The British Columbia History Internet/Web Site

Historical Disciplines and Subjects: Agricultural / Farming / Fishing / Ranching History

• Agriculture in British Columbia (By Christopher Garrish). Includes a Timeline of Important Events and the author's graduate student thesis, "The Demise of the Orderly Marketing System."
• Historical Series (Agriculture Canada and Canada's Digital Collections). Includes digital facsimiles in HTML format of monographs about agricultural research stations in BC.
• History of B.C. Agriculture (BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food)
• History: Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agassiz (Agassiz Research Station, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada). Brief history of the Agassiz Experimental Farm or Research Station. Select the link for the New Facilities to view more detailed information about the farm and its historic buildings.
• History: Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland (Summerland Research Station, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada). Illustrated narrative history of Summerland Research Station.
• North Pacific Historic Fishing Village (Port Edward) is a national historic site which includes a fishing and cannery museum.
• Pacific Coast Salmon Fisheries (BC Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture and Canada's Digital Collections) looks at the history and cultures that have utilized the salmon.
• Saanich Historical Artifacts Society. The society operates Heritage Acres, an outdoor and indoor museum of agricultural and industrial artifacts, and also acts as a home for the Vancouver Island Model Engineers. Date updated: 2002.11.07.
• Zindabad!: B.C. Farmworkers' Fight for Rights: A History of the Canadian Farmworkers' Union by Murray Bush and the Canadian Farmworkers' Union. [Electronic ed.] Surrey, BC: Canadian Farmworkers' Union, 1995. Hosted by the Vancouver Community Network. Date accessed: 2002.11.07. Date updated: 2002.11.07.

Fishing

• BC Salmon History (Canfisco). Links to the company's own history and Web sites about BC's salmon fishing and canning industry. Date added: 2001.10.30.
• Canadian Fishing Company (Canfisco, Vancouver) 90th Anniversary History Page

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