The British Columbia History Internet/Web Site

Historical Disciplines and Subjects: Recreational

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Recreational / Social / Sports History

• The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) is a volunteer investigative organization of the Bigfoot or Sasquatch phenomenon.
• Colonial Cricket: The Noble Game in 1860's Victoria. By Sarah Pugh, Kathryn Gibbons and Chris Adams. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, 2002. Part of: Victoria's Victoria. Date accessed: 2002.04.08. Date added: 2002.04.08.
• CultureCanada.gc.ca (Government of Canada) is a gateway to culture, heritage and recreation resources within and outside the Federal government. The site can be browsed by toptic category or searched. A link request service is also available. Date added: 2002.05.10.
• Folklore in the Pacific Northwest (BC Folklore Society and Canada's Digital Collections). Date added: 2001.06.18.
• Granville Island Sport Fishing Museum (Vancouver).
• History of Women's Sport (Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity [CAAWS]). Date added: 2001.10.11.
• An Introduction to the History of Freemasonry (Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon A.F. & A. M.).
• Kisipiox Valley Rodeo (Hazelton District Public Library and the BC Heritage Websites Program).
• Mission Museum Featuring the Western Canada Soapbox Derby (Mission Museum and Canada's Digital Collections). Date added: 2001.05.28.
• The Tides of Men: A Documentary on the Lives of Gay Men in British Columbia, 1936 to the Present by Robert Rothon and Myron Plett is based on oral history interviews.
• Welcome to Ogopogo Country (Centre culturel Marie-Anne-Gaboury d'Edmonton and Canada's Digital Collections). Alternate URL: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/ogopogo Date accessed: 2002.04.08. Date added: 2002.04.08.
• Women in Canadian Life and Society, Music and Literature: Celebrating Women's Achievements (National Library of Canada).
• Women in Sports: Celebrating Women's Achievements (National Library of Canada).

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