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[Diary of James Mackinlay]
One bound copy of the diary maintained by Mackinlay May 7- August 23, 1890 during a summer journey northward from near Taltheilei on the east end of Great Slave Lake in the company of Wharburton Pike. Pike used the diary freely in his narrative of the journey called The Barren Grounds of Northern Canada. Mention of "Indians" in various situations and circumstances from trading and guiding to getting equipment made or repaired. Frequent mention of caribou and other animals killed and fish caught.
Dr. Russell's Water Transportation Prairie Provinces
A set of historical and bibliographical notes compiled by Dr. Russell on water transportation in what is today the prairie provinces. Includes information on the Northcote of 1885 Resistance fame. Also discusses the employment of Metis and First Nations men on riverboats, and gives prices at Gabriel's Crossing (Gabriel Dumont's ferry operation).
Early Days in the Hudson's Bay Coy
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From the Diary of a Hudson's Bay Clerk in the Seventies (article).
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From the Diary of a Hudson's Bay Company's Clerk in the Seventies.
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The Great Trek
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Passing the Spring Out
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Rebellion Days 1884 / 5 (Third Part)
Sport and Travel in Hudson's Bay, North America
Steamboating on the Saskatchewan River for the Hudson's Bay Company by O-ge-mas-es (Little Clerk)
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