British Columbia's magnificent parks
Subtitle: the first 100 years
By: James D. Anderson
Publisher: Harbour Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Madeira Park, B.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781550175073
Subjects: National parks and reserves; Parks; Provincial parks and reserves
Description: "In 1910 a highly unlikely party of politicians, poets, social butterflies and an overweight cook, all led by a Shakespeare-quoting bushrat named Hughie Horatio Nelson Baron Bacon, set out from the Willows Hotel in Campbell River to explore the wild interior of Vancouver Island. They were launched on a noble, and for its time, highly imaginative mission: to assess the fitness of the region to become a wilderness park, the first in BC history. They survived with only minor injuries and produced such a glowing report that Strathcona Park, BC's first provincial park, was duly created on 19 March 1911."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-259) and index.