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The legend of the Lost Lemon Mine is one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries of the Canadian West.

Vancouver Island in the late nineteenth century was a major port of entry for people from all walks of life.

In 1858, some 30,000 gold seekers stampeded to the Fraser River.

Although her name today is synonymous with the women’s suffrage movement in Canada, Nellie McClung’s long and varied career covered several fields—from social activist to elected politician, from n

Fifteen years before the 1858 Fraser River gold rush, a Hudson’s Bay Company clerk named Alexander Caulfield Anderson threaded his way through mountain passes and down rapids-filled rivers in searc

On October 1, 1917, prohibition came into effect in the province of British Columbia. Washington and Oregon had gone dry the previous year.

A charmingly illustrated history of the humble skate and its place in Canadian cultural identity.Throughout our 150-year history, and even longer, people have braved the treacherous Canadian winter

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines hoax as a “humorous or malicious deception,” and hex as “a magic spell.” In Hoaxes and Hexes, Barbara Smith explores these intriguing reflections of human nat

Remarkable cattle drives, famous ranches and legendary characters are at the heart of Ken Mather's account of the early days of ranching in British Columbia.

They were nicknamed Snow Eagle, Flying Knight, Bush Angel, Punch, Doc and Wop.

In August 1914, Canada found itself jolted from its splendid isolation by the onrush of a European catastrophe.

The West was a lawless domain when Jerry Potts was born into the Upper Missouri fur trade in 1838.

Despite being neighbouring provinces with long ranching histories, British Columbia and Alberta saw their ranching techniques develop quite differently.

During the second half of the 19th century, thousands of Chinese men arrived on the west coast of North America, seeking to escape poverty and make their fortunes in the goldfields or working on th

The history of British Columbia's transportation systems north of the Canadian National Railway's mainline may not be well known—but it certainly is colourful.