History Post-confederation (1867-)
In the Shadow of the Great War
The Milligan and Hart Explorations of Northeastern British Columbia, 1913-14
- Publisher
- Royal BC Museum
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2013
- Category
- Post-Confederation (1867-)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780772666376
- Publish Date
- Jul 2013
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
In 1913, the BC government hired G.B. Milligan and E.B. Hart to each lead a small expedition that spent 18 months exploring the northeastern part of British Columbia. These expeditions helped provide the first detailed information of this region. Unfortunately, World War I began just as these men completed their work, and the information they gathered got filed away and forgotten in the shadow of the Great War. Now, on the centennial of these expeditions, historian Jay Sherwood's new book documents the Milligan and Hart expeditions. He reveals what their expeditions accomplished and he shows readers what northern BC was like 100 years ago.
About the author
Jay Sherwood is the author of two other books about Frank Swannell: Surveying Northern British Columbia (a 2005 BC Book Prize finalist) and Surveying Central British Columbia (second-prize winner in the 2007 BC Historical Federation Writing Competition). He now lives in Vancouver, where he works as a teacher-librarian.
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