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Past Meets Present in Fish Creek Memoir and travel musings
An old despatch from May 1885 relays the Fish Creek battle details with Major General Middleton and Major Boulton. It links DArcy Baker and companions to the action near McIntosh farm and the improvised hospital, while a letter confirms Baker’s death and the frontier courage at the creek. The piece shifts to a modern travelogue on Campbell River BC, Canada, reflecting on prairies and west coast tourism and iconic visitors like Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Middleton
N. W. Field Force
Fish Creek
Melgundater
Minto
Governor General of
Canada
Mcintosh
Vine
Boulton
Middleton
D'Arcy Baker
Gardiner
Langford
Battle Ground
Saskatchewan
Rolston
Nour
Mea
West Coast
Campbell River
Vancouver Island
CN I
Nanaimo
Vancouver
Victoria
Squamish
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Dominion