Canada: a visual history

• Main Author: Kerr, D. G. G. (Donald Gordon Grady), 1913-1976
• Other Authors: Davidson, R. I. K.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: T. Nelson (Canada) 1966
• Subjects: Canada > History > Pictorial works; Arctic; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/134008

Canada, A Visual History Early arrivals in North America -- The age of discovery -- Samuel de Champlain -- The Indians and the fur trade -- The missionaries and the Indians -- The founding of Montreal -- The character of New France. The age of Laval and Talon -- The eighteenth century -- Trouble on the perimeter -- The fall of Louisbourg and Quebec -- The surrender of New France -- Early English-French relations -- The American Revolution and the Loyalists -- Explorers and fur traders. In the north-west -- On the pacific coast -- The War of 1812 -- Roads and early railroads -- The waterways -- Expanding settlement in Upper Canada -- Lumbering and shipbuilding in the Maritimes -- Family compact society -- Controversy over education -- The rebellions and responsible government -- The opening of the Grand Trunk Railway -- An expanding economy -- Life in the provincial capitals -- Arctic explorers: Sir John Franklin and others -- Prairie explorers: Hind and Palliser -- The Red River settlement -- British Columbia. The Fraser-Cariboo gold rushes -- In the cariboo -- American threats -- Confederation. The conferences -- The personalities -- The Red River insurrection -- Rounding out confederation. British Columbia -- The Maritimes -- Improving relations with the United States -- Early transcontinental surveys and the Pacific scandal -- The Indians of the plains -- The whisky traders and the North West Mounted Police -- Building the Canadian Pacific Railway -- The C.P.R. in operation. Transcontinental passenger services -- The Pacific steamships -- The improvement and extension of services -- The Northwest Rebellion. Personalities -- The fighting -- The aftermath -- Prairie settlement. Arrivals -- The Doukhobors -- Homesteading -- The wheat economy -- Ranching and general prosperity -- Industrial and urban development -- British Columbia. Lumbering and fishing -- Mining and other developments -- The Atlantic region -- Ontario and Quebec. Lumbering on the Ottawa -- The square timber trade -- Oil and electricity -- ...