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Acknowledgements 9
Preface 11
Introduction 13
1 From Scotland to Vancouver Island 15
The Last Frontier 15
The Hudson's Bay Company 18
Manning the Forts 21
The Ayrshire Coalfield 25
The Little Emperor: Sir George Simpson 28
The Intellect Andrew Colville 31
2 The Scots of Fort Victoria 33
The Governor James Douglas 33
The Shepherd Incident Peter Brown 45
A Man of Leisure Alexander Grant Dallas 50
An Unhappy Man Charles Ross 55
Clerk-in-charge Roderick Finlayson 60
Doctor, Botanist, Climber and Librarian William Fraser Tolmie 63
Victoria's First Retiree John Tod 68
From Cloth Merchant to Chief Justice David Cameron 71
The First Senator William John Macdonald 74
3 The Independent Settlers 82
The Wakefield Experiment 82
An Independent Man: Walter Colquhoun Grant 84
The Scottish Farmer Kenneth McKenzie 91
The Farm Workers at Craigflower 100
The Spirit Merchant James Yates 106
The Cooper from Orkney John Flett 110
4 The First Mining Families Arrive 116
Douglas Makes Preparations 116
A Difficult Voyage 119
The Fort Rupert Experience 124
Gold Find at Gold Harbour 131
The Muir Family of Sooke 133
5 The Nanaimo Coalfield 140
Colvilletown (Nanaimo) 140
Conflicting Personalities 145
Three Generations of Miners: The McGregor Family 147
6 The Coal Baron Robert Dunsmuir 154
Destiny Intervenes 154
An Uncle's Choice 156
A Licensed Free Miner 159
Finding Black Gold 161
Family Connections 163
Building a Railway 166
A Castle for Joan 170
7 Colony Population Doubles 178
More Miners for Nanaimo 178
The First Engineer Andrew Hunter 79
Prospector Extraordinaire John Dick 185
Inspector of Mines Archibald Dick 190
Assistant Miners: The French Brothers 192
8 The Orcadians 195
The Explorer: Adam Grant Home 195
Harbourmaster and Hoteliers: The Sabiston Brothers 207
Skilled Labourers: The Papley Brothers 214
Family Tragedies John Work 217
rent River Bridge Accident 220
The Stonemason William Isbister 223
Village Pedagogue Christopher Finlay 230
Cedar Farmer James Stove 233
A "Faithful-reliable" Man John Malcolm 234
Blacksmith Striker William Ritch 238
Big-Island Settler Magnus Edgar 239
Ill-fated Voyage 242
Epilogue 245
Appendix I 248
Appendix II 250
Appendix III 254
Appendix IV 254
Endnotes 255
Bibliography 262
Index 267
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