In 1913, the BC government hired G.B. Milligan and E.B. Hart to each
lead a small expedition that spent 18 months exploring the northeastern
part of British Columbia. These expeditions helped provide the first
detailed information of this region. Unfortunately, World War I began
just as these men completed their work, and the information they
gathered got filed away and forgotten in the shadow of the Great War.
Now, on the centennial of these expeditions, historian Jay Sherwood's
new book documents the Milligan and Hart expeditions. He reveals what
their expeditions accomplished and he shows readers what northern BC was
like 100 years ago.