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History In The News: Gold Rush Era
Alex Nguyen, "Residents
Fear Losing Historic Berkerville To Wildfire,"
CBC News, July 23, 2024.
Jenifer Norwell,
"First
Nation Takes Over Operation Of Gold Rush-Era Historic Site,"
CBC News, May 9, 2024.
John Mackie "'It's
A Marvel': Rare 1858 Diary Of The Fraser River Gold Rush For Sale,"
Vancouver Sun, March 6, 2023.
Kim Pemberton, "B.C.
History Brought To Life In Gold Rush Town Of Barkerville,"
Times Colonist, September 17, 2022.
Winston Szeto, "Early
Chinese Canadian Gold Miners Remembered For Their Contribution To B.C.'s Cariboo
Communities," CBC
News, May 20, 2022.
"Barkerville's
Archives Help Bridge Shared Chinese And Canadian Histories,"
Quesnel Cariboo Observer, December 2, 2019.
Betsy Trumpenener, "After
The Gold Rush: 160 Years Later, Barkerville Includes First Nations' Stories At
Living Museum," CBC
News, September 15, 2019.
Barry Sale, "Haphazard
History: The Hurdy Gurdy Girls Of Barkerville,"
Williams Lake Tribune, December 5, 2018.
Emelie Peacock, "B.C.
Historian Reveals The Untold Story Of The Fraser Canyon War In New Book,"
Agassiz-Harrison Observer, November 22, 2018.
Crawford Killian, "How
The Fraser River Gold War Changed Canada,"
Tyee, November 16, 2018.
John Mack,ie, "Barkerville:
Gold-Rush Relic To Cultural Icon,"
Vancouver Sun, August 4, 2018.
Gordon McIntyre, "Descendants
Of Two Men Who Avoided A Battle That Could Have Led B.C. To Join U.S. Will Meet
In Lytton For 160th Anniversary Of Canyon War,"
Vancouver Sun, April 13, 2018.
"Historic
B.C. Camels Inspire New North Vancouver Statue,"
CBC News, October 5, 2017.
"'A
Great Many' Sto-lo Boys Kidnapped During B.C.'s Gold Rush,"
CBC News, August 19, 2017.
Liam Britten, "Barkerville
History Celebrated In Documentary Series,"
CBC News British Columbia, May 18, 2016.
Donald E. Waite, "Our
History: The Early Days Of B.C.'s Gold Rush,"
Victoria Times Colonist, December 12, 2015.
Jack Christie, "Gold
Rush History Still Shines In Barkerville, B.C.,"
Georgia Straight, August 26, 2015.
Ashleigh Hibbins, "Gold Fever In B.C.: Camels In The Cariboo," Fraser River Discovery Centre, March 4, 2015.
Jack Christie, "Evidence
Of The Past Lives On At Yale Historic Site,"
Georgia Straight, May 23, 2012.
Jim Hume, "We Should Learn From The Racism Of Our Past; In The 1860s A White Man Brought Smallpox To The Island, But We Wrongly Blamed And Punished Aboriginals," Victoria Times-Colonist, May 16, 2010.
Randy Shore, "British Columbia In 1858: A Raw Frontier," Vancouver Sun, November 10, 2009.
Dave Obee, "Steamer's Arrival Put Victoria On The Map For Gold-Rush Miners," Victoria Times-Colonist, April 27, 2008.
History In The News: Birth Of BC
Terry Glavin, "The
Colonial History Behind B.C. Day That Can Make Us Proud,"
Maclean's (August 1, 2018).
Stephen Hume, "The Day A Colony Was Born," Vancouver Sun, November 19, 2008.
"Royal Engineers Maintained British Presence After Rush," Victoria Times-Colonist, April 13, 2008.
Patrick Murphy, "B.C. Celebrates 125 Years," Victoria Times-Colonist, July 20, 1996.
Articles: Gold Rush Era
Daniel Marshall, "'British
California,'" Orca,
(October 6, 2018).
Joshua Ostroff, "How
A Smallpox Epidemic Forged Modern British Columbia,"
Maclean's (August 1, 2017).
Greg Lange, "Smallpox Epidemic Of 1862 Among Northwest Coast And Puget Sound Indians," HistoryLink.org (February 4, 2003).
Video And Audio Sources: Gold Rush Era
"British Columbia's Gold Rush Legacy," Royal B.C. Museum, February 5, 2019.
"Gold
Rush: The True Story Of The B.C. Gold Rush,"
Storyhive, March 12, 2019 (13 mins.).
"Smallpox In Victoria," Episode 19, This Week In History, Royal B.C. Museum, March 23, 2013.
"Matthew Baillie Begbie," Episode 10, Season 2, This Week In History, Royal B.C. Museum, November 16, 2013.
"Alfred Waddington," Episode 25, Season 2, This Week In History, Royal B.C. Museum, January 27, 2015.
"Royal Engineers," Episode 8, Season 3, This Week In History, Royal B.C. Museum, November 3, 2014.
Royal Engineers In Early B.C.:
"In
The Shadow Of Gold Mountain"
(2004, 43 mins.):
"Fraser Gold," 1994 (30 mins.).
"The Legendary Judge," NFB (1958, 30 mins.): An old National Film Board of Canada portrait of Judge Matthew Bailie Begbie that also offers a window onto historiography during the Centennial year.
Video And Audio Sources: Birth Of BC
"Terms Of The B.C. Union," Episode 13, This Week In History, Royal B.C. Museum, February 9, 2013.
"Amor De Cosmos, B.C.'s Second Premier," CBC Archives, 1978.
Web-Sites
British Columbia Joins, Canada History Project:
Colonial Despatches -- The Colonial Despatches Of Vancouver Island And British Columbia, 1846-1871:
