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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am grateful to Neil Sutherland and Jean Barman for their encouragement and wise advice, Joyce McLean for her careful reading of the manuscript and my long-suffering and indulgent husband who served as critic and proofreader. I greatly appreciate those who contributed to this project either through interviews , conversations or written contributions: Don Clay, Eileen Scott Campbell, Harold Zwick, R.B. Green, Earl Sherman, Peggy Sherman, Rolland Lewis, Dick Saunders, Judy Wells, Paul Barker, Kim Hilliard, Tony Plomp, Ann Rogers, Ivy Moulton, Dawn McKim, Bill Wells, Janet Reid, Janet Marshall, Jean Wilson , Henry Barone, Ina Trudgeon, Freda Mallory, Margaret Walker, Fred Greaves, Hugh and Jim McCullum, Margaret Nichols, Lis Schmidt Robert, Helen Hansen, Laurena Saunders, Ken Strong, Marilyn Barker, Glen Sullivan, Ian and Lee Rennie, Norman St. Clair-Sulis, W.J. Phillips, Nick Green, and Donna Ebbutt. I also thank my extended family and many friends who discussed this topic with me and shared their memories. I am grateful to librarians at Richmond Public Library and University of British Columbia Library for their help in securing materials through interlibrary loan. And of course to Dr. Brian Henderson, Elin Edwards, Carroll Klein, and former director Sandra Woolfrey of Wilfrid Laurier University Press for their encouragement and direction. I also appreciate the generosity of friends and of the following archives for providing photographs: Archives of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster, British Columbia Provincial xiii Archives, Vancouver Public Library Special Collections, National Archives of Canada, Saskatchewan Archives Board, Public Archives of Prince Edward Island, Kelowna Museum Archives, Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Rupert City and Regional Archives. Section-Opening Photographs Go Outside and Play: found photograph, provided by Norah Lewis. Playing Is Playing When Shared: prairie children’s party c. 1900. Courtesy of Vera Hoknes. Playing Is Playing Games: photo of Keith and Kim Gosse, 1952. Farm near Nechako River. Photo courtesy of Evelyn Gosse. Creating Their Own Equipment: Ian McLetchie with Margaret McLetchie Nichols at Magog, Quebec, 1944. Photo courtesy of Margaret Nichols. Animals: Friend, Foe, or Food: boy with goat. Photo courtesy of the Vancouver Public Library [4845]. There Was Always Something to Do: everyone absorbed in catching crabs. Behind Ivory Island Lighthouse. Kim and Cindy Gosse and the lighthouse keepers’ children, 1951. Photo courtesy of Evelyn Gosse. ...

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