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faced by natives in the last 150 years but also gives a good overview of their general
history.
Harcourt, Mike, and Ken Cameron.
City Making in Paradise: Nine Decisions That Saved
Greater Vancouver's Livability.
Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2007. Former Van-
couver mayor and premier (Harcourt) teams up with a respected regional planner to ex-
plore the issues and explain the impact of citizen actions that have created one of the
world's most “livable cities.”
Johnson, Audrey.
Arts Beat: The Arts in Victoria.
Winnipeg: J Gordon Shillingford Pub-
lishing, 2007. A longtime columnist for Victoria's
Times Colonist
newspaper takes an
insider's look at the history of theater, music, dance, and visual arts in the capital
through venues, people, and politics.
Johnson, Pauline.
Legends of Vancouver.
Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1998. First
published in 1911, this small book contains the writings of Pauline Johnson, a well-
known writer and poet in the early part of the 1900s. She spent much of her time with
native peoples, and this is her version of myths related to her by Joe Capilano, chief
of the Squamish. This most recent edition is the latest of many reprints over the years;
search out others at Vancouver's many secondhand bookstores.
Lavallee, Omer.
Van Horne's Road.
Montreal: Railfare Enterprises, 1974. William Van
Horne was instrumental in the construction of Canada's first transcontinental railway.
This is the story of his dream, and of the boomtowns that sprung up along the railroad's
route. Lavallee devotes an entire chapter to telling the story of the railway's push
through British Columbia to Vancouver.
McDonald, Robert A.J.
Making Vancouver: 1863-1913.
Vancouver: University of British
Columbia Press, 1997. McDonald describes the formative years of Vancouver and the
people who helped shape the city during this early period.
Murray,Tom.
Canadian Pacific Railway.
Osceola,Wisconsin:VoyageurPress,2006.Rail-
way buffs are spoiled for choice when it comes to reading about the history of Canada's
transcontinental railway, but this large-format book stands apart for its presentation of
historical images and coverage of the railway industry today.
