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Anderson, John, 190, 202, 230–34, 257–59, 261
Arrow Lakes, 25, 44, 88
Aurore, 197
Bokstrom, Ana, 246, 248–52–55
Bokstrom, Chris, 242–43–44, 246–47, 249–51, 256
Bosun, The (William Dyer, alias Charlie King), 15, 19–20, 24–25, 45–46, 69, 262
Bosun Lake, 39, 158, 185, 188, 19, 198, 205
as a resource, 59, 62, 161, 188–89, 201, 264
Bosun Mine, 56, 63, 68–73–77–81–84–85–87
relationship to the Harrises,109–10, 152, 159, 199, 216–17, 231, 258
Bosun Ranch, 2, 5, 51, 61, 63–64, 66, 69, 88–111–113–117, 230–33, 257, 261–65. See also Far Field
and the economy, 146, 183, 186, 191, 205
hay, 189–90
hunting, 184–85
inheritance of, 173–78
livestock, 61, 119, 186–87, 195
orchard, 56–57–59, 67, 233
Bosun Ranch culture, 64–65–67, 118, 191–94
hippies, 208, 228–29
Japanese internment, 150–53, 156–57–58–60–61–62–64–65–67, 172
British Columbia, 14, 79, 163, 263
politics, 87, 120, 130, 154, 163
British Columbia Mining Record, 74–76, 78, 80–81
Brooke, Rupert, 204–5
Calne, Wiltshire, 5–7, 8, 10, 17–18, 20, 53, 67, 150, 203–4
Canada, 92, 164–65, 263, 264
culture, 112, 135, 155, 163, 168, 262
politics, 23, 66, 121–22, 128–31, 169–72
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), 6, 12, 25, 26, 74, 80, 110, 117
Carpenter Creek, 27, 30–31, 38, 188, 210
as power supply, 179, 181–82
Carpenter, Eli, 34–39
Chunky, 197–98
clay house, 239–254–255–256
building of, 243, 244, 247, 250, 252
Cleverley, Arthur, 20, 24–25, 45, 48, 50
Colgrave, Mollie, 88–89, 180. See also Harris, Mollie
Columbia River Treaty, 183
Cory, Johnny, 32–34
Cowichan Valley, 6, 13, 19–20, 21, 22–25, 66
Disraeli, 196
draft dodgers, 216, 222, 224, 226
Drummond, Henry, 122–23, 136–37
Duerichen, Norbert, 239–44–45–48, 250, 251, 255
Evans, Kath, 94, 115–16
Fabian Society, 24, 114, 124, 133–36, 228, 262
Far Field, 56, 111, 185, 188, 198
farming, 60, 99, 106, 189, 191, 230, 263
Japanese internment, 156–61, 165, 171
Fidelity mine, 69–73
Forster, Dora, 24, 26
Free Church, 8, 10
galena, 28–30, 34, 68, 70–74, 83
Gladstone, 196
Gladstonian liberalism, 9, 13, 120
Harris factories, 5, 7
Harris, Alexander (Alec), 10–11, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23–24
Harris, Bessie, 10, 11, 18, 20–21, 150–51, 166
Harris, Cole, 136, 143, 228, 235–36, 250, 259–60
Harris, Colin, 228, 232, 235, 237, 260
Harris, Douglas, 212, 231, 234–35, 260
Harris, Elizabeth Colebrook, 9
Harris, Ellen, 65, 116–17, 138–39, 146–48, 208, 264
Harris, Heather, 65, 92, 118, 173–76, 177
Harris, Joseph Colebrook (Joe), 136, 140, 173–74, 179, 261–62
background in England, 5–11, 17–8, 53–4, 150
at Bosun Ranch, 46–51, 56–61, 66–67, 110–11
in the Cowichan valley, 12–25, 44–46
in Guelph, 11–12, 14
land hunting, 26–44
politics, 13, 21–22, 87, 114, 120–37, 153–54, 228
prospecting, 71–73
religion, 122–23, 132, 136–37
Harris, Marie, 152, 174, 177
Harris, Marjory, 209, 230–31
Harris, Mary, 10, 20–21, 150–51
Harris, Mollie, 102, 174, 185, 192, 196, 202, 230. See also Mollie Colgrave
relationship with Sandy Harris, 115, 179–81
Harris, Muriel, 116, 208–9, 217, 219–22, 235, 247, 260, 241
Harris, Nancy, 115, 180, 202, 257–59, 261
and the ranch, 161, 164, 175–78, 230–35
Harris, Rachel, 214, 235, 246, 260, 264
and the ranch, 228, 231, 232, 238
Harris, Richard Colebrook (Dick), 66, 109–12, 113, 118–20, 228, 262
diary of, 88–108
family, 56, 115–17, 140, 148, 174–78, 208–9
on George Bernard Shaw, 88, 113–15
Harris, Sandy, 61, 105, 116, 174–80, 180–83, 186–91, 192–94, 199, 203–5
and Bosun Lake, 188–89, 198–200, 217
and hippies, 200–203
and Japanese evacuees, 156, 162–63, 185
and wild animals, 183–86, 194–95–98
Harris, Sophie, 21–22, 22, 23, 64
Harris, Susan, 136,138, 145, 238
Harris, Thomas, 7–9, 11, 20, 56, 151
Harris, Tod, 55, 118, 152, 174, 177
Harris, Willie, 10–11, 18, 20–21, 23
Hern, J. W., 21–22
Indigenous peoples, 13, 266
Japanese internment, 150–72, 185. See also under Bosun Ranch culture
Jordan, Glenn, 226–27
Jordan, Gretchen, 220–23, 226–27
Kaslo, 135, 154, 156, 180, 210
Kerr, Robert B., 24–25, 28–29, 30, 67, 135
Kootenay Lake, 68, 210, 224, 250
lead, 78, 81, 82–83, 86, 118
Loch Colin, 59–60, 109, 145, 158, 217
leisure at, 138–39, 235–36
“Long Allen,” 32–34
McKay, Bob, 223–25
Monitor and Ajax Fraction Ltd., 79, 80, 82, 86
Morris, William, 133–34, 256
Musgrave family, 12–18, 23
Nakusp, 25, 26, 33, 58, 80
Nelson Daily News, 114, 132, 137, 163
Nelson, 181, 214, 219, 222, 124
Nelson, Pete, 183–85
New Denver, 2, 28, 30–34, 115, 192, 258
Japanese internment in, 153, 154–71. See also Bosun Ranch culture: Japanese internment; Japanese internment
New Denver Light and Power Company, 162, 180–82, 185, 205
New Denver Water Works, 175, 179–80
New Westminster, 15, 17, 24
Newmarket Hotel, 30, 89
Normal School (UBC), 88–89
North West Mining Syndicate, 73, 74, 75, 86
Old Grizzly, 195
Old Man Camp, 156, 157–161, 163. See also Bosun Ranch culture: Japanese internment
Ontario Agricultural College, 6, 7, 11, 60, 179, 204
Pearl Harbor, 154, 165, 168
Pilsner, Jeff, 242–43–44, 247, 249, 250, 253
racism, 168–69, 172
Saltspring Island, 12, 15, 16
Sandiford, W. H., 73, 76–78, 85
Shaw, George Bernard, 88, 113–15, 133–34
silver, 34, 49, 81, 82–86, 118
Slocan City, 32, 35, 143, 163
Slocan Lake, 2, 27, 33, 80, 85, 111, 145
Slocan River, 31, 35, 38
Slocan Valley, 65, 84,154, 229, 239
Smith, Gertrude, 88–91, 92, 95, 112, 115, 116
South Place, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 53, 150
SS Slocan, 59, 82
SS William Hunter, 33
Thomlinson, William, 28–29, 30–31, 33
Three Forks, 32, 80
Trail, 84, 86, 132, 136, 181
United States, 17, 211, 223, 227
Useful People’s Party, 124–25, 128, 130
Vancouver Island, 15, 16, 44, 66, 120, 122
Vietnam War, 208, 211, 227, 239
White, Richard, 86
World War I, 66, 69, 82, 136, 138, 150
World War II, 152, 163, 167, 168, 179, 183. See also Japanese internment
Wright, Thomas and Lilly, 200, 210–20, 222, 227, 232, 235
zinc, 34, 76, 80–86, 118