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Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster
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Diary Between Friends
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Illustrated History of Canada (Rev 07 Edition)
by Craig (ed.) Brown

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by Don Mccune

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Seven decades after the Klondike gold rush, Don McCune and his TV crew retraced the route to the Yukon traveled by thousands of gold seekers during the brutally cold winter of 1897-98. This beautifully designed book combines McCune's observations with E... (read more)
 
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British Columbia

Danger, Death and Disaster
by Karen Buckley

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Death was frequent in the mines of Crowsnest Pass. However, the region was almost completely economically dependent on the rich vein of coal there, and regulations in the early twentieth century did little to make the mines safer, so the miners and... (read more)
 
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Northwest Territories

Ocean to Ocean: Sandford Fleming's Expedition Through Canada in 1872
by George M Grant

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During the 1872 the expedition party travelled by train, steamer, canoe, wagon, and horseback, from Halifax to Victoria. The expedition leader, Sir Sanford Fleming, was the Father of Standard Time, founder of the Royal Canadian Institute, designer of... (read more)
 
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Reading the Entrails an Alberta Ecohisto
by Norman Conrad

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Early in the 20th century, the Russian Vladimir Vernadsky used the term "biosphere" to indicate nature and "noosphere" to indicate human culture. Conrad's history of Alberta spans the period from the end of the ice age to the most recent convulsion... (read more)
 
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From Arm S Length to Hands-On (Ontario Historical Studies Series)
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