Beyond the River and the Bay : Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811 with a View to Providing the Intending Settler with an Intimate Knowledge of That Country /

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Based on an imaginary long-lost manuscript by Ian Alexander Bell Robertson invented by the author in order to integrate remarks by contemporary observers into the text. Gives a picture of the Northwest as it was immediately prior to the first white settlement and is based on sources that would have...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ross, Eric (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1970]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Travel.
Indians of North America.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Indians.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
TRAVEL > Canada > Western Provinces (AB, B.C.)
Indiens d'Amerique > Nord-Ouest canadien.
Indians > Northwest, Canadian.
Frontier and pioneer life > Northwest, Canadian.
Indians of North America > Northwest, Canadian.
Canada > Canadian Northwest.
Nord-Ouest canadien > Descriptions et voyages.
Northwest, Canadian > Description and travel.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Northwest
  • 2. The inhabitants of the Northwest
  • 3. The fur trade
  • 4. Transportation and communication
  • 5. Supporting enterprises
  • 6. Ports of entry
  • 7. East Winnipeg, Muskrat and English River Countries, and the Barren Grounds
  • 8. The Red River, Saskatchewan and Athabasca Countries.

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