A Cultural History of Canada22 Aug 2021

42 - The Gold Rush That Created British Columbia

In which we talk about the 1858 Fraser River gold rush, its part in the creation of the colony of British Columbia, and a modern take on the event in Raymond Maher's 'The Deadly Five' novel.

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Further Reading:

Boissery, Beverly. Beyond Hope: An Illustrated History of the Fraser and Cariboo Gold Rush, Dundurn Press, 2003.
Geddes, Gary. "British Columbia, Writing in." The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Oxford University Press, 1997.
Gough, Barry M. "Fraser, Simon." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Klan, Yvonne. The Old Red Shirt: Pioneer Poets of British Columbia, New Star Books, 2004.
Loo, Tina. "New Caledonia." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Maher, Raymond. The Deadly Five, Friesen Press, 2020. https://raymondmaher.com
McDonald, Robert A. J. "British Columbia." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.

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