| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: The Pioneer Saloons and Hotel Bars, 1851-59; Ship Inn Saloon; Bayley's Hotel; Phoenix Hotel and Saloon; Victoria Hotel; Boomerang Inn; Royal Hotel; California Saloon; What Cheer House; Metropolitan to Colonial Hotel; Chapter Two: The Rough Edge of Town, 1860-69; Adelphi Saloon; Brown Jug Saloon and Inn; Australian House; Confederate Saloon; Pony Saloon; Park Hotel; Bee Hive Hotel and Saloon; White Horse Hotel and Saloon; American Hotel; Garrick's Head Saloon; Chapter Three: Strictly First-Class; St. Nicholas Hotel |
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Oriental HotelDriard Hotel; Dominion Hotel; Clarence Hotel; Dallas Hotel; Victoria Hotel (III); King Edward Hotel; Empress Hotel; Chapter Four: The Golden Age, 1870-99; Rock Bay Hotel; Ship Inn (IV); Belmont Saloon; Occidental Hotel; Grand Pacific Hotel; Four Saloons: Klondike, Horseshoe, Steele's, and Bismarck; Regent Saloon; Leland House; Chapter Five: Restriction to Prohibition, 1900-17; Western Hotel; Canada Hotel Bar and Grill; Balmoral Hotel; Lion Brewery Tap Saloon; Westholme Hotel; Prince George Hotel; Kaiserhof to Blanshard Hotel; Conclusion: The Bottom of the Glass; Appendix |
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Timeline of Significant Events Bibliography; Endnotes; Acknowledgements; Index; About the Author; Copyright Page |
| Summary |
"A rowdy, rollicking popular history that celebrates the tales of Victoria's drinking establishments in their heyday. From the raunchy saloons that lined Victoria's notorious Johnson street to the lavish high-class hotel-bars like the Driard and the Empress, Aqua Vitae is a collection of fascinating true stories from the days of swinging doors, smoky bars, and five-cent beers. Read about how the quick actions of an employee of the Bee-hive saloon saved a young Emily Carr from possible death. Discover the gruesome secret uncovered by a startled worker who was prying up the floorboards of the Omineca saloon. And find out about the grisly murder of Mike Powers, the proprietor of the Garrick's Head, a pub that still does a thriving business today. Carefully researched and accompanied by 70+ archival photos, Aqua Vitae covers the time from the first saloon appeared in Victoria in 1851 to 1917 when prohibition shut the party down."-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
HISTORY / Canada / General |
| Notes |
"Editing by Lana Okerlund"--EPUB copyright page |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from EPUB version (Library and Archives Canada Electronic Collection, viewed July 6, 2020) |
| Subject |
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History
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Tavernes -- Colombie-Britannique -- Victoria -- Histoire
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Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Colombie-Britannique -- Victoria -- Histoire
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Bars (Drinking establishments)
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| SUBJECT |
Victoria (B.C.) -- History -- Anecdotes
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| Subject |
British Columbia -- Victoria
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Okerlund, Lana, 1970- editor.
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| ISBN |
1771511907 |
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9781771511919 |
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1771511915 |
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9781771511902 |
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