Newspaper advert for Vancouver Island
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Title
Newspaper advert for Vancouver Island
Subject
British Columbia
travel
tourism
Vancouver Island
advert
Immigration
travel
tourism
Vancouver Island
advert
Immigration
Description
An advertisement in the Daily Colonist newspaper for Vancouver Island in 1941, with illustrations of a cargo train hauling lumber along with cargo steamships. The advertisement was published in the leading newspaper for British Columbia, with a vast readership, arguably predominantly made up of European migrants and thus likely looking for lucrative economic opportunities. This advertisement is typical of the period in trying to capture these opportunity seekers by presenting the Island as industrially developed, meaning employment opportunities, so to draw them to Vancouver Island to settle permanently. British Columbia, along with much of North America, was viewed as an area of endless opportunities through its exploitable resources for economic gain by any who wished to pursue it. This source exists relative to themes of migration, economic development and opportunities, the industrial development and the apparent colonial legacy in the push to continue developing and exploiting the land for profit.
Creator
The Daily Colonist Newspaper, Victoria (Author not given)
Publisher
The British Colonist online
www.britishcolonist.ca
www.britishcolonist.ca
Date
31 August 1941
Contributor
Sebastian Jones
Rights
University of Victoria Libraries
British Colonist Collection
archive.org/details/dailycolonist0841uvic_25 p.25
British Colonist Collection
archive.org/details/dailycolonist0841uvic_25 p.25
Language
English
Type
Textual and visual - printed with image
Identifier
20th century British Columbia
Files
Collection
Citation
The Daily Colonist Newspaper, Victoria (Author not given), “Newspaper advert for Vancouver Island,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed May 10, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/63.