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A Brief History of the Short Life of the Island Cache

by (author) Mike Evans & Lisa Krebs

with John Bogle, Bob Parris & Heidi Standeven

Publisher
The University of Alberta Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2004
Category
Cultural
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772121643
    Publish Date
    Jan 2004
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896445304
    Publish Date
    Jan 2004
    List Price
    $25.00

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Description

The confluence of the Fraser and Nechako Rivers is a complicated place. Located just before the rivers meet is a place called the Island Cache, where a community of settlers took up residence in the1920s. The area was initially an island separated by a flood channel. The Cache was a very different place than the city (Prince George) on its border, but in 1970, it was incorporated, and a period of escalating political turmoil began. Integration was swift and decisive, and accomplished through by-laws, condemnation orders, and bulldozers; the event triggering it was a flood. Pushed to margins of society, the people of the Cache survived as best they could. They created a vibrant community, but because it was very different than that of those with power, 'progress' meant the end of the Cache.

About the authors

Mike Evans is associate professor of anthropology and Canada Research Chair at Okanagan University College in Kelowna, British Columbia. He is co-editor and contributor to Sustainability in the Small Island States of the Pacific, special issue of Pacific Studies.

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