The British Empire Series: British AmericaK. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1900 - Great Britain |
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... practically only accessible to the rest of British North America by water . The country to the west of Upper Canada , until British Columbia was reached , was under the control of the Hudson Bay Company , and the haunt of the Indian and ...
... practically only accessible to the rest of British North America by water . The country to the west of Upper Canada , until British Columbia was reached , was under the control of the Hudson Bay Company , and the haunt of the Indian and ...
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... practically untouched -The Yukon gold - fields - Forest Wealth - Fisheries - Manu- facturing industries - Foreign trade of the Dominion and its distribution Population and origins of the people - Social Economy - Indians - Immigration ...
... practically untouched -The Yukon gold - fields - Forest Wealth - Fisheries - Manu- facturing industries - Foreign trade of the Dominion and its distribution Population and origins of the people - Social Economy - Indians - Immigration ...
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... practically separate communities . There was little or no communication between them except by water . The trade exchanges were compara- tively small , and their customs tariffs were arrayed against each other . Upper and Lower Canada ...
... practically separate communities . There was little or no communication between them except by water . The trade exchanges were compara- tively small , and their customs tariffs were arrayed against each other . Upper and Lower Canada ...
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... practically completed in half the stipulated time , and the first public train travelled from Montreal to Vancouver in 1886. Strictly speak- ing , therefore , the positive , actual life of the Dominion , with all its potentialities ...
... practically completed in half the stipulated time , and the first public train travelled from Montreal to Vancouver in 1886. Strictly speak- ing , therefore , the positive , actual life of the Dominion , with all its potentialities ...
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... practically extend- ing indefinitely the termini of the great railway systems . The first steam - driven vessel that ever crossed the Atlantic -- the Royal William - was con- structed at Quebec , and engined at Montreal in 1830-31 ; and ...
... practically extend- ing indefinitely the termini of the great railway systems . The first steam - driven vessel that ever crossed the Atlantic -- the Royal William - was con- structed at Quebec , and engined at Montreal in 1830-31 ; and ...
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