A Pioneer Gentlewoman in British Columbia: The Recollections of Susan Allison (The Pioneers of British Columbia) - Softcover

Ormsby, Margaret A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774803924 ISBN 13: 9780774803922

Publisher: UBC Press, 1991

Synopsis

In 1860, at the age of fourteen, Susan Louisa Moir left England for British Columbia. After settling initially at Hope, she lived briefly in both Victoria and New Westminster, then BC's two most important settlements. Returning to Hope, she helped her mother open the community's first school. In 1868, she married John Fall Allison and, on her honeymoon, rode over the Allison Trail into the unsettled Similkameen Valley.

Her record of the voyage, of Victoria, New Westminster, and Hope and her memories of the isolated but fulfilling life she, her husband, and their fourteen childeren led in the Simlkameen and Okanagen valleys provide a unique view of the pioneer mind and spirit.

About this title

About the Author:

Margaret A. Ormsby is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She was head of the Department of History at the University of British Columbia from 1965 until 1974.

About this edition

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0774803924
• ISBN 13: 9780774803922
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 205