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 / / Eric Ross.
Beyond the River and the Bay brings to life the exciting landscape of the Canadian Northwest in the early years of the nineteenth century when the fur traders from the St. Lawrence clashed with their rivals from Hudson Bay. The book is based on an imaginary long-lost manuscript by Ian Alexander Bell...
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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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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©1970 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- 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
- Bibliography
- Appendix
- Notes
- Index