, Raincoast Place Names is a lot more than simply a catalogue of name origins because it tells the regularly fascinating stories in the back of the names and in so doing serves as a history of the region in capsule form. It’s also a monumental work, twice the size of Walbran’s and including more than three times as many places. Four thousand entries believe, in intriguing detail, the stories in the back of over five thousand place names: how they were came upon, who named them and why, and what the names reveal. It describes the original First Nations cultures, the heroics of the 18th-century explorers and fur traders, the gruelling survey and settlement efforts of the 19th century, the lives of colonial officials, missionaries, gold seekers and homesteaders, and the histories of nearly each and every important vessel to sail or cruise the coast.

The book also examines–for the first time–the rich heritage of BC place names added in the 20th century. These new entries reflect the world of the steamship era, the ships and skippers of the Union and Princess lines, the heroes of the two World Wars and the sealing fleet, Esquimalt’s naval base and BC’s fishing, canning, mining and logging industries.

Richly illustrated with photos and maps, this book is an essential reference work, a will have to-have guide for boaters and mariners and a standard companion for any individual interested in BC history. It also makes a fine shelf-mate for the Encyclopedia of British Columbia.

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