Off the Highway : Growing Up in North Delta
by Bach, Mette
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 1554200490
- ISBN 13
- 9781554200498
- Seller
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About This Item
Vancouver BC: New Star Books. As New. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 1554200490 . Only slight wear to card covers. ; A bright, solid book, unread. ; Trade PB; Transmontanus Series 18; B&W Illustrations; 9.60 X 6.60 X 0.50 inches; 124 pages; About thirty kilometres south of Vancouver, just over the Alex Fraser Bridge and bordering with Surrey and Ladner, lies North Delta, a suburb replete with strip malls, single detached family homes and everyhalfhour bus service.It was a sleepy suburb, one considered the boonies, until 1986, when as part of the Expo citywide upgrades, the Alex Fraser Bridge was built to connect the two sides of the Fraser River.Part social commentary, part personal memoir, and part history, Off the Highway is Mette Bach's thoughtful examination of growing up in North Delta. We learn about the valiant efforts of the Burns Bog Conservation Society volunteers who work tirelessly to preserve the Bog, North America's largest raised peat bog and one of Canada's natural wonders. We find out that her family rented a bedroom in their home to Expo 86 visitors and that her mother composted, a practice well ahead of current environmentallyresponsible times. We also get a glimpse into North Delta's storied settlement in the 1860s when Alexander Loggie opened the first cannery, which supplied the British with canned sockeye salmon. .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15639
- Title
- Off the Highway : Growing Up in North Delta
- Author
- Bach, Mette
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1554200490
- ISBN 13
- 9781554200498
- Publisher
- New Star Books
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver BC
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- 1554200490, British Columbia, North delta, Fraser River, burns bog, Vancouver
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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