Historic sites of Alberta
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Dempsey, Hugh A.
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Call Number
- 08.2 D39h Pam
- Author
- Dempsey, Hugh A.
- Responsibility
- Hugh A. Dempsey
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 64 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Alberta
- History of Alberta
- History
- Fur trade
- North-West Mounted Police
- Missionaries
- Riel rebellions
- Abstract
- Pertains to a series of notable and historically significant sites located across Alberta. The book is divided into nine categories pertaining to influential people and events, such as the Riel Rebellion and the North-West Mounted Police. Within each category, the author Hugh A. Dempsey, has included the names and locations of many historical sites in Alberta, be that a sign, a cairn or other form of historical remembrance.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg.3)
- Indians (pg. 5)
- The fur trade (pg. 12)
- The missionaries (pg. 24)
- American posts (pg. 29)
- North-west Mounted Police (pg. 35)
- Riel rebellion (pg. 39)
- The pioneers (pg. 43)
- Historic events (pg. 50)
- Transportation (pg. 57)
- Index (pg. 61)
- Map (pg. 63)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 08.2 D39h Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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