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British Columbia HISTORY Publication of the British Columbia Historical Federation | Spring 2013 | Vol. 46 No. 1 | $7.00 miya | HBC Farming | Selling of BC Fruit| Stanley Park Brewery | and more Agriculture and Food Stories about BC’s history of food production, agriculture, and commercialization.
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British Columbia HISTORYPublication of the British Columbia Historical Federation | Spring 2013 | Vol. 46 No. 1 | $7.00
miya | HBC Farming | Selling of BC Fruit| Stanley Park Brewery | and more
Agriculture and FoodStories about BC’s history of food production,
agriculture, and commercialization.
British Columbia HISTORY
Cover Image: Split Salmon, by Lyle Wilson, 1993, Acrylic on rag matboard, 11 x 13 ½ inches. Read the story on page 5.
photographer: Jenn Walton
An excerpt from a dictionary of the Chinook jargon taken from Guide to the Province of BC for 1877-8: Compiled From the Latest and Most Authentic Sources of Information. (Victoria: T.N. Hibben, 1877) page 222.
Courtesy of Vancouver Public Library’s online hosting of old directories of British Columbia.
See the story of Ovid Allard and the farm at Fort Langley starting on page 6.
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Published by the British Columbia Historical Federation | Spring 2013 | Vol. 46 No. 1
In this issue
Regulars39 Archives & Archivistsby Brad Nichols; edited by Sylvia Stopforth
The Last Retort. The Whistler Museum and Archives has digitized the newspaper that was the voice of the squatter ski bum — the Whistler Answer.
48 Cabinets of Curiositiesby Andrea Lister
Andrea Lister, grand-niece of champion plowman David B. Reid, tells the tale of how her grandfather’s winning horse plow returned to win again.
Features5 Lyle Wilson and the miya
by Andrea Lister
Lyle Wilson`s art has ancient origins in the Haisla artistic traditions and also honours how the miya (salmon) have sustained the Haisla people for generations.
6 Farming, Fort Langley, 1867by K. Jane Watt
“The weather here has now changed at last and is now all we can desire to make hay,” writes fifty-year old Ovid Allard from Fort Langley in the midsummer of 1867.
12 How the Japanese Orange Came to BC
by Ann-Lee Switzer
Who brought the first Japanese orange — also known as mikan or mandarin orange — to British Columbia, and when?
16 Ranching at the Tranquille Sanatorium
by Wayne Norton
On the north shore of Kamloops Lake, one ranch has the distinction of having played a role in BC’s medical history.
22 Dorothy Britton: Home Economistby Mary Leah de Zwart and Linda Peterat
Consumer acceptance of processed food, in particular fruits and vegetables of the Okanagan Valley, came from Britton’s grassroots work between the food industry and the home.
26 The Stanley Park Breweryby Bill Wilson
The Stanley Park Brewery has achieved a near-mythical status among those interested in Vancouver history but left many unanswered questions for brewery historians.
35 Behind the Scenes at James Inglis Reid Limitedby M. Anne Wyness
The delicious, smoky smell created by the curing and smoking element of the food production at James Inglis Reid Ltd. is remembered by many who shopped there.
Every Month3 Editor’s NoteSatisfy your Appetite
41 From the Book Review Editor’s DeskK. Jane WattRare Indeed
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