F. W. Anderson, T. E. Shaw, Wop May, Art Downs

Death of Albert Johnson, Mad Trapper of Rat River

Biographies & Memoirs

Art Downs

T. E. Shaw

F. W. Anderson

Wop May

Historical

Heritage House Pub Co Ltd

Over 300 sternwheelers plied BC-Yukon waters, a record in North America. In icy northernlakes, rapid-torn rivers and the open sea these flat-bottomed steamers served for 100 years. Ripped open by rapids, gutted by fire, crushed by ice, they left a memorable wake that altered the landscape forever.

British ColumbiaYukon Sternwheel Days

History

Americas

Heritage House Publishing

Pioneer Days in British Columbia: Volume Two

Pioneer Days in British Columbia, Volume Four

Heritage House Publishing Company, Limited

A newly revised and updated edition of the classic pictorial account of the Cariboo Gold Rush trail. First published in 1960, Wagon Road North is the quintessential popular history book chronicling gold-rush-era BC. Focusing on the Cariboo Wagon Road--the crucial transportation route stretching from Fort Yale to Barkerville that made it possible for tens of thousands of prospectors to make their way to the Cariboo goldfields in the 1860s--this newly updated, expanded, and re-designed edition brings to life the adventures, hardships, and blind ambitions of the men and women who risked everything in the quest for gold. Packed with more than one hundred archival photos, many of them rarely seen, as well as maps and contemporary images of historical sites, this fascinating book is a visual celebration of a pivotal chapter in early BC history.

Wagon Road North: The Saga of the Cariboo Gold Rush, Revised and Expanded Edition

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Heritage House

Albert Johnson was a loner, a deadly shot, who in 1932 triggered a gruelling manhunt that has become an Arctic legend. For over six weeks, amid blizzards and numbing cold, he eluded a posse of trappers, First Nations and RCMP, who for the very first time used a two-way radio and an airplane in their search. Johnson was involved in four shoot-outs, killing one policeman and gravely wounding two other men before being shot to death. Over a half-century later, an intriguing mystery remains: Who was Albert Johnson?

The Death of Albert Johnson: Mad Trapper of Rat River

Some of Western Canada's dramatic crimes, including " Death of Manaitoba's Pioneer Police Chief,"Saskatchewan's First Stagecoach Holdup," Alberta's " Swift Runner- the Cannibal," and British Columibia's "Shoot-Out at New Hazelton."

Outlaws & Lawmen of Western Canada, Vol. 1

Cecil Clark

In 1858, some 30,000 gold seekers stampeded to the Fraser River. Scores perished during the gruelling journey, but some made their fortune and many pressed on northwards to the creeks of the Cariboo. Originally compiled by Art Downs, founder of Heritage House, this is a vivid and detailed account of the first gold strikes, the miners who made them and the incredible efforts to establish transportation routes and build roads to the Cariboo goldfields. Here are the stories of the legendary Williams Creek diggings, which yielded a golden harvest of over $2.6 million in 1862, and creeks with names like Lightning, Jack of Clubs and Last Chance. Also included are excerpts from Walter B. Cheadle's journals. Cheadle and Lord Viscount Milton became the first tourists to the Cariboo in 1863. Richly descriptive and touched with humour, Cheadle's first-hand account is a fascinating window into Cariboo history.

Cariboo Gold Rush: The Stampede that Made BC (Amazing Stories)

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