A History Of The Canadian West To 1870-71 : Being A History Of Rupert's Land (The Hudson's Bay Company's Territory) And Of The North-West Territory (Including The Pacific Slope)

Morton, Arthur S.

London, No Stated Date Of Issue

By Thomas Nelson And Sons Ltd
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Hardcover, 987 pages, 6.25x9.25 in, [16x23.5 cm]. Errata tipped-in. All maps present.
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Ink ownership inscription and pencil bookseller annotations on the blank front endpaper; pencil annotations on the rear pastedown; pencil marginalia on page 239; margins of most maps creased; text-block slightly age-tanned. Cover boards with moderate surface wear. Lacks dust jacket.
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A comprehensive survey of western Canadian history from early exploration to Confederation. Morton examines the geography and Indigenous peoples of the region, the rise and operations of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and its rivalry with the North West Company, tracing the fur trade as the unifying force in Rupert’s Land and the North-West.

Subsequent chapters follow the Red River settlement, the Pacific coast activities, the transfer of Rupert’s Land in 1870, and the entry of British Columbia into Confederation in 1871. Peel (3) - 630. Described in Peel as "Encyclopedic history of the West."

Date of publication not stated. Peel assigns a probable date of 1939.
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