Bowen Island, 1872-1972 by Irene Howard

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Title Cover Image: Bowen Island, 1872-1972

Title:
Bowen Island, 1872-1972

Author(s):
Irene Howard

Circulation:
Non-circulating [ 1 ]

Published:
1973

Edition:
1st Edition

Document:
Book · Hardcover

Physical Description:
190 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates illustrations, maps, portraits 24 cm

Genre:
History

Summary:

BC writer Irene Howard has woven together years of correspondence, historical records, anecdotes, and interview material to create this textual account of Bowen Island history. The book covers the lives of the early settlers, the days of the steamships, significant events, and notable islanders who have shaped the Bowen Island we now know.

Subjects:

Bowen Island (B.C.) History, Bowen, Île (C.-B.) Histoire, British Columbia Bowen Island, Canada, British Columbia, Bowen Island History, History

Contents:
  1. Discovery and Rediscovery
  2. The Story of District Lot 492
  3. Settlement, 1885-1910
  4. Captain Cates and the Terminal Steamship Company
  5. Poetical Commonwealths I: Point Cowan, King Edward Bay and Hoot Point
  6. Poetical Commonwealths II: Lieben and Little Rock, September Morn Beach, Mount Gardner Park and Bowen Bay
  7. The Sannie Transportation Company and the Tymac Launch Service
  8. The Union Steamship Company
  9. The Bowen Island Improvement Association
  10. Land!
  11. Islanders
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Collection Resource Edition Published Publisher Avaliability
The Cascade District
Encyclopedia Library 		Book 1st Edition 1973 Bowen Island Historians, Bowen Island, B.C., 1973 Hardcover
The Cascade District
Encyclopedia Library
Resource Book
Edition 1st Edition
Published 1973
Publisher Bowen Island Historians, Bowen Island, B.C., 1973
Hardcover

 

Last updated: 2025-08-27