Tidal Passages - Couverture souple

Taylor, Jeanette

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1550174606 ISBN 13 : 9781550174601

Editeur : Harbour Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

At the north end of British Columbia's great inland sea, the Inside Passage divides amongst a scatter of islands whose breathtaking beauty makes them one of the Northwest's most popular cruising destinations. Unofficially known as the Discovery Islands (named after the main passage through them), Read, Cortes, Sonora, Maurelle, Hardwicke, Stuart, Redonda and Thurlow Islands are sparsely populated today but bristled with life in earlier times. Tidal Passages also covers many smaller islands and the surrounding mainland inlets (though not Quadra Island, which is the subject of a separate book by the author).

The evocative names of the old island communities reveal much about the salty culture that once flourished here: Whaletown, Refuge Cove, Mansons Landing, Gorge Harbour, Seaford, Deceit Bay, Big Bay, Shoal Bay, Surge Narrows and Blind Channel. In this book Jeanette Taylor brings the old history back to vivid life, starting in the days when First Nations held sway and progressing through the peak years of European settlement in the mid-twentieth century to modern times. What emerges from Taylor's colourful pageant is a view of pioneer life that is quintessentially coastal: of potlatches, longhouses, stumpranchers, handloggers, beachcombers, seagoing missionaries, isolation that brought out the worst in some people and the best in others, and through it all the watery element of dugouts, steamships, ferries and tides that pulsed through islander life like a heartbeat.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jeanette Taylor started her career in history transcribing taped interviews in the BC Archives. For nearly twenty years she was on the curatorial staff for the Museum at Campbell River. Currently Taylor is the executive director of the Campbell River Art Gallery. Her passions for history, art and coastal life are evident in her books. Taylor is a resident of Quadra Island and leads heritage site tours of the Discovery Islands by boat, kayak and bus.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harbour Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1550174606
• ISBN 13: 9781550174601
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 316
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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