Letters from the Peace

Notes: "[By] Fay Thomson Bland and Phoebe Fitz Wallace".; Includes bibliographical references.; "In 1940, Fay and Phoebe, coeds at McGill University, spent an unforgettable summer at The Abbey in Fort St. John, British Columbia. The Abbey, an Anglican mission, was home to Monica Storrs and her missionaries, "mishes". The girls did house and farm work and, traveling miles by horseback, came to know many settlers in this three-million-acre Peace River Block. Their letters home give us a glimpse of this extraordinary adventure". -- back cover.; Contents: The Valley of the Peace -- Introduction dated 2003 / Fay Thomson Bland -- The Letters, May 20 - August 19, 1940 -- "We are Marching on with Shield and Banner Bright" -- Photographs -- "Life's Railway to Heaven" -- Epilogue -- Bibliographical Notes -- History of the Abbey.

Subjects: Bland, Fay Thomson (Constance Fay), 1919-2008 - Correspondence; Wallace, Phoebe Fitz (Phoebe Marion Fitz), 1919-2015 - Correspondence; Storrs, Monica, 1888-1967; Anglican Church of Canada - Missions - British Columbia - Fort St. John Region; Companions of the Peace; Anglican Church of Canada - Biography; Frontier and pioneer life - British Columbia - Peace River (Regional district); Peace River District (Alta. and B.C.) - History; Women in the Anglican Church of Canada - History