For sale: Undeveloped farm on a Southern Gulf Island.Size: 99.6 acres.Buildings: Barn, greenhouse, chicken coop.Waterfront: 850 feet of west-facing …
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The British Columbia Apocalypse Cult, and other Weird Canadian Stories
The arctic trails have their secret tales that will make your blood run cold.
Not much is known about Annie Sachs. She was born in Cleveland to a mechanic and his wife in the summer of 1891. She married a German immigrant named …
Jackboots march down Granville Street. A mob of soldiers with swastika armbands storm the CBC Radio studio in the Hotel Vancouver. At city hall, the …
If you grew up in Western Canada, chances are you’re already familiar with the work of Francis Rattenbury.Even today, the buildings he designed are …
These days, the property at 525 Sixth Street in New Westminster barely warrants a second look. But for more than 50 years, the site—now a mixed-use …
Had he kept his birth name, William Alexander Smith would be remembered only by students of history.Smith dragged British Columbia into Confederation …
The following excerpt was taken from the chapter “The Wigwam Inn at Indian Arm” in Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City’s Hidden History by Eve …
The fog drifts by the snow-capped mountains of British Columbia’s Upper Fraser Valley in puffs, like the breath of a giant on a frigid day. Could …
This excerpt is published with permission from Land of Destiny: A History of Vancouver Real Estate by Jesse Donaldson, published by Anvil Press, © …
The Yukon is a wild land of fertile imaginations and desperate schemes. It is a place of myth, legend, and reinvention. The territory is also where …
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