James Douglas: Father of British Columbia (Quest Biography, #25)

by Julie H. Ferguson

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James Douglas’s story is one of high adventure in pre-Confederation Canada. It weaves through the heart of Canadian and Pacific Northwest history when British Columbia was a wild land, Vancouver didn’t exist, and Victoria was a muddy village.

Part black and illegitimate, Douglas was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1803 to a Scottish plantation owner and a mixed-race woman. After schooling in Scotland, the fifteen-year-old Douglas sailed to Canada in 1819 to join the fur trade. With roads non-existent, he travelled thousands of miles each year, using the rivers and lakes as his highways. He paddled canoes,...

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  • ISBN10 1554884098
  • ISBN13 9781554884094
  • Publish Date 19 November 2009 (first published 1 October 2009)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint Dundurn Group Ltd
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