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In the wake of the war canoe : a stirring record of forty years' successful labour, peril, and adventure amongst the savage Indian tribes of the Pacific coast, and the piratical head-hunting Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia  Cover Image Book Book

In the wake of the war canoe : a stirring record of forty years' successful labour, peril, and adventure amongst the savage Indian tribes of the Pacific coast, and the piratical head-hunting Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia / William Henry Collison ; edited and annotated by Charles Lillard.

Summary:

"An account by a Church of England missionary of his early work in the Queen Charlotte Islands and along the Skeena River."

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780919462878
  • ISBN: 0919462871
  • Physical Description: xiii, 253, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Sono Nis, 1981.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the edition originally published 1915.
"Based on the Toronto printing by Musson Book Company, Ltd. ... in all probability ... 1915"--Introd.
Includes index.
Part of MG003 - Veronica and Ray Milner.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: pages 249-250.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
Donation (copy 1) ; William C. Wonders ; 2008/03.
Donation (copy 2) ; 2006/11.
Subject: Collison, W. H. (William Henry), 1847-1922.
Indigenous peoples > North America > British Columbia.
Missionaries > Northwest Coast of North America > Biography.
Indigenous peoples > North America > British Columbia > Missions.
Indigenous peoples > North America > Missions > Northwest Coast of North America.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lansdowne Library E 78 C2 C65 1981 (Text) 26040001068689 Main Collection Volume hold Available -


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