Correspondence regarding the canoe and boat building industry

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Title

Correspondence regarding the canoe and boat building industry

Subject

British Columbia
Economy
Trade
Industry

Description

The source is a series of typed letters regarding the canoe and boat building industry at Port Arthur, British Columbia.

The subject of the early letters is regarding the employment of an expert to teach the Indians of McIntyre Bay and Gull Bay reserves in boat building. This demonstrates how the native people of British Columbia where involved in industry. The source highlights Native people’s existing skills in similar construction and suggests the employment of an expert to regulate the construction. The source also mentions the Indians making the crafts for a lower price. This representative of the treatment of natives in 20th Century British Columbia.

Creator

Department of mines and resources - Indian affairs branch

Publisher

Library and archives Canada

http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayEcopies&lang=eng&rec_nbr=2078451&title=PORT%20ARTHUR%20AGENCY%20-%20CORRESPONDENCE%20REGARDING%20THE%20CANOE%20AND%20BOAT%20BUILDING%20INDUSTRY.&ecopy=e007567421

Date

1935-1939

Contributor

Faye Hare

Rights

Library and archives Canada.

Language

English

Type

Textual - typed letter

Identifier

20th century

Files

canoe and boat building industry .png

Collection

Citation

Department of mines and resources - Indian affairs branch, “Correspondence regarding the canoe and boat building industry,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed May 2, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/113.