http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0224039
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
contributor: Combe, William, 1742-1823
creator: Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764-1820
issued: 2016-02-10
issued: 1814
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extent: [115]-392 pages : table ; 23 cm
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note: / ■ i m *s^ r" WW' ' '■•■'tut" wmi *'*Wk&- ihA ..i ' ■;■" • Hf *» . ■ tPm I m afiggj^p^ vtwenfafc PBia-t ■ - II VOYAGES FROM MONTREAL, ON THE RIVER ST. LAURENCE, THROUGH THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA, TO THE FROZEN AND PACIFIC OCEANS; IN THE YEARS 1789 AND 1793. WITH A PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OP THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT STATE OF THE FUR TRADE OF THAT COUNTRY. ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AjSTD A PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR BY SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. VOL. II. NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY W. B. GILLEY 1514. TfBiiii i 11 & l'*t "0, If? 7 JOURNAL or A SECOND VOYAGE, &c. CHAPTER I. 1 Leave Fort Chepewyan. Proceed to the Peace River. State of the Lakes. Arrive at Peace Point. The reason assigned for its name. The weather cold. Arrive at the Falls. Description of the country. Land at the Fort, called The Old Establishment. The principal building destroyed by fire. Course of the river. Arrive at another fort. Some account of the natives. Depart from thence. Course of the river continued. It divides into two branches. Proceed along the principal one. Land at the place of our winter's residence. Account of its circumstances and inhabitants, &c. Preparations for erecting a fort, &c. Ss?c. Table of the weather. Broke the thermometer. Frost sets in. Description of birds. October 10,1792. HAVING made every necessary preparation, I left Fort Chepewyan, to proceed up the Peace River. I had resolved to go as far as our most distant settlement, which would occupy the remaining part of the season, it being the route by which I proposed to attempt my next discovery, across the mountains from the source of that river; for whatever distance I could reach this fall, would be a proportionate advancement of my voyage. In consequence of this design, I left the establishment of Fort Chepewyan, in charge of Mr. Rp- i' i ££KfcttulZ] 116 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE deric Mackenzie, accompanied by two canoes laden with the necessary articles for trade : we accordingly steered West for one of the branches …
note: Pages 195-202 duplicated in print. Pages 187-194 missing in print. Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/620115067
has type: Books
has type: Travel literature
identifier: FC3212.1 .M33 1814
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0224039
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New York : W. B. Gilley
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3212.1 .M33 1814
subject: Indians of North America--Canada
subject: Fur trade--Canada
subject: Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel
title: Voyages from Montreal, on the river St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the years 1789 and 1793. With a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade of that country. Illustrated with maps and a portrait of the author. Vol. II
type: Text