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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)

Notes: At head of title: Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886.; Authorship claimed by George Johnson in prefatory note.

Accession Number: 2019.71

Call Number: 08.1 J62c

Collection: Archives 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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The horse in motion as shown by instantaneous photography

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

Published Date: 1882 (c1881)

Author: Stillman, J. D. B.

Publisher: Boston : James B. Osgood

Call Number: N7660 H6 S7

Author: Stillman, J. D. B.

Responsibility: Executed and published under the auspices of Leland Stanford

Publisher: Boston : James B. Osgood

Published Date: 1882 (c1881)

Physical Description: 127p. front. plates

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

Subjects: Horses - Anatomy; Horses in art

Notes: With a study on animal mechanics founded on anatomy and the revelations of the camera

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: N7660 H6 S7

Location: Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access

Collection: Art Library

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Geological map of part of the Cascade Coal Basin, Rocky Mountains

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

Published Date: 1886

Author: White, J.

Call Number: C7-1.1

Author: White, J.

Published Date: 1886

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

Subjects: Cascade Coal Basin; Alberta

Notes: To illustrate report by George M. Dawson D.S. F.G.S.; Topography chiefly from sketches and Surveys by J. White C.E. with additions by R.G. McConnell, B.A.

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: C7-1.1

Collection: Archives Library

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Geological map [Vancouver Island], Northern part of Vancouver Island and adjacent coast

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

Published Date: 1887

Publisher: Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada

Call Number: C7-3.9

Publisher: Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada

Published Date: 1887

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

Subjects: Vancouver Island

Call Number: C7-3.9

Collection: Archives Library

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Part N, Surface Geology, Southern New Brunswick, No. 3, 1/4 sheet S.E.

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

Published Date: 1888-89

Call Number: C7-6.1(e)

Published Date: 1888-89

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

Subjects: New Brunswick - Geological

Notes: Accompanies 03.1/G29 ar, Annual Report 1888-89; Surface Geology, by Robert Chalmers, Part N Annual Report, Vol IV, 1888-89

Accession Number: 7000

Call Number: C7-6.1(e)

Collection: Archives Library

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Memories of Canada and Scotland : speeches and verses...

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

Published Date: 1884

Author: Argyll, John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of

Publisher: Montreal : Dawson Brothers

Call Number: 05 Ar3

Author: Argyll, John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of

Publisher: Montreal : Dawson Brothers

Published Date: 1884

Physical Description: xi, 360p. : ill

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

Subjects: Poetry

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 05 Ar3

Collection: Archives Library

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The red mountain of Alaska

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

Published Date: c1889

Author: Allen, Willis Boyd

Call Number: 05.2 Al5

Author: Allen, Willis Boyd

Published Date: c1889

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

Call Number: 05.2 Al5

Collection: Archives Library

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

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

Published Date: 1888

Publisher: Montreal : Canadian Pacific Railway

Call Number: 02.4 C16cpe 1888 Pam

Publisher: Montreal : Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1888

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 38500

Call Number: 02.4 C16cpe 1888 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Daylight land : the experiences, incidents, and adventures, humorous and otherwise, which befel Judge John Doe, tourist, of San Francisco; Mr. Cephas Pepperell, capitalist of Boston; Colonel Goffe, the man from New Hampshire, and divers others, in their parlor-car excursion over prairie and mountain

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

Published Date: 1888

Author: Murray, William Henry Harrison

Publisher: Boston : Cupples and Hurd

Call Number: 05.2 M96d

Author: Murray, William Henry Harrison

Responsibility: as recorded and set forth by W.H.H. Murray; illustrated ... under the supervision of J.B. Millet

Publisher: Boston : Cupples and Hurd

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: 338 p. incl. front., illus., plates.

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

Subjects: Banff (townsite); Vermilion Lakes; Bow River; Stoney First Nation (formerly known as Stoney Indians); Canmore

Accession Number: 7966

Call Number: 05.2 M96d

Collection: Archives Library

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The high Alps of New Zealand; or, A trip to the glaciers of the Antipodes with an ascent of Mount Cook

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

Published Date: 1883

Author: Green, William Spotswood

Publisher: London Macmillan

Call Number: 01.1 G82t

Author: Green, William Spotswood

Responsibility: W. S. Green

Publisher: London Macmillan

Published Date: 1883

Physical Description: 350p.

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

Subjects: Whymper, Edward

Notes: A stamp on the inner title page reads "Appalachian Mountain Club: Boston" Book plate on inner cover also reads Appalachian Mountain Club, "Added- 1886" and a corresponding number for reference (21G G79)

Accession Number: 7830

Call Number: 01.1 G82t

Collection: Archives Library

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Railway notes in the North-West; or Dominion of Canada

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

Published Date: 1885

Author: Jones, Rev. Harry

Publisher: Leisure Hour

Call Number: 05.2 J71r Pam

Author: Jones, Rev. Harry

Publisher: Leisure Hour

Published Date: 1885

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

Subjects: Rocky Mountains, Canada

Notes: A series of articles by Rev. Harry Jones who was on 1884 British Scientific Association trip to the Canadian Rockies. Chapter 6 has section on the Rockies, with interesting story about Dr. Selwyn.