England and Canada / A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster, with Historical Notes
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Sandford Fleming recounts his journey from his home in Halifax, Nova Scotia to England, back to Canada and west to New Westminster, British Columbia. Then he summarises his return trip via Portland, Oregon and Chicago, Illinois. Throughout the book are numerous notes of historical interest mostly regarding the railways in North America, some of which he was principle engineer.
Chapters (446)(click to expand)
- ENGLAND AND CANADA.
- CONTENTS.
- ENGLAND AND CANADA.
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
- CHAPTER II. HALIFAX TO LIVERPOOL.
- CHAPTER III. ENGLAND.
- CHAPTER IV. ENGLAND—(Continued).
- CHAPTER V. ENGLAND TO CANADA.
- CHAPTER VI. NOVA SCOTIA.
- CHAPTER VII. HALIFAX TO QUEBEC.
- CHAPTER VIII. QUEBEC, MONTREAL, OTTAWA.
- CHAPTER IX. TORONTO TO LAKE SUPERIOR.
- CHAPTER X. LAKE SUPERIOR TO WINNIPEG.
- CHAPTER XI. WINNIPEG, HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY, LORD SELKIRK.
- CHAPTER XII. WINNIPEG TO CALGARY.
- CHAPTER XIII. CALGARY TO THE SUMMIT.
- CHAPTER XIV. DOWN KICKING-HORSE VALLEY.
- CHAPTER XV. TO THE SUMMIT OF THE SELKIRKS.
- CHAPTER XVI. DOWN THE ILLE-CELLE-WAET.
- CHAPTER XVII. DOWN THE ILLE-CELLE-WAET.—Continued.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THROUGH THE EAGLE PASS.
- CHAPTER XIX. KAMLOOPS TO THE COAST.
- CHAPTER XX. ON PACIFIC WATERS.
- CHAPTER XXI. BRITISH COLUMBIA.
- CHAPTER XXII. HOME BY THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE INDIANS.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY.
- CHAPTER XXV. CONCLUSION.
- INDEX.
- FOOTNOTES
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