Ottawa Waterway : : Gateway to a Continent /

Ottawa Waterway : : Gateway to a Continent / / Robert Legget.

The mighty river that flows through the capital of Canada was called in 'Grand River of the North' by the first French explorers, before they even knew of the existence of the Great Lakes which are part of the St Lawrence waterway today. The Ottawa is still a great river, despite the chang...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Legget, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1975
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps and Diagrams
  • Illustrations
  • One. The Waterway
  • Two. The Setting
  • Three. Canoes on the Ottawa
  • Four. Travellers' Tales
  • Five. Lumbering on the Ottawa
  • Six. Canals and Steamboats
  • Seven. Settlement on the Ottawa
  • Eight. The River Today
  • Appendix: Sir George Simpson' s Account of the Ottawa Waterway
  • References in Text
  • Select Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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