Historic Departure Bay-- looking back
By: [Carole Davidson].
Publisher: Rendezvous Historic Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Victoria, B.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780978120900
Subjects: Departure Bay Region (B.C.) -- History.; Departure Bay Region (B.C.) -- Biography.; Departure Bay (C.-B.) -- Histoire.; Departure Bay (C.-B.) -- Biographies.
Genres: Biography.; Biographies.
Description: The modern history of Departure Bay began in the 1860s after the discovery of coal in Nanaimo.  For a short time it was the centre of a hub of commerce and industry, only to settle back into relative obsurity.  This is the story of the place and its people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-166) and index.