Black Diamond City: The Victorian Era is the first book in Jan Peterson's trilogy on the history of Nanaimo. Peterson traces the evolution of the city from its First Nations history to its coal industry to its becoming a diversified Victorian-era community.
Using original diaries, journals, letters, ships' logs, government records, maps, archival photographs and her own drawings, Peterson vividly brings to life both the historical events that shaped Nanaimo and its people.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.1/2
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 1894384512 9781459329492
- LCCN
- F1089.5.N33
- LCCN Item number
- P479 2002eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBVAU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (240 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00604344 (OCoLC)752599142 (CaOOCEL)419734
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaBVAU
Table of Contents
- Contents 4
- Introduction 8
- Part One: Historic Homeland 10
- Chapter One: The Snuneymuxw 12
- Chapter Two: The Europeans Arrive 19
- Part Two: Black Diamonds Transform the Wilderness 22
- Chapter Three: The Hudson's Bay Company & James Douglas 23
- Chapter Four: Hudson's Bay Company Ships Bring Miners & Settlers 29
- Chapter Five: Nanaimo Coalfield 38
- Chapter Six: The Princess Royal Voyage—a Chronology 56
- Chapter Seven: Nanaimo—from Outpost to Company Town 67
- Chapter Eight: Nanaimo Pioneers 75
- Chapter Nine: Two Colonies—Vancouver Island and British Columbia 93
- Chapter Ten: Changing Players in the Colony of Vancouver Island 101
- Chapter Eleven: New Mine Management and Colonial Politics in Nanaimo 104
- Chapter Twelve: Explorers, Missionaries, and Natives 120
- Chapter Thirteen: Coal Mining Expands and Nanaimo Attempts Incorporation 133
- Chapter Fourteen: The Colonies Unite and the Confederation Train Heads West 144
- Part Three: Nanaimo Faces Change and Economic Growth 146
- Chapter Fifteen: The City of Nanaimo Is Born 147
- Chapter Sixteen: Nanaimo Builds for the Future— Schools, Hospitals and Churches 164
- Chapter Seventeen: The Making of a City—Business and Social Life 180
- Chapter Eighteen: Rail Transportation— The Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway 203
- Epilogue 215
- Appendix 217
- Endnotes 220
- Bibliography 231
- Credits 237
- Index 238
- A 238
- B 238
- C 238
- D 238
- E 238
- F 238
- G 239
- H 239
- I 239
- J 239
- K 239
- L 239
- M 239
- N 239
- O 240
- P 240
- Q 240
- R 240
- S 240
- T 240
- V 240
- W 240
- Y 240
