Manitoba and the great north-west, the field for investment : the home of the emigrant, being a full and complete history of the country, its geography, area, situation, and boundaries, its early history and progress : incidents of the settlement from the earliest period up to the present time : topograpy and general character of the country, its climate, together with tables of temperature and climatic changes : fuel supplies, coal, timber, etc. : the soil, its wonderful richness and fertility : natural products, grain, fruits, grasses, and flowers : natural history, with enumnerations of its mammals, reptiles, insects, birds and fishes : stock raising, special advantages and adaptability : mineral resources and prospects of developement : the water supply, rivers, lakes, etc. : steamboat and interprovincial communication : the railway system, its rise, progress and developement ; the Indians, their past history and present status : the Hudson's Bay Company, and its relations with the country, its past and present history : lands and land policy, the government and railway lands, mode of survey and laying out townships, land regulations of each : advice to immigrants and settlers / by John Macoun.

Main entry:

Macoun, John, 1831-1920.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Guelph, Ont. : World Pub. Co., 1882.

Description:

xxvii, 704 pages, [6] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, map, plan ; 24 cm

Notes:
Library copy: ownership stamps of École normale Jacques-Cartier and of Bibliothèque municipale de Boucherville.

Subject:

Land settlement Manitoba.
Land settlement Northwest, Canadian.
Missions Manitoba.
Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and Immigration
Colonisation intérieure Manitoba.
Colonisation intérieure Nord-Ouest canadien.
Émigration et immigration.
Land settlement
Missions
Travel
Emigration and immigration Manitoba.
Manitoba Description and travel.
Manitoba History.
Manitoba Church history.
Northwest, Canadian Description and travel.
Northwest, Canadian History.
Winnipeg (Man.) History.
Winnipeg (Man.) Description and travel.
Manitoba Histoire.
Nord-Ouest canadien Descriptions et voyages.
Nord-Ouest canadien Histoire.
Canada Canadian Northwest
Manitoba
Manitoba Winnipeg
Missions Canada Manitoba.
Land settlement Canada Manitoba.

Form/genre:

Church history
History

Added entries:

Provenance. Ecole normale Jacques-Cartier (Montréal, Québec). Ownership stamp.
Provenance. Bibliothèque municipale de Boucherville. Ownership stamp.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 195183
Call No.: FC3367.2 .M3 1882
Status: Available

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