File P893 - Bell, Charles Napier.. Our Northern Waters; a Report presented to the Winnipeg Board of Trade regarding the Hudson's Bay and Strait. Being a Statement of their Resources in Minerals, Fisheries, Timber, Furs, Game ... Notes on the Navigation .. Meteorological and Climatic Data. Winnipeg: Board of Trade

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Bell, Charles Napier.. Our Northern Waters; a Report presented to the Winnipeg Board of Trade regarding the Hudson's Bay and Strait. Being a Statement of their Resources in Minerals, Fisheries, Timber, Furs, Game ... Notes on the Navigation .. Meteorological and Climatic Data. Winnipeg: Board of Trade

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    Octavo. (22.3 cm x 14.5 cm), pp. 78 + Contents leaf, errata to inside front cover, original printed paper wraps, sewn binding. Peel (3) 1200 notes two folding maps. This copy has two additional folding maps loosely inserted: 1) Map of the Dominion of Canada, shewing the extent and situation of its public lands, also its geographical relation to the British Isles. Published by order of the Hon. the Minister of the Interior, 1884. Coloured map, 57.5 cm x 28.5 cm. Shows great circle routes between Great Britain and Canada, including route from Liverpool to Fort York (Churchill). Light tanning to margins with faint damp stains to top margin and some nicks to bottom margin; 2) Map shewing proposed route of the Manitoba and Hudson's Bay Railway. Winnipeg: Bishop Co., n.d. In blue and white, 104 cm x 79 cm., near fine; Covers soiled, primarily to margins, dust soiling to margins of title-page and folded verso of rear map and adjacent blank. Otherwise, a very good copy enhanced by the two additional maps. In the fall of 1870 Bell, 1854-1936, travelled from Ontario to Fort Garry as a member of the Wolseley expedition. At the time of writing he was secretary of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, and later became treasurer of the Winnipeg Board of Trade and a prominent and active member of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba.. Peel (3) 1200. [2245]

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        Pamphlets 865 to 942 were donated by Hugh Anson-Cartwright. These rare Canadian pamphlets were accompanied by detailed descriptions, which are continued in the scope and content. Numbers in square brackets reflect a numbering system in use prior to acceptance by the Archives.

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