Historical Writing Competition
Historical Writing Competition
1999 – D’Acres, Lilia and Donald Luxton
D’Acres, Lilia and Donald Luxton. (1999). Lions Gate. Burnaby, B.C.: Talonbooks.
In addition to celebrating this bridge and its grand design,Lions Gate sets out to reveal these...
1998 – Bridge, Kathryn
Bridge, K. (1998). By snowshoe, buckboard and steamer: Women of the frontier. Victoria, B.C.: Sono Nis Press.
The lives of four pioneer women in nineteenth-century British Columbia...
1997 – Mackie, Richard Somerset
Mackie, R. (1997). Trading beyond the mountains: The British fur trade on the Pacific 1793–1843. Vancouver, B.C.: University of British Columbia Press.
During the late...
1996 – Cannings, Richard and Sydney G. Cannings
Cannings, R. and S. Cannings. (1996). British Columbia: A natural history. Vancouver, B.C.: Greystone Books.
This award-winning book provides a review of the province's physical and natural...
1995 – Dickinson, Christine Frances and Diane Solie Smith
Dickinson, C. & D.S. Smith. (1995). Atlin: The story of British Columbia's last gold rush. Atlin, B.C.: Atlin Historical Society.
This book traces the history of...
1994 – Henry, Tom
Henry, T. (1994). The Good Company: An affectionate history of the Union Steamships. Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour Publishing.
If British Columbia has a favourite transportation saga, it...
1993 – Mitcham, Allison
Mitcham, A. (1993). Taku, the heart of North America's last great wilderness. Hantsport, N.S.: Lancelot Press.
1992 – Gibson, James
Gibson, J. (1992). Otter skins, Boston ships and China goods. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
James Gibson's thoroughly researched and highly detailed study is the first...
1991 – Meggs, Geoff
Meggs, G. (1991). Salmon, the decline of the west coast fishery. Vancouver, B.C.: Douglas & Mcintyre.
1990 – Tennant, Paul
Tennant, P. (1990). Aboriginal people and politics: The Indian land question in British Columbia, 1849-1989. Vancouver, B.C.: University of Brititish Columbia Press
This book presents the...
