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Lure of Hidden Gold Drives Hazel to Canadian Wilderness
Miss Hazel Weir, a Granville stenographer, seeks work as a Cariboo Meadows teacher to escape gossip. She pairs with Roaring Bill Wagstaff to stake land, plan gold prospecting, and endure a trek through British Columbia toward a distant railroad boom while facing isolation and choice amid a growing frontier.
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Hazel Weir
Granville
Ontario
Cariboo Meadows
British Columbia
Roaring Bill
Wagataff
Hazel
Roaring Bint
Bella Coola
Vancouver
Havel
Bay Post
Roaring Bil Wagstaff
Bill
Naas
Stikine
Skeena
Bil
Oura
W. Wagstaff
William Wagstaff
Land Act of
Bol
Nachaco
Fraser Lake
Hudson's Bay
GT. P
Prince Rupert
Dominion
B, G
Rockies
Yellowhead Pres
Fort George
Fraser
Tete Juan Oncho
Pass
Athabasca
Edmonton
Med
Little Creek
Hazelton
Bill Wagstaff
Pine River
Bi Wagataff