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The Great Years - Gold Mining in the Bridge River Valley
by Lewis Green,, Tricouni Press, Vancouver and Gordon Soules Publishing, West Vancouver, 2000.  ISBN 0-9697601-3-2  LoC FC3822.4.G74 2000  Dewey 971.131
- a very recent book with excellent detail on the Bridge River mines - assays, stock histories, corporate and labour histories, personal biographies, social history.  Highly recommended, and with an excellent bibilography of its own.

Bridge River Gold
by Emma de Hullu, Bralorne Pioneer Community Club, Bralorne BC 1967
- a community history written with the participation of veterans of the goldmining boom days.  Lots of personal detail.

Short Portage to Lillooet
by Irene Edwards, Irene Edwards (self-publ.) 1977
- a personal memoir as well as amateur history of the Bridge River-Lillooet Country since first discovery; written by the former proprietor of stores and lodges at D'Arcy and Seton Portage (formerly Short Portage) with lots of insider detail on family histories, native legends confided to her, and personal accounts of individuals and eras.  Many pictures, and a strong focus on the early days in the Lakes and the Bridge River Country.  Second printing (Coldspring Books, Mission BC 1975, green cover vs. yellow cover on first printing) has more pictures and some new material, but poorer quality paper and image reproduction.

Halfway to the Goldfields - A History of Lillooet
by Lorraine Harris, J.J. Douglas, North Vancouver, 1977
- a survey of Lillooet history, partly in the form of biographies of certain individuals and histories of specific notable families.  Large format, many interesting photographs and anecdotes and biographical material not found in Mrs. Edwards book.  Focus is on Lillooet and the neraby ranches of the Fraser Canyon, rather than on Bridge River-Seton as in Mrs. Edwards.  Both these books are out-of-print but worth the hunt - and are complementary to each other.

Beyond Garibaldi
by Irene Ronayne
- a local history similar to Mrs. Edwards' book, more focussed on the Pemberton ("Old Lillooet") country but also including lore from the Lakes, Lillooet and the upper Bridge River Country

No Pipe Dream, A Personal Odyssey 1959-1974
by Major Douglas H. Tobler, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.  Gun Creek Publishing, Gold Bridge BC, 1985 (printed by First Folio Printing, Vancouver BC).  ISBN 0-9692006-3-3 LoC FC3845.B8Z49 1985  Dewey 971.133
- includes Major Tobler's tribulations and adventures in building his retirement retreat in the Bridge River Country
Also by Major Tobler, a resident of the Gun Creek Road area near Tyaughton Lake:
An Enchanted Kingdom (Blackwood's)
Intelligence in the Desert
Desecration of "An Enchanted Kingdom"
No Better Climate

A Complex Culture of the British Columbia Plateau: Traditional Stl'atl'imx Resource Use
Edited by Brian Hayden, UBC Press Vancouver 1992.  LoC E99.L4C65 1992  Dewey 971.1'3100497'9
- Brian Hayden is with the Dept. of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University and is the archaeologist whose dig at Keithley Creek in the Glen Fraser area is one of the more important studies of antiquity in BC.  This book is a collection of studies in specific aspects of Stl'atl'imx culture and covers local fishing practices, ethnobotany and other anthropological aspects in great detail, including abundant use and explanation of Stl'atl'imx language terms.  Mostly focusses on the culture of the Fountain (Xax'lip) and Pavilion (Tskwaylaxw) Bands.  Other papers including Prof. Hayden's own are listed in this book's extensive bibliography.

The Same As Yesterday: The Lillooet Chronicle and the Theft of Their Lands and Resources
by Joanne Drake-Terry, Lillooet Tribal Council, Lillooet 1989.  LoC E99.L4D73  Dewey 346.71104'32'08997
- a legal and cultural history of the Lillooet Country and native claims in general giving the native point of view.  Lots of detail and angles on local history not found in other published works. 

The Lillooet Language:  Phonology, Morphology Syntax
by Jan van Eijk, UBC Press, Vancouver 1997.  ISBN 0-7748-0625-7  LoC PM1646.L7E44 1997   Dewey 497.9
- a very technical book on the structure of the Lillooet Language, or St'at'imcets.  Other writings by van Eijk and other linguistics professionals are listed ona full reference bibilography at http://www.cnc.bc.ca/yinkadene/biblios/lillobib.htm.

Claiming the Land
            by Dan Marshall, UBC Ph.D Thesis, 2002 (unpubl.)