Harbour City: Nanaimo in Transition, 1920-1967

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This third and final volume in Jan Peterson's Nanaimo trilogy traces the city's development from 1920 through 1967, as it continued its transformation from a small mining town to a bustling, booming city.

Nestled between the mountains and the sea, this beautiful, historic city lived through the same 20th-century challenges faced by the rest of Canada, but many of its triumphs and accomplishments have been one-of-a-kind. During the Depression, for example, the city built the South Fork Dam, a project that employed hundreds and still supplies water today. Overcoming adversity, including two devastating fires, has been a hallmark of this community. Adaptability is another; when coal gave way to oil, the city made forestry its economic base and developed its port, making it a vital transportation centre.

Leading readers through the Roaring '20s, the hardscrabble Depression years, the disruptions of two world wars and beyond to the prosperous '50s and rocking '60s, Peterson brings to life Nanaimo's people and the events that shaped it. Harbour City is a must-read for anyone interested in this city's remarkable history.

Jan Peterson has written six books about Vancouver Island, including the two preceding books in this trilogy, Black Diamond City and Hub City. She won the 1997 and 1999 Certificates of Honour from the B.C. Historical Federation. Formerly a reporter for the Alberni Valley Times and winner of a Jack Wasserman Award for investigative journalism on social and environmental affairs, Jan has been researching and writing about history since 1987.
 

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