Hope and forty acres
Subtitle: a Nelson memoir
By: Reginald Dawson ; edited by Julie Dawson.
Contributors: Dawson, Julie, 1951-
Publisher: Plateau Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Kamloops, BC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Dawson, Reginald, 1888-1963.; Dawson, Reginald, 1888-1963.; Frontier and pioneer life -- British Columbia -- Nelson.; Pioneers -- British Columbia -- Nelson -- Biography.; Vie des pionniers -- Colombie-Britannique -- Nelson.; Nelson (B.C.) -- Biography.; Nelson (C.-B.) -- Biographies.
Description: Reginald Dawson (1888-1963) emigrated from London, England to Massachusetts with his parents and siblings in 1904. In 1906, he bought forty acres of land fives miles north of Nelson, British Columbia on the west arm of Kootenay Lake. This book contains his memoirs concerning his pioneering life in the Nelson area.