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On the old Athabaska trail Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone), 1873-1946

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"Bibliographical note: p. 250-253. The account of early travellers on the Athabasca Trail, for many years the main route across the Rockies. Also: New York, Stokes, 1926." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 184.

"Printed in Great Britain by the Camelot Press. Bibliographical note: pp.250-253. Extracts from the adventures of early travellers on the Athabasca Trail from David Thompson to Sandford Fleming retold by the author while on the same trail. Also published in New York by Frederick A. Stokes Company in 1926 and in London by Hurst & Blackett Ltd. in 1927 from the same printing as the Canadian edition. The date of the English edition taken from the English Catalogue of Books and the British Museum Catalogue." -- Strathern, G. M. , & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 41.

"U.S. Catalog gives publication date as 1926. Bibliography: p.250-253. Includes description of author's trip along the trail. Also: Toronto, The Ryerson Press [Pref.1926]. Also: London, Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. [Pref.1926]. British Museum Catalogue and Library of Congress Catalog give publication date as 1927." -- Edwards, M. H., Lort, J. C. R., & Carmichael, W. J. (1975). A bibliography of British Columbia: Years of growth, 1900-1950. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 43.

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