Deep and Sheltered Waters: The History of Tod Inlet

by David R. Gray, Robert D. Turner (Foreword by), Nancy J. Turner (Foreword by)

Overview

From the original inhabitants from the Tsartlip First Nation to the lost community of immigrant workers from China and India, from a company town to the development of parkland, the wealth of history in this rich area reflects much of the history of the entire province. The story of Tod Inlet and its communities spans from Vancouver Island to the BC coast north to Ocean Falls, south to California, and east to Golden, BC. David Gray draws from interviews with elders of the Tsartlip First Nation, descendants of the Chinese and Sikh workers, and the local community, and from archives held in Victoria and Ottawa. This detailed, illustrated book by an award-winning filmmaker tells the whole story of the natural area, the archaeological sites, the community of Tod Inlet, the Vancouver Portland Cement Company and cement plant (an industrial first), and the development of the Butchart Gardens.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780772672568
Publisher:	The Royal British Columbia Museum
Publication date:	11/06/2020
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

David R. Gray is a researcher, writer and filmmaker. He has curated two Virtual Museum of Canada exhibitions and directed and produced six documentary films, including the award-winning Canadian Soldier Sikhs. Dr. Nancy J. Turner is distinguished and Hakai professor in ethnoecology in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. Robert D. Turner is the author of The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers and 17 other books.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Introduction 1

1 Snidget: Place of the Slue Grouse 7

2 A New Enterprise-a New Community (1904-1910) 31

3 Expansion, Competition, Excursions and War (1911-1921) 95

4 The Community Adapts (1921-1940) 127

5 Another War, Another Ending (1941-1970) 151

6 Protection, Parkland and Recovery (1971-2019) 187

Epilogue 215

Acknowledgements 221

Appendix I A Chronology of Tod Inlet 223

Appendix II Place Names of the Tod Inlet Area 227

Notes 231

Bibliography and Sources 235

Index 239

Editorial Reviews

"Only a lifelong, passionate adventurer can share so in-depth a history of a place such as Tod Inlet." —Pardeep Singh Nagra, Historian and Executive Director, Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada


"Gray brings the curiosity and observational skills of a biological scientist and the patience and thoroughness of a historian, along with an innate compassion for his fellow beings, both human and other. The product of a lifelong engagement with the subject, Deep and Sheltered Waters may be read by anyone interested in where we have been as Canadians, and where we are going." —Dr. Peter Rider, Retired Atlantic Provinces historian and curator at the Canadian Museum of History

"In Deep and Sheltered Waters, David Gray sets out to illuminate Tod Inlet. One should read Gray’s book not only to bring depth to a space they think of fondly, but to understand the history of who we are and have been." —Jacquelyn Miller, BC Studies

"With Deep and Sheltered Waters: The History of Tod Inlet, David Gray provides an account, both expansive and personal, of one of Vancouver Island’s most iconic yet misunderstood places . . . an ecological success story as well as a detailed study of the rise and fall of a working community." —The Ormsby Review

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