Introduction:
Welcome to The Cauldron Series with Dr. Barry Gough—a deep dive into the turbulent and transformative decades of British Columbia’s past. In this episode, we turn our attention to communications—the lifelines of a growing province in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As British Columbia emerged from isolation and pushed toward modernity, the arrival of telegraphs, postal routes, and eventually wireless signals reshaped how people connected across vast, rugged landscapes. Dr. Gough explores how these evolving networks influenced politics, commerce, and community—and how the struggle to communicate mirrored the struggle to define British Columbia’s place in a changing Canada. Without further ado – Dr. Barry Gough and communications during the cauldron.
