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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	(1889-11-19)November 19, 1889 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died	April 17, 1960(1960-04-17) (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

External links

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

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