Songs of Triumph & Mystery, Tales of Intrigue & Adventure!
It’s hard to imagine Pacific Canada prior to European contact. A vast wilderness, First People’s communities throughout its rugged coastline or clustered around lakes and along rivers. Equally hard to imagine is how, in a brief span of two centuries, the landscape, both physical and cultural has been so dramatically changed.
This change began with the fur trade, bringing explorers who first mapped this vast region, establishing trade with the Indigeness people. The fur trade eventually led to the discovery of gold throughout the West. It was the following gold rush that prompted colonization, and with colonization came industry. It was industry that led to the Dominion of Canada.
Today, The True North represents a richly diverse and unique global society, which embraces many cultures and ideals. In the proverbial blink of an eye, cities have sprung up out of the wilderness.
Stirring up Ghosts contains songs of triumph and mystery, tales of intrigue and adventure and true life heroes & villains of Pacific Canada’s flamboyant past.
Spanish Banks
Where Point Grey reaches west into the Gulf of Georgia lies Spanish Banks. The name commemorates a 1792 meeting of English explorer George Vancouver with Spanish explorers Galiano & Valdes.
John Tod
When he was only 14 he left his home in Scotland bound for the wilds of Rupert’s Land (now Western Canada).
Richard Moody
The Royal Engineers under Colonel Richard Clements Moody had a profound influence on land they surveyed. Their names adorn towns and landmarks, and we drive on the highways mapped out over a hundred and fifty years ago.
Twenty-three Camels
In 1860 a Victoria merchant launched a most amazing scheme. Frank Laumeister imported 23 Bactrian Camels for use as beasts of burden on the Cariboo Road.
Twenty-three Camels
In 1860 a Victoria merchant launched a most amazing scheme. Frank Laumeister imported 23 Bactrian Camels for use as beasts of burden on the Cariboo Road.
Twenty-three Camels
In 1860 a Victoria merchant launched a most amazing scheme. Frank Laumeister imported 23 Bactrian Camels for use as beasts of burden on the Cariboo Road.
Voyageur
The first Europeans to cross the continent of North America came from East to West. They were the fur trade explorers of the North West and Hudson’s Bay trading companies.
John Rae
John Rae was a great Orcadian-born Arctic Explorer who discovered the location of the last navigable link in the Northwest Passage .
McGowan's War
They say the nicest thing about Ned McGowan was his horse. In his chequered past he had been a member of the Philadelphia Legislature, a Captain of Police, a Commissioner of Immigrants and an Associate Judge in San Francisco as well as the editor of a scandalous newspaper.
Spanish Banks
Where the City of Vancouver reaches westward into the Gulf of Georgia there is a place called Spanish Banks. The name commemorates the meeting in 1792 of English explorer George Vancouver with Spanish explorers
Galiano & Valdes.
Spanish Banks
Where the City of Vancouver reaches westward into the Gulf of Georgia there is a place called Spanish Banks. The name commemorates the meeting in 1792 of English explorer George Vancouver with Spanish explorers
Galiano & Valdes.
Spanish Banks
Where the City of Vancouver reaches westward into the Gulf of Georgia there is a place called Spanish Banks. The name commemorates the meeting in 1792 of English explorer George Vancouver with Spanish explorers
Galiano & Valdes.
Simon Fraser
On May 22, 1808, Simon Fraser began an expedition to explore the river then believed to be the Columbia, to its mouth.
Steamboatin' Jamiesons
The Jamiesons were five brothers who came from Brodick, Scotland in the 1850’s to pursue careers as steamboat pilots.
The Ghost of Kitty O'Reilly
Kathleen O’Reilly died in her 78th year in the very house where she had been born. They say the ghost of Miss O’Reilly is still present in the house she loved so well.
Spanish Banks
Where the City of Vancouver reaches westward into the Gulf of Georgia there is a place called Spanish Banks. The name commemorates the meeting in 1792 of English explorer George Vancouver with Spanish explorers Galiano & Valdes.
Spanish Banks
Where the City of Vancouver reaches westward into the Gulf of Georgia there is a place called Spanish Banks. The name commemorates the meeting in 1792 of English explorer George Vancouver with Spanish explorers Galiano & Valdes.
Spanish Banks
Where the City of Vancouver reaches westward into the Gulf of Georgia there is a place called Spanish Banks. The name commemorates the meeting in 1792 of English explorer George Vancouver with Spanish explorers Galiano & Valdes.