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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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Glacial geology

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Geikie, James

Publisher: New York : Scientific American Supplement

Call Number: 03.4 G27g Pam

Author: Geikie, James

Publisher: New York : Scientific American Supplement

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: 4 pages, illustrations

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Glaciers; Lefroy Glacier; Selkirk Mountains

Accession Number: 7964

Call Number: 03.4 G27g Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The Great Glacier of the Selkirks

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

Published Date: 1889

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Publisher: Harper's Weekly

Call Number: 02.6 In4t PAM O.S.

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Responsibility: Ernest Ingersoll

Publisher: Harper's Weekly

Published Date: 1889

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

Subjects: Glaciers; Selkirk Mountains; Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range; Selkirk Range; Selkirk Range - B.C.; Hotels; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Travel; Tourism; Geography; Illecillewaet Glacier

Abstract: Pertains to the Selkirk Mountains, Illecillewaete Glacier, Glacier Creek, Sir Donald, the hotel and Canadian Pacific Railway access to the area as of 1889.