Homesteading and Stump Farming on the West Coast 1880-1930: Powell River, Lund, Stillwater & Mysterious Horseshoe Valley

by Barbara Ann Lambert

Imagine obtaining one hundred and sixty acres of land for FREE! Then comes the real payment: the sweat and toil of living in a remote wilderness and clearing a landscape where the stumps left behind are so large and so numerous the best bet is to use dynamite to remove them.
Beginning in 1859 such homesteading typified the arrival of white settlers in British Columbia. The Land Act set out rules by which British subjects could, for agricultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1460277759
• ISBN13: 9781460277751
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: FriesenPress
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"