The British Empire Series: British AmericaK. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1900 - Great Britain |
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... became part of the Dominion in 1871 ) was an isolated British colony , separated from the rest of Canada , not only by its own mountains , but by nearly 2000 miles or more of intervening territory . It was only accessible at all by ...
... became part of the Dominion in 1871 ) was an isolated British colony , separated from the rest of Canada , not only by its own mountains , but by nearly 2000 miles or more of intervening territory . It was only accessible at all by ...
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... became common . Some of them , indeed , date back to 1779 , and they are all Government works . The great river St. Lawrence , up till 1858 , was not navigable above Quebec for vessels drawing more than 11 feet of water . There were ...
... became common . Some of them , indeed , date back to 1779 , and they are all Government works . The great river St. Lawrence , up till 1858 , was not navigable above Quebec for vessels drawing more than 11 feet of water . There were ...
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... became available for agriculture . Immense areas of timber land still exist in all the eastern provinces , and the lumber industry is a most important one , the exports in 1898 being of the value of nearly $ 27,000,000 . There is an ...
... became available for agriculture . Immense areas of timber land still exist in all the eastern provinces , and the lumber industry is a most important one , the exports in 1898 being of the value of nearly $ 27,000,000 . There is an ...
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... became British subjects in 1763 , but although they are termed French - Canadians , Her Majesty has no more loyal subjects than the French - speaking population of the province of Quebec . The remainder of the inhabi- tants largely ...
... became British subjects in 1763 , but although they are termed French - Canadians , Her Majesty has no more loyal subjects than the French - speaking population of the province of Quebec . The remainder of the inhabi- tants largely ...
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... became natural enemies , and their feuds often reached a condition which jeopardised the very existence of the country . The council issued decrees for the civil , commercial , and financial govern- ment of the colony , and for criminal ...
... became natural enemies , and their feuds often reached a condition which jeopardised the very existence of the country . The council issued decrees for the civil , commercial , and financial govern- ment of the colony , and for criminal ...
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