The trail of 1858 : British Columbia's gold rush past

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  • Author: Forsythe, Mark
    Contributor:

    Dixon, Greg

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    The Fraser River gold rush, the most spectacular phenomenon in the history of BC, exploded in the spring of 1858. A quiet outpost of the colonial fur trade was transformed almost overnight when some 30,000 gold-seekers, entrepreneurs and hangers-on rushed to the shores of the Fraser, and then followed north to the Cariboo.

    Original Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., 2007
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781550174243

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Dixon, Greg

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The Fraser River gold rush, the most spectacular phenomenon in the history of BC, exploded in the spring of 1858. A quiet outpost of the colonial fur trade was transformed almost overnight when some 30,000 gold-seekers, entrepreneurs and hangers-on rushed to the shores of the Fraser, and then followed north to the Cariboo.

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Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., 2007

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