Author: Francis Poole, C.E. Published by J.J. Douglas Ltd., West Vancouver, BC., 1972. Printed and bound in Canada. This book was originally published by Hurst & Blackett, London, England, in 1872. A Very Good Condition HARDCOVER Book, with first owner dedication inside. Clean pages, tight spine. A Very Good Condition Unclipped Dust Jacket, with minor tears and slight spine sun-fade.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS, is a memoir that was originally published in 1872, and contains an account of Poole’s 1862 expedition to the Queen Charlotte Islands (now Haida Gwaii) to mine for copper.
In the 1860s, the Colony of British Columbia underwent a gold rush, resulting in the mass immigration of miners and prospectors to the territory. One of these new arrivals was Francis Poole, who undertook several expeditions along the Pacific Northwest Coast on behalf of the governor of the colony, Sir James Douglas (1803-1877), to prospect for new sources of gold and copper.
