http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0222185
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Ham, George H. (George Henry), 1847-1926
issued: 2015-07-03
issued: 1888
description: "A business directory for the larger towns on the C.P.R. line." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 89.
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extent: viii, 205 pages : photographs (3 folded), illustrations, advertisements, map (folded), tables ; 27 cm
format: application/pdf
note: Extending from the Great Lakes across Plain and Mountain to the Golden Shores of the Pacific. GROWTH. MANUFACTURING AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. ILLUSTRATED WINNIPEG, Man., Canadian Historical Publishing Co. 1888 PREFACE. On the northern part of the New World—stretching away across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific—lies the Dominion of Canada. Its confines include more than one-half of North America, reaching from the great lakes of the east and centre and the 49th parallel to the inhospitable shores of the trackless polar seas, whose long sought mysteries have yet to be revealed to man. In this vast domain—an empire in itself—are contained all the diversified elements which, upon development, are the factors of a progressive, prosperous and powerful nation, and although the strides in the march of progress, keeping pace with the advancement of nineteenth century civilization, have been marvelously rapid in this fair land, there aTe countless thousands of leagues of territory on which the foot of man has never trod, lying tenantless and silent, only awaiting the advent of the Anglo-Saxon race to be transformed into a prosperous and thriving country. The wealth of commerce, agriculture, mining, lumbering and fishing, latently exists in untold measure. The virgin soil, the primeval forest, and the teeming seas and lakes and rivers all possess undeveloped riches. Man alone is apparently the missing quantity, and his energy, industry and capital are the required elements in develop* ing this young, but sturdy Dominion into the Greater.Britain of the "West —the worthy scion of the grand old Motherland across the seas, whose pride is in the colonial gems which adorn the imperial diadem, of which Canada is one of the brightest and most valued jewels. To give briefly and succinctly a sketch of this New "Wonderland—not aspiring to the pretensions of a history—is the object of this work, presenting, beside an historical review, authentic statistics of its present co…
note: Map(s) missing from original. Other Copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15490157
has type: City directories
has type: Manuals (Handbooks)
identifier: F5503 .N38
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0222185
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Winnipeg : Canadian Historical Publication Co.
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5503 .N38
subject: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
subject: Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel
title: The new West : extending from the Great Lakes across plain and mountain to the golden shores of the Pacific. Wealth and growth. Manufacturing and commercial interests. Historical, statistical, biographical. Illustrated
type: Text