History of British Columbia from Its Earliest Discovery to the Present TimeW. Briggs, 1894 - 568 страница |
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... feet thick - Abundant supply - Van- couver island mines - Nanaimo - Mining for gold - Dredging for gold - West Kootenay district rich in ores - East Kootenay gives great promise Assays - Nelson - Skylark mine- Kootenay triumphs ...
... feet thick - Abundant supply - Van- couver island mines - Nanaimo - Mining for gold - Dredging for gold - West Kootenay district rich in ores - East Kootenay gives great promise Assays - Nelson - Skylark mine- Kootenay triumphs ...
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... feet . Illuminated by the first rays of the morning sun , its silvery top is burnished with gold . Almost at the feet of the beholder flows the great Fraser River , abounding with several varieties of the best salmon , losing itself ...
... feet . Illuminated by the first rays of the morning sun , its silvery top is burnished with gold . Almost at the feet of the beholder flows the great Fraser River , abounding with several varieties of the best salmon , losing itself ...
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... feet high . On nearer approach the ice was found to be covered with multitudes of walruses or sea - horses . Cook's narrative says : " They lay in herds of many hundreds upon the ice , huddling one over the other like swine , and roar ...
... feet high . On nearer approach the ice was found to be covered with multitudes of walruses or sea - horses . Cook's narrative says : " They lay in herds of many hundreds upon the ice , huddling one over the other like swine , and roar ...
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... feet , and remained in the unattired garb of nature on the deck . They were each of them in turn presented with a blanket , when with every mark of the highest satisfaction , they descended into their canoes , which were paddled hastily ...
... feet , and remained in the unattired garb of nature on the deck . They were each of them in turn presented with a blanket , when with every mark of the highest satisfaction , they descended into their canoes , which were paddled hastily ...
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... feet from the ground , and under these were apartments for keeping our stores in . Exclusive of these were sheds and outhouses for the convenience of the artificers to work in . On Mr. Meares's departure the house was left in good ...
... feet from the ground , and under these were apartments for keeping our stores in . Exclusive of these were sheds and outhouses for the convenience of the artificers to work in . On Mr. Meares's departure the house was left in good ...
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acres appointed arrived Beaver boundary Britain British Columbia buildings Canada Canadian canoe Captain Cariboo carried channel charge chief factor coast Colonel Moody colony Columbia River command Company's continued Council despatch district Dominion duties England Esquimalt established feet Finlayson Fort Hope Fort Langley Fort Simpson Fort Vancouver Fort Yale Fraser River gold Governor Douglas Governor Simpson granted harbor Helmcken House Hudson Bay Company hundred Indians July justice Kamloops Lake land Langley large number license Mackenzie Majesty's Government McLoughlin miles miners mining Nanaimo natives navigation Nootka North-West Company officers Pacific party passed port possession present proceeded Puget Sound railway reached received returned road Rocky Mountains route Russian San Francisco San Juan San Juan Island savages says sent settlement settlers ship steamer supplies survey territory Thompson thousand trade treaty tribes United Vancouver Island vessels Victoria village visited Westminster Yale
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