Search Results for Victoria (B.C.) -- Biography

Logging in...

Library card number:

Password:

Forgot your password?

Forgot my Password

Enter your library card number and a recovery link will be emailed to the email address on file at your library.

Library card number:

Skip to:Search Results

Select Language

Remember to clear the cache and close the browser window.

Read/Watch/Listen
Read
Watch/Listen
Discover
- Learning, Research & Tools
- Help Using Digital Content
Play
How Do I…
Programs
Branches & Hours
Visiting the Library FAQs
Contact Us
Donate

Search Limit

Rooms Restriction Values

Search Field

Target Value

Limit Value

Restriction Value

Search For:

Advanced Search

GVPL

Contact Us
Branches & Hours
Get a Library Card
Visiting the Library FAQs
Careers
Borrowing, Renewing & Limits
Programs & Contests
Interlibrary Loan
Suggest a Title
All Digital Collections
Books & Ebooks
Magazines & Newspapers
French & World Languages
Emerging Local Authors Collection
Kits for Adults & Kids
Movies & TV
Audiobooks
Music
Video Games
Scavenger Hunts
Research & Tools
Help Using Digital Content
Service Updates
Donate
Media Releases & Inquiries
Library Board
Library Policies
Reports & Plans
Website Privacy & Terms of Use
2024 Books to Gift
Nellie McClung Branch Closing
Tiny Stories 2024.Final

97 Results Found

1 2 3 4 5 .. 9

000000000000DEFAULT

Select a list

Make this your default list.

The following items were successfully added.

There was an error while adding the following items. Please try again.

One or more items could not be added because you are not logged in.

13.

The girls of '66 : a growing into old age story

MacAndrew, Heather, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

302.34082 MAC

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:685115

14.

The lost art of being lost

Wheelock, Roger, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

910.4 WHE

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:685753

15.

Cover image for Veni, vidi, vici : life sketches of Italian immigrants who settled in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada during the gold rush of the late 1850's and are buried in Ross Bay Cemetery

Veni, vidi, vici : life sketches of Italian immigrants who settled in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada during the gold rush of the late 1850's and are buried in Ross Bay Cemetery

Bamji, Annamaria, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

971.1128 BAM

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:650919

16.

Following the good river : the life and times of Wa'xaid

Penn, Briony, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

970.2 PEN

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:510324

17.

Every little scrap and wonder : a small-town childhood

Funk, Carla, 1974- author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Book

Call Number

928.16 FUN

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:511428

18.

Evacuee : a child's life and love in Victoria

Napier-Hemy, John, author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Book

Call Number

940.53161 NAP

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:498185

19.

E.J. Hughes paints Vancouver Island

Amos, Robert, 1950-, author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Book

Call Number

759.11 HUG

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:461689

20.

Angel in Victoria : the amazing story of Nellie Cashman, "the miner's angel"

Lydon, Patrick.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Book

Call Number

920.72 CAS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:414742

21.

Emily Carr's B.C. Book one, Vancouver Island from Victoria to Quatsino : a travel companion

Carter, Laurie, author.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Book

Call Number

917.1134 CAR

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:364349

22.

Cover image for By land and by sea : the memoirs of a Master Mariner who brought 75 Baltic refugees to Canada in 1948 on the fishing boat Österväg and became a homebuilder in Victoria, B.C.

By land and by sea : the memoirs of a Master Mariner who brought 75 Baltic refugees to Canada in 1948 on the fishing boat Österväg and became a homebuilder in Victoria, B.C.

Past, Evald.

Publication Date

2014

Format:

Book

Call Number

926.2388 PAS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:307452

23.

From classroom to battlefield : Victoria High School and the First World War

Gough, Barry M.

Publication Date

2014

Format:

Book

Call Number

940.41271 GOU

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:293026

24.

From trauma to triumph : 25 years transforming women's lives.

Bridges for Women Society, issuing body.

Publication Date

2013

Format:

Book

Call Number

362.8292 FRO

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:273742

1 2 3 4 5 .. 9

Limit Search Results

Branch

Bruce Hutchison Branch

Central Branch

Central Saanich Branch

Nellie McClung Express Branch

Oak Bay Branch

Saanich Centennial Branch

sxʷeŋxʷəŋ təŋəxʷ James Bay Branch

Added When

Format

(96)

(1)

Age Level

Adult

Child

Fiction - Non-Fiction

Non-fiction

Subject

Victoria (B.C.) -- Biography.

(34)

Local authors.

(24)

Victoria (B.C.) -- Biography

(24)

Victoria (B.C.) -- History

(11)

Victoria (B.C.) -- History.

(10)

Autobiographies.

(9)

Carr, Emily, 1871-1945

(4)

Painters -- British Columbia -- Biography

(4)

Women artists -- British Columbia -- Biography

(4)

Biographies.

(3)

Carr, Emily, 1871-1945 -- Juvenile literature

(3)

Pioneers -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography

(3)

Travel writing.

(3)

Architecture, Domestic -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History.

(2)

Bishops -- Canada -- Biography

(2)

Brentwood Bay (Central Saanich, B.C.) -- Biography

(2)

Brentwood Bay (Central Saanich, B.C.) -- History

(2)

British -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(2)

British Canadians -- Biography.

(2)

British Columbia -- Biography

(2)

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces -- Biography.

(2)

Central Saanich (B.C.) -- Biography

(2)

Central Saanich (B.C.) -- History

(2)

Cridge, Edward, 1817-1913.

(2)

Dwellings -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History.

(2)

Dyslexics -- Canada -- Biography.

(2)

Frontier and pioneer life -- British Columbia -- Victoria.

(2)

Immigrants -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(2)

Jackson family.

(2)

Jackson, George (George Henry), 1935-

(2)

Jackson, George (George Henry), 1935- -- Travel.

(2)

Neighborhoods -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History.

(2)

Painters -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature

(2)

Painters -- Canada -- Biography.

(2)

Pioneers -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(2)

Sailors -- Canada -- Biography.

(2)

Street names -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History

(2)

Szita, Ellen.

(2)

Vancouver Island (B.C.). Legislative Council -- Biography

(2)

Victoria (B.C.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature

(2)

Victoria (B.C.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

(2)

Victoria (B.C.) -- Social conditions.

(2)

Victoria (B.C.) -- Social life and customs

(2)

Victoria (B.C.) -- Social life and customs.

(2)

World War, 1914-1918 -- Biography.

(2)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Canadian

(2)

Abkhazi, Peggy, 1902-

(1)

Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Abused women -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

Adult child abuse victims -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

Adventure and adventurers -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

African American women -- Biography.

(1)

African American women abolitionists -- Biography.

(1)

Airmen -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Alexander family

(1)

Alexander, Charles, 1824-1913

(1)

Anecdotes.

(1)

Anglican Church of Canada -- Clergy -- Biography

(1)

Antislavery movements -- United States.

(1)

Architects -- Canada -- Biography

(1)

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria -- Officials and employees -- Biography.

(1)

Artists -- British Columbia -- Biography.

(1)

Artists -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography -- Exhibitions.

(1)

Athletes -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Biography

(1)

Athletes with disabilities -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.

(1)

Authors, Canadian -- Travel -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island.

(1)

Autobiographies

(1)

Baker, Linda -- Family.

(1)

Bed and breakfast accommodations -- British Columbia -- Victoria.

(1)

Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award (BC Book Prizes) (2019) -- Nominee.

(1)

Bishops -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

Bishops -- Canada -- Biography.

(1)

Bishops' spouses -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

Black Canadians -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography

(1)

Blake, Hudson, 1924-1992

(1)

Boatbuilders -- British Columbia -- Victoria.

(1)

Boatbuilding -- British Columbia -- Victoria.

(1)

Boats and boating -- Designs and plans

(1)

Boats and boating -- Estonia.

(1)

Brain, Karen -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

British Columbia -- Biography -- Dictionaries -- Indexes.

(1)

British Columbia -- History -- 1849-1871.

(1)

British Columbia -- Politics and government

(1)

Businessmen -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography

(1)

Businessmen -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

Businessmen -- Canada, Western -- Biography.

(1)

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces -- Biography

(1)

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force -- Biography

(1)

Canadians, French-speaking -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History -- 20th century

(1)

Canadians, French-speaking -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History.

(1)

Carr, Emily, 1871-1945 -- Travel -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island.

(1)

Carr, Emily, 1871-1945.

(1)

Carter, Laurie -- Travel -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island.

(1)

Cashman, Nellie, 1844-1925.

(1)

Catholic church -- Canada -- Clergy -- Biography

(1)

Christ Church Cathedral (Victoria, B.C.) -- History

(1)

Christian biography -- British Columbia.

(1)

Church of Our Lord (Victoria, B.C.) -- History.

(1)

City of Victoria Butler Book Prize (2006) -- Nominee.

(1)

City of Victoria Butler Book Prize (2019) -- Nominee.

(1)

City of Victoria Butler Book Prize (2020) -- Nominee.

(1)

City of Victoria Butler Book Prize (2021) -- Winner.

(1)

Civil engineers -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Clarke, Cliff, 1933-

(1)

Clarke, Lillian Margaret, 1909-1988.

(1)

Clearihue, Joseph Badenoch.

(1)

Coal miners -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Biography

(1)

Contractors -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

Crawford, Harry Huston, 1886-1938.

(1)

Crease family -- Exhibitions.

(1)

Cridge, Mary.

(1)

Dance-Bennink, Terry.

(1)

Dean, John, 1850-1943

(1)

Dean, John, 1850-1943.

(1)

Dressage riders -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

Dwellings -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History

(1)

Edmonton (Alta.) -- Biography.

(1)

Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Electronic books.

(1)

English -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Esquimalt (B.C.) -- Biography.

(1)

Estonian Canadians -- Biography.

(1)

Fairfield (Victoria, B.C.) -- Biography.

(1)

Fairfield (Victoria, B.C.) -- History.

(1)

Family secrets.

(1)

Female friendship -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography,

(1)

First Metropolitan United Church (Victoria , B.C.) -- Biography.

(1)

Flight crews -- Canada -- Biography.

(1)

Fort Vancouver (Wash.)

(1)

Fraser River Valley (B.C.) -- Gold discoveries

(1)

Fraser River Valley (B.C.) -- Gold discoveries.

(1)

Fredette, Francis, 1894-.

(1)

French-Canadian women -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

French-Canadians -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History.

(1)

Frontier and pioneer life -- British Columbia -- Esquimalt.

(1)

Frontier and pioneer life -- British Columbia -- Victoria

(1)

Funk, Carla, 1974- -- Childhood and youth.

(1)

Fur traders -- British Columbia -- Biography

(1)

Ghosts -- British Columbia -- Victoria.

(1)

Gilbert, Justin, 1866-1948.

(1)

Gold miners -- British Columbia -- Biography

(1)

Gold mines and mining -- British Columbia -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.

(1)

Great Britain. Royal Air Force -- Biography

(1)

Grocers -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

Haisla -- British Columbia -- Biography.

(1)

Hale, Hilda L., 1907-

(1)

Helmcken, John Sebastian, 1824-1920.

(1)

Heritage House Bed and Breakfast (Victoria, B.C.)

(1)

Higgins, David Williams, 1834-1917

(1)

Historic buildings -- British Columbia -- Victoria

(1)

Hitchhiking.

(1)

Horsemen and horsewomen -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

Hotelkeepers -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

Houseboats -- British Columbia -- Victoria Harbour.

(1)

Hughes, E. J. (Edward John), 1913-2007.

(1)

Hughes, Mary E.

(1)

Immortality.

(1)

Indigenous authors.

(1)

Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Port Alberni -- Residential schools.

(1)

Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia.

(1)

Industrialists -- Canada, Western -- Biography.

(1)

International Settlement (Shanghai, China) -- Biography

(1)

International travel -- Anecdotes.

(1)

Italian Canadians -- British Columbia -- Biography.

(1)

Italian Canadians -- British Columbia -- History.

(1)

Italians -- British Columbia -- Biography.

(1)

Italians -- British Columbia -- History.

(1)

James Bay (Victoria, B.C.) -- Biography.

(1)

James Bay (Victoria, B.C.) -- History.

(1)

Japanese Canadians -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

Japanese Canadians -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History.

(1)

Jarvis, George Victor.

(1)

Jewish Canadians

(1)

John Dean Provincial Park (B.C.) -- History

(1)

John Dean Provincial Park (B.C.) -- History.

(1)

Journalists -- British Columbia -- Biography.

(1)

Journalists -- Canada -- Biography

(1)

Judges -- British Columbia -- Biography.

(1)

Kayaking.

(1)

Kerr family.

(1)

Kersey, Morris, 1913-

(1)

Kitlope River Region (B.C.)

(1)

Legislators -- British Columbia -- Biography

(1)

Legislators -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Biography

(1)

Lumbermen -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Biography

(1)

MacAndrew, Heather.

(1)

Macdonald, Alex, 1858-

(1)

Manitoba -- Biography.

(1)

Mayors -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

Medicine -- British Columbia

(1)

Merchant marine -- Estonia.

(1)

Mill Bay (B.C.) -- Biography.

(1)

Monckton, Philip Marmaduke, 1892-1965.

(1)

Muir, John, 1799-1883

(1)

Munroe, Don, 1945-

(1)

Munroe, Don, 1945- -- Travel.

(1)

Museum trustees -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

(1)

Napier-Hemy, John -- Childhood and youth.

(1)

View All

Fewer

Collapse All

Author

Carr, Emily, 1871-1945

(3)

Green, Valerie, 1940-

(3)

Humphreys, Danda

(3)

Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria.

(3)

Edwards, Helen, 1946- author.

(2)

Fawcett, Edgar.

(2)

Jackson, George (George Henry), 1935- author, publisher.

(2)

Szita, Ellen.

(2)

Teague, Jarrett Thomas, 1974-

(2)

Ackinclose, Muriel Jarvis, 1921-

(1)

Adams, John, 1949 Jun. 21-

(1)

Aircrew Association. Vancouver Island Branch

(1)

Amos, Robert, 1950-, author.

(1)

Archer, Norman K.

(1)

Ashby, Daryl, 1948-

(1)

Association historique francophone de Victoria

(1)

Association historique francophone de Victoria, issuing body.

(1)

Baker, Linda, author.

(1)

Bamji, Annamaria, author.

(1)

Bamji, P. J., publisher.

(1)

Belyk, Robert C., 1944-

(1)

Bercker, Gaëlle, illustrator of cover.

(1)

Blake, Hudson, 1924-1992

(1)

Bourret, Marie-Hélène, author.

(1)

Bridges for Women Society, issuing body.

(1)

Carlin, Claire, author, translator.

(1)

Carr, Emily, 1871-1945.

(1)

Carter, Laurie, author.

(1)

Castle, Geoffrey, 1930-

(1)

Chaytor, Donna.

(1)

Clarke, Cliff, 1933-

(1)

Crease, Henry Pering Pellew, 1823-1905.

(1)

Dance-Bennink, Terry, 1948-

(1)

Dance-Bennink, Terry, author.

(1)

Daniels, Rita, author, writer of preface.

(1)

Doxtader, Claudette, translator.

(1)

Esquimalt Silver Threads Writers Group

(1)

First Metropolitan United Church (Victoria, B.C.). Spiritual Companions Program.

(1)

Funk, Carla, 1974- author.

(1)

Gordon, Katherine, 1963-

(1)

Gordon-Findlay, Lynn, 1960-

(1)

Gough, Barry M.

(1)

Gray, Larry Eugene, 1938-

(1)

Green, Valerie, 1940-.

(1)

Hale, Hilda L., 1907-

(1)

Harvey, Edward B., 1939-

(1)

Helmcken, John Sebastian, 1824-1920.

(1)

Higgins, David Williams, 1834-1917

(1)

Higgins, David Williams, 1834-1917.

(1)

Hoshal, Karen Alexander

(1)

Hughes, Mary E.

(1)

Jackman, S. W. (Sydney Wayne), 1925-2011

(1)

James Bay New Horizons Society. Historical Committee

(1)

John Dean Nature House.

(1)

Johnson-Dean, Christina B., 1944-.

(1)

Kalmar, Hillar, 1957-

(1)

Kersey, Morris, 1913-

(1)

King, Barry F.

(1)

Kluckner, Michael.

(1)

Lake, Joëlle, translator.

(1)

Lazarus, Eve, 1959-

(1)

Lydon, Patrick.

(1)

MacAndrew, Heather, author.

(1)

Macdonald, Alex, 1858-

(1)

Macdonald, Ian, 1928-

(1)

Manning, Phyl

(1)

McIntosh, Robert Dale.

(1)

Mollel-Blakely, Delois N., writer of foreword.

(1)

Monckton, George R.

(1)

Moreau, Henriette

(1)

Munroe, Don, 1945- author.

(1)

Murphy, Patrick

(1)

Napier-Hemy, John, author.

(1)

Neering, Rosemary, 1945-

(1)

Nesbitt, James K. (James Knight), 1908-

(1)

O'Keefe, Betty, 1930-

(1)

Oliveau-Moore, Sophie, author.

(1)

Past, Evald.

(1)

Paterson, T. W. (Thomas William), 1943-

(1)

Paul, Cecil, 1931- author.

(1)

Peach, Derek, author, publisher.

(1)

Penn, Briony, author.

(1)

Pezzi, Bryan

(1)

Piddington, Helen, 1931-

(1)

Pimlott, Norm, 1925-, author.

(1)

Pimlott-Marsel, Colleen, 1950-, author.

(1)

Provincial Archives of British Columbia

(1)

Provincial Archives of British Columbia.

(1)

Pugh, Lorna Thomson

(1)

Reksten, Don.

(1)

Reksten, Terry, 1942-2001.

(1)

Ritchie, William Leggett, 1949- author, publisher.

(1)

Rome, David.

(1)

Roueche, Ken, 1945- author.

(1)

Royal Canadian Legion. Brittania Branch, No. 7

(1)

Saanich Pioneers' Society Archives

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

Smith, Dorothy Blakey

(1)

Stofer, Eric, 1915-

(1)

Stursberg, Peter

(1)

Switzer, Ann-Lee.

(1)

Switzer, Gordon Robert, 1944-

(1)

Tate, Nikki, 1962-

(1)

Taylor, Leona.

(1)

Tolman, Charles W.

(1)

Tolmie, William Fraser, 1812-1886.

(1)

University of Victoria (B.C.)

(1)

University of Victoria (B.C.). Public History Group.

(1)

Unwin, Dave

(1)

Wellburn, Bill, 1947- author.

(1)

Wheelock, Roger, author.

(1)

Wiesen, Jean Marie, author.

(1)

(1)

Language

(96)

(1)

Shelf Location

Emerging Local Authors collection

Material Type

Adult Emerging Local Authors book

Adult French book

Adult non-circulating

Adult non-fiction book

Child non-fiction book

Digital

Primary non-fiction book

Publication Date

(7)

(7)

(6)

(4)

(4)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

{sortLabel}

	{facetName}	{results}

	{displayName}	{count}
{error}

Go to:Search Results

Top of Page

Search Facets

CONTACT US

735 Broughton St

Victoria, BC, V8W 3H2

250-940-4875

Media Releases & Inquiries

Website Privacy & Terms of Use

Read

Watch/Listen

Discover

Play