With Quill In Hand : Quill Lake And District 1903-1983 and 1983-1995 [Two Volumes]

Quill Lake, 1984 and 1996


$150.00 CAD
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Details

Volume One: Hardcover, 1000 pages, 8.5x11 in, [21.5x28 cm], B&W photographs.
Volume Two: Hardcover, 478 pages, 8.75x11 in [22x28 cm], B&W photographs.

Condition

Volume One: Top-edge lightly stained; textblock slightly age-tanned.
Volume Two: a clean and crisp copy.

Notes

Two Volume Set: A community history of the village of Quill Lake and its surrounding rural district, this volume documents local development from 1903 to 1983. The book includes short essays on the nearby settlements of Wimmer, Clair, and Scrip, as well as the Gardenia Post Office, and provides individual accounts of numerous school districts, including Bradburn, Crocus Vale, Gardenia, Hacienda, Hunters Hill, Islay, Kingscourt, Clair, MacMahon, Park Villa, Quill Lake, Quill Lake View, Scrip, Selkirk, Sigstad, Twin Creek, Valley Plain, Westasta, Wimmer, and Wooler. Additional chapters address local churches, businesses, clubs and organizations, an honour roll, farming, and land ownership. The majority of the volume is devoted to family histories contributed by area residents.

Volume Two: With Quill in Hand : Quill Lake and District 1983 - 1995. A Continuation of the History of Quill Lake and Surrounding Districts Published in 1996. A large potion is dedicated to family histories.

ISBN

0919745113