Rescue on the Skeena – 1872 style
Rescue on the Skeena – 1872 style as obtained from the Victoria Daily Times, July 12, 1887 Moses Cross Ireland was a native of Sebec, Maine and at the age… Read More »Rescue on the Skeena – 1872 style
Skeena Stories . .
Pioneers of Pacific, B.C.
Pioneers of Pacific, B.C. by Ruth McCubbin Many explorers of the north coast of what is now British Columbia had unwittingly sailed past the mouth of the Skeena. The Queen… Read More »Pioneers of Pacific, B.C.
Geographies of the lower Skeena, 1830-1920
Geographies of the lower Skeena, 1830-1920 by Daniel Wright Clayton Editor’s Note: In 1989, Daniel Wright Clayton wrote this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of… Read More »Geographies of the lower Skeena, 1830-1920
In Journeyings Often
In Journeyings Often by he Right Reverend Bishop W. Ridley, D.D. Editor’s Note: In 1904 the Church Missionary Society published a book of letters written by the Right Rev. Bishop… Read More »In Journeyings Often
The Wild Skeena River of 1936
The Wild Skeena River of 1936 by Charles LeRoss In the spring of 1936, after a week of 90° F. (32° C.) temperatures, the Skeena River rose well past the… Read More »The Wild Skeena River of 1936
The Amazing Captain William Moore
The Amazing Captain William Moore from the book Captain William Moore, B.C.’s Amazing Frontiersmanby Norman Hacking In his great booklet on the life of Captain William Moore, Norman Hacking, outlines… Read More »The Amazing Captain William Moore
Deadly Snow Slide at North Route Service
Deadly Snow Slide at North Route Service by Charles LeRoss It’s been 50 years since volunteer Firefighter Rick Olsen and I, members of the Terrace Volunteer Fire Department, and several… Read More »Deadly Snow Slide at North Route Service
Saving Life on the Skeena
Saving Life on the Skeena by Jim Morris, Terrace Kitimat Daily Herald, August 10, 1978 On August 3, 1978 while taking a lunch break with his fellow CN work crew… Read More »Saving Life on the Skeena
The King of the Skeena’s Last Voyage
The King of the Skeena’s Last Voyage by E. E. Prince, as published in the Dalhousie Review, Vol. 6 No. 1, 1926 The noblest rivers in all the world are… Read More »The King of the Skeena’s Last Voyage
Love and Lonesome Songs of the Skeena River
Love and Lonesome Songs of the Skeena River by Ellen Karp Moses The speakers of the three dialects of Tsimshian, the Coast Tsimshian, the Nishka, and the Gitksan, inhabit the… Read More »Love and Lonesome Songs of the Skeena River
