Vancouver Is Ashes: The Great Fire of 1886

by Lisa Anne Smith

On the morning of June 13, 1886, a rogue wind fanned the flames of a small clearing fire-- and within five hours, the newly incorporated city of Vancouver, British Columbia, had been reduced to smoldering ash. Vancouver is Ashes: The Great Fire of 1886 is the first detailed exploration of what happened on that pivotal, yet seldom revisited day in the history of Canada's third-largest city. Lisa Anne Smith tells the story with numerous archival photographs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553803205
• ISBN13: 9781553803201
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Ronsdale Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 8.9"