The North-west Passage by land. Being the narrative of an expedition from the Atlantic to the Pacific, undertaken with the view of exploring a route across the continent to British Columbia through British territory, by one of the northern passes in the Rocky Mountains ...

• Main Authors: Milton, William Fitzwilliam, Viscount, 1839-1877, Cheadle, Walter B. Walter Butler, 1835-1910
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin 1865
• Subjects: Pacific; Milton; Westminster; North West Passage
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0222200; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0222200

Despite the two names on the title page, a comparison with Cheadle's Journal (entry 1726) makes it fairly evident that this work was written by Walter Butler Cheadle. Milton and Cheadle arrived in Quebec in the spring of 1862. They made their way to Edmonton where they formed a party to cross the Rockies via Yellow Head Pass. After weeks of hardships and privations in the mountains they finally reached Kamloops. From Kamloops they journeyed to Westminster and Victoria, but they returned to the mainland to visit the Cariboo gold diggings before sailing for England via the Isthmus of Panama. Within the first ten years the book had run through eight editions. The fact that the book attracted immediate attention may be attributed in part to its literary merit. -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 31. ...