"The vivid, personal accounts of four women who lived and travelled as settlers in early British Columbia The women in this volume lived on frontiers that were not only geographical, but personal. They were true trailblazers who had opportunities unheard of in their home countries. As they transitioned from the Old World to the New World, social patterns were disrupted and the status quo dissolved. In the "new" lands of nineteenth century British Columbia, living under informal authority and regulations, they were able to break free from stereotypical molds. In the women's own words, By Snowshoe, Buckboard and Steamer tells four extraordinary stories of life on the western edge of the British Empire."-- Provided by publisher.