Forging the Prairie WestOxford University Press, 1998 - Broj stranica: 212 This second volume in the Illustrated History of Canada series relates the eventful, occasionally violent history of the three "prairie" provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta). Covering exploration as well as economic, political, and social history, it presents a detailed account of the region's importance in Canadian history. |
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... century , they learned from the local Native people the river and lake routes that made summer transportation with- in the region relatively simple . Three some- times turbulent rivers , called by the English the Hayes , the Nelson ...
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... century no chronometer was able to measure longitude accurately : thus Europeans persisted in the hope that the ... centuries later as the first Europeans to open and chart Manitoba ' . An enthusiastic popular history of that province ...
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... century of the United States , so shall the twentieth century belong to Canada . ' Appropriately , he first said this in the western gateway city ' of Winnipeg , for it was the ' last , best West ' that allowed him to hope that Canada ...
... century of the United States , so shall the twentieth century belong to Canada . ' Appropriately , he first said this in the western gateway city ' of Winnipeg , for it was the ' last , best West ' that allowed him to hope that Canada ...
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