Main entry:

MacGregor, James Grierson, 1905- author.

Title & Author:

The land of twelve foot Davis : (a history of the Peace River Country) / by James G. MacGregor.

Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : Applied Art Products LTD., [1952]
©1952

Description:

395 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Title on cover: The land of Twelve-Foot Davis.
1. Introductory -- 2. The Peace River country -- 3. Discovery by the fur traders -- 4. Alexander MacKenzie -- 5. The tramp of armed men -- 6. The forks and Peace River Town -- 7. Dunvegan -- 8. Fort St. John -- 9. Dunvegan again -- 10. Missionaries -- 11. Steamboats -- 12. The Athabasca Trail -- 13. Klondikers -- 14. Lesser Slave Lake, Grouard -- 15. Grande Prairie and The Edson Trail -- 16. Land of friendliness.

Summary:

The Peace River country comprises 25,000 square miles in northern Alberta . "[It] extends three hundred miles, from Hudson Hope [British Columbia] on the west to Slave Lake on the east ... [and stretches] out 150 miles north to Fort Vermilion."--Introduction.

Subject:

Peace River Region (British Columbia and Alberta) History.
Peace River (B.C. and Alta.) History.
Peace River Region (B.C. and Alta.) History.
Paix, Région de la rivière de la (C.-B. et Alb.) Histoire.
Paix, Rivière de la (C.-B. et Alb.) Histoire.
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada, Alberta History.
Canada, Alberta, Peace River History.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Larry Dingman Western Fiction Collection (Library of Congress)

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 2990
Call No.: PO11345 CAN; ID:87-B19694
Status: Available