Reminder: Best of British Columbia History Contest deadline is soon

Best of British Columbia History Contest: contest ends August 31, 2011

From now to August 31, 2011, check out back issues of Federation publications

Pick your favourite articles in your own collection of:
• British Columbia Historical Association Report and Proceedings 1923 to 1929
• British Columbia Historical Quarterly 1937 to 1958
• British Columbia Historical News 1968 to 2004
• British Columbia History 2005 to Present

or at your local library or used book store or online at http://bchistory.library.ubc.ca/?db=bchf#

Send entries to:
BCHF Publications Committee
10991 No. 1 Road Box 36105
Richmond BC V7E 1S0

or email bcheditor(at)bchistory.ca

Contest Rules
The BCHF Publications Committee are the contest judges. Judges will select from the nominations and will have discretion with final selection of winners. If your suggestion is selected then you win a prize. Multiple contest entries from the same person are allowed but each entry must be for a different article.

Do you have an object of curiosity in your cabinet?

Every object has a story.

The Fall 2010 issue of British Columbia History told the story of piece of trench art in the collection of the Maple Ridge Museum & Archives.

The Winter 2010 issue of British Columbia History told the story of a piece of mail lost in the Fraser River in 1899.

Do you have an object of curiosity in your cabinet? Send me 300 to 400 words with a high-resolution image of the object, telling me the story of the object. Email your story to: bcheditor(at)bchistory.ca, or mail it to: Editor, British Columbia History, PO Box 21187, Maple Ridge BC, V2X 1P7

A digital copy of 16th-century globe could recast B.C.'s role in Canadian history

Unique and irreplaceable 1597 replica confirms Sir Francis Drake was off West Coast in 1579, and a former heritage minister says it fundamentally alters our understanding of the past

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/digital+copy+16th+century+globe+could+recast+role+Canadian+history/5034562/story.html#ixzz1RWrT7Uhq