Newfoundland to Manitoba : a guide through Canada's maritime, mining, and prairie provinces
This book is a brief history of the social and economic conditions in Canada's maritime, mining, and prarie provinces. Sections contain information on the fisheries and mineral products of Newfoundland, gold mines and the collieries in Nova Scotia, and the lobster and mackeral fisheries in Prin...
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Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
1881
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| Online Access: | http://www.ourroots.ca/f/toc.aspx?id=1373 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cbu_khattar/id/1280 |
| Summary: | This book is a brief history of the social and economic conditions in Canada's maritime, mining, and prarie provinces. Sections contain information on the fisheries and mineral products of Newfoundland, gold mines and the collieries in Nova Scotia, and the lobster and mackeral fisheries in Prince Edward Island. A brief history of each of these regions of Canada is included. Other chapters deal with the forestry business in New Brunswick, rich iron deposits in the west, large farms in Winnepeg, and farming in the prairie province of Manitoba. A number of illustrations are included. |
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