articles by George Mercer Dawson, G.C. Hoffmann, R.G. McConnell, E.D. Ingell, J. McEvoy, J.B. Tyrell and others
Published Date
1885
1886
1887
1888-1889
1894
1898
Physical Description
7v. : ill., maps
Library has: 1886, 1885 Pt. 3, 1886 Pt. R, 1887 (photocopy), 1887 Pt. T (photocopy), 1887 Pt. E (photocopy), 1887 Pt. D, 1888-1889, 1894, 1898, 1898 Pt. D
Contents: Report on a part of Northern Alberta and portions of adjacent districts of Assiniboia and Saskatchewan / J.B. Tyrell. -- Montreal, 1887. [Pt. E]; Extracted from geological and natural history survey of Canada 1887 : assay reports from samples taken in the Northwest Territory and the Province of British Columbia [Pt. T];
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.
Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway as per Melton Prior who travelled from Montreal to Vancouver on the train and provided a review of the journey which includes sketches of Sir Donald, Great Glacier, Glacier Hotel, Hermit Range, Mount Carroll, Stony Creek Bridge and the interior of a colonial sleeping car.
Notes
In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2591, Saturday December 15, 1888, pp. 720 - 722
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The Canadian Pacific Railway : an appeal to public opinion against the railway being carried across the Selkirk Range, that route being objectionable from the danger of falls from glaciers and from avalanches, also, generally on other matters
Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Banff and Mount Stephen including railway access and hotels, hotsprings, sanitarium with associated sketches.
Notes
In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2588, Saturday, November 24, 1888, pp. 613 - 614
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Canadian pictures drawn with pen and pencil by the Marquis of Lorne, K.T. : with numerous illustrations from objects and photographs in the possession of and sketches by the Marquis of Lorne...