Bruce Alistair McKelvie

Bruce Alastair McKelvie (November 19, 1889 – April 17, 1960) was a Canadian journalist and historian. He signed his books as B.A. McKelvie.

B. A. McKelvie
Born	November 19, 1889 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died	April 17, 1960 (aged 70) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Journalist, writer
Nationality	Canadian
Period	20th century
Genre	History
Spouse	Lillian Kate Allen ​ (m. 1919)​

Biography

McKelvie was born in British Columbia to Scottish born parents who had previously lived in Quebec. His father worked as a machinist. McKelvie started work as an printer's apprentice at a newspaper. He worked at a variety of jobs in the business before he became a police reporter for the Vancouver Daily Province in 1913. He was on board the tugboat Sea Lion during the Komagata Maru incident in 1914.[1] He also worked for the Vancouver Sun and the Victoria Colonist. He wrote several books that popularized British Columbia history.

Works

• Early history of the province of British Columbia, (1926)
• Huldowget: A Story of The North Pacific Coast, (1926)
• The Black Canyon: A Story of '58, (1927)
• Pelts And Powder: A Story of The West Coast in the Making, (1929)
• Vancouver Island's urgent need for a new deal, (1931)
• Legends Of Stanley Park, (1941)
• Victoria, B.C. 1843-1943, (1943)
• Fort Langley, outpost of Empire, (1946)
• Maquinna the magnificent, (1946)
• Tales of conflict:Indian-White murders and massacres in pioneer British Columbia (1950)
• Challenge from the north, (1952)
• Pageant of B.C.: glimpses into the romantic development of Canada's far western province, (1957)
• HBC in BC, (1958)

Posthumous

• Magic, Murder and Mystery, (1966)

Source: [2][3]

References

1. "Komagatu Maru: Continuing the journey". Simon Fraser University. 2011.
2. "Author - Bruce Alistair McKelvie". Author and Book Info.
3. "McKelvie, Bruce Alistair". OCLC WorldCat. 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2019.

External links

• Works by Bruce Alistair McKelvie at Faded Page (Canada)
• Find a Grave