Feeding the Family: 100 Years of Food & Drink in Victoria

by Nancy Oke and Robert Griffin

In its early days, Victoria was the commercial powerhouse of British Columbia--its largest city and largest market. Nancy Oke and Robert Griffin present a richly illustrated history of the bakers, butchers, grocers, coffee makers and other suppliers of food and drink in Victoria's prosperous early days. They begin in 1843 with the building of the Hudson's Bay Company fort and show how the face of Victoria changed as it grew from town to city, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0772663432
• ISBN13: 9780772663436
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Royal British Columbia Museum
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 8.9"