In the mid 1840s, fifty years after first contact with Europeans, the Songhees people agreed to amalgamate on a reserve across the harbour from the newly built Fort Victoria. Grant Keddie tells the story of the old Songhees Reserve through the eyes of outsiders, expressed in newspaper reports and private journals, and depicted in sketches, paintings and photographs. Songhees Pictorial offers a rich visual history of the old Songhees Reserve, the people who lived there and the city that grew up around them.
“Songhees Pictorial is fascinating, and a valuable contribution to the study of local history.” – Dave Obee, Victoria Times-Colonist.
“Songhees Pictorial is fascinating, and a valuable contribution to the study of local history.” – Dave Obee, Victoria Times-Colonist.
