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A British railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1861

Call Number: 08.5 Il6 Pam oversize

Published Date: 1861

Physical Description: p.135-136

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In Illustrated London News, vol.XXXVIII, no.1075

Accession Number: 15500

Call Number: 08.5 Il6 Pam oversize

Collection: Archives Library

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Ocean to ocean : Sandford Fleming's expedition through Canada in 1872 : being a diary...

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1873

Author: Grant, George Monro

Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston, Low & Searle

Call Number: 02.4 G76

Author: Grant, George Monro

Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston, Low & Searle

Published Date: 1873

Physical Description: xiv, 1, 371p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Surveys

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.4 G76

Collection: Archives Library

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Canada on the Pacific : being an account of a journey from Edmonton to the Pacific by the Peace River Valley ... with remarks on the physical features of the Pacific railway route

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1874

Author: Horetsky, Charles

Publisher: Montreal : Dawson

Call Number: 08.5 H78c

Author: Horetsky, Charles

Publisher: Montreal : Dawson

Published Date: 1874

Physical Description: x, 244p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Macoun, John; Passes; Surveys

Accession Number: 400; 443

Call Number: 08.5 H78c

Collection: Archives Library

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The prairie province : sketches of travel from Lake Ontario to Lake Winnipeg...

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1876

Author: Hamilton, James Cleland

Publisher: Toronto : Belford

Call Number: 02.5 H18

Author: Hamilton, James Cleland

Publisher: Toronto : Belford

Published Date: 1876

Physical Description: vii, 259p. : ill., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.5 H18

Collection: Archives Library

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Report on surveys and preliminary operations on the Canadian Pacific...1877

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1877

Author: Fleming, Sir Sandford

Publisher: Ottawa : MacLean, Rose

Call Number: F1087 F44

Author: Fleming, Sir Sandford

Publisher: Ottawa : MacLean, Rose

Published Date: 1877

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Cascade Mountains; Coast Mountains; Rocky Mountains, Canada

Call Number: F1087 F44

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The Canada Pacific Railway and imperial confederation : a reply

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1879

Author: Fisher, Roswell

Call Number: 08.5 F53

Author: Fisher, Roswell

Published Date: 1879

Physical Description: p.543-546

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In Rose Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review

Accession Number: 8500

Call Number: 08.5 F53

Collection: Archives Library

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Some startling facts relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway and the north-west lands

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1880

Author: Horetsky, Charles

Publisher: Ottawa : Free Press

Call Number: F1087 H6

Author: Horetsky, Charles

Publisher: Ottawa : Free Press

Published Date: 1880

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Call Number: F1087 H6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Old secrets and new discoveries : containing information of rare value

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1884

Author: J.S. Ogilvie & Co.

Publisher: New York : J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Co.

Call Number: 05.5 Og4o

Author: J.S. Ogilvie & Co.

Publisher: New York : J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Co.

Published Date: 1884

Physical Description: [283 pages]

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Guidebook; History

Abstract: Pertains to a collection of manners, customs and tips revealing old secrets and new discoveries. Written in a similar nature to a guidebook, the publication offers information pertaining to agriculture, making money, housewives, health and much more. Readers are offered insight into the societal expectation and norms of the late 19th century.

Contents: Preface; Old Secrets; Secrets for farmers; Preserving secrets; Manufacturing secrets; Secrets for the housewife; The secret of making money

Accession Number: 3069 a

Call Number: 05.5 Og4o

Collection: Archives Library

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England and Canada : a summer tour between old and New Westminster

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1884

Author: Fleming, Sandford

Publisher: London : Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington

Call Number: 02.3 F62e; 02.3 F62e M'fiche

Author: Fleming, Sandford

Publisher: London : Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington

Published Date: 1884

Physical Description: xi, 449p. : map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: Index; Fragile - ACCESS RESTRICTED - SEE microfiche

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.3 F62e; 02.3 F62e M'fiche

Collection: Archives Library

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Railway notes in the North-West

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1884

Author: Jones. Harry

Call Number: 02.4 J71

Author: Jones. Harry

Published Date: 1884

Physical Description: 115p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: Privately printed

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.4 J71

Collection: Archives Library

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A tour through Canada from Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1884

Call Number: 02.4 C16g Pam

Responsibility: reprinted from the columns of the Canadian Gazette, London, England

Published Date: 1884

Physical Description: viii, 72p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 20500

Call Number: 02.4 C16g Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Pacific : the new highway to the Orient across the mountains, prairies and rivers of Canada

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1885

Publisher: [Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway

Edition: 1st ed

Call Number: 02.4 C16cp 1885 Pam

Edition: 1st ed

Publisher: [Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1885

Physical Description: 48p. : ill., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Guidebooks

Accession Number: 38500

Call Number: 02.4 C16cp 1885 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1885

Author: Grant, G.M.

Publisher: New York : The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol.XXX. No. 6, October 1885

Call Number: 08.5 G76c Pam

Author: Grant, G.M.

Publisher: New York : The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol.XXX. No. 6, October 1885

Published Date: 1885

Physical Description: 8 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 2014.8385

Call Number: 08.5 G76c Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The rocks and rivers of British Columbia

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1885

Author: Moberly, Walter

Publisher: London : H. Blacklock

Call Number: 08.5 M71

Author: Moberly, Walter

Publisher: London : H. Blacklock

Published Date: 1885

Physical Description: 102p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Eagle Pass; Surveys

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 08.5 M71

Collection: Archives Library

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Canada : its history, productions and natural resources

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1886

Author: prepared under the direction of John Carling ; [by George Johnson].

Publisher: Ottawa: Department of Agriculture Canada

Call Number: 08.1 J62c

Author: prepared under the direction of John Carling ; [by George Johnson].

Publisher: Ottawa: Department of Agriculture Canada

Published Date: 1886

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canada; History-Canada; History

Abstract: Published shortly after Canadian confederation of 1867, the Canadian Handbook was written to commemorate the new European understanding of Canada. The publication is comprehensive, and discusses but is not limited to the following topics, confederation, geology, trade, population, education, agriculture and minerals. The book serves to tell the story of a new united Canada which had not previously existed in the European psyche. Serving as both a handbook and condensed history, the book offers readers a glimpse into early Canada, as well as colonial settlement.

Contents: Climate (pg. 1-13); Extent (pg. 13-16); Historical Sketch (pg. 16-32); Confederation (pg. 33-35); Constitution (pg. 35-42); Population (pg. 42-52); Land (pg. 52-64); Geological Survey (pg. 64-67); Public Debt (pg. 67-69); Revenue and Expenditure (pg. 70-73); Trade and Commerce (pg. 70-73); Transport service (pg. 81-101); Auxiliaries to transport service (pg. 101-105); Savings Banks (pg. 105-107); Cities of Canada (pg. 108-113); Insurance (pg. 114-115); Newspapers (pg. 115-116); Various statistics (pg. 116-118); Manufactures (pg. 118-121); Forests (pg. 121-127); Education (pg. 126-127); Agriculture (pg. 127-131); Minerals (pg. 131-142); Fisheries (pg. 143-145); Shipping (pg. 146); Prices in Canada (pg. 147); Animal life and hunting grounds (pg. 148-160)