North America local history
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France and England in North America, Part I: Pioneers of France in the New WorldFrance and England in North America, Part I: Pioneers of France in the New World The springs of American civilization, unlike those of the elder world, lie revealed in the clear light of History. In appearance they are feeble; in reality, copious and full...
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The Girl from Keller'sThe Girl from Keller's It was getting dark when Festing stopped at the edge of a ravine on the Saskatchewan prairie. The trail that led up through the leafless birches was steep, and he had walked fast since he left his work at the...
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The Prospector: A Tale of the Crow's Nest PassThe Prospector: A Tale of the Crow's Nest Pass It was one of November's rare days. The kindly air, vital with the breath of the north wind and mellow with the genial sun, was full of purple haze; the grass, still vividly green, gave...
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little TownSunshine Sketches of a Little Town I know no way in which a writer may more fittingly introduce his work to the public than by giving a brief account of who and what he is. By this means some of the blame for what...
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Legends of VancouverLegends of VancouverI have been asked to write a preface to these Legends of Vancouver, which, in conjunction with the members of the Publication Sub-committeeMrs. Lefevre, Mr. L. W. Makovski and Mr. R. W. DouglasI have helped to put through the press. But scarcely...
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The Foreigner: A Tale of SaskatchewanThe Foreigner: A Tale of Saskatchewan In Western Canada there is to be seen to-day that most fascinating of all human phenomena, the making of a nation. Out of breeds diverse in traditions, in ideals, in speech, and in manner of life, Saxon and...
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Their Wedding JourneyTheir Wedding JourneyThey first met in Boston, but the match was made in Europe, where they afterwards saw each other; whither, indeed, he followed her; and there the match was also broken off. Why it was broken off, and why it was renewed after...
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to NewfoundlandSir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland Sir Humphrey Gilbert, the founder of the first English colony in North America, was born about 1539, the son of a Devonshire gentleman, whose widow afterward married the father of Sir Walter Raleigh. He was educated at Eton...
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The Man from Glengarry: A Tale of the OttawaThe Man from Glengarry: A Tale of the Ottawa The solid forests of Glengarry have vanished, and with the forests the men who conquered them. The manner of life and the type of character to be seen in those early days have gone too,...
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Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-dayDennison Grant: A Novel of To-day Chuck at the Y.D. to-night, and a bed under the shingles, shouted Transley, waving to the procession to be off. Linder, foreman and head teamster, straightened up from the half load of new hay in which he had...
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The Sky Pilot: A Tale of the FoothillsThe Sky Pilot: A Tale of the Foothills The measure of a man's power to help his brother is the measure of the love in the heart of him and of the faith he has that at last the good will win. With this...
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The Patrol of the Sun Dance TrailThe Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail High up on the hillside in the midst of a rugged group of jack pines the Union Jack shook out its folds gallantly in the breeze that swept down the Kicking Horse Pass. That gallant flag marked...
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The MajorThe Major Spring had come. Despite the many wet and gusty days which April had thrust in rude challenge upon reluctant May, in the glory of the triumphant sun which flooded the concave blue of heaven and the myriad shaded green of earth, the...
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Black Rock: A Tale of the SelkirksBlack Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks I think I have met Ralph Conner. Indeed, I am sure I haveonce in a canoe on the Red River, once on the Assinaboine, and twice or thrice on the prairies to the West. That was not...
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The Doctor : A Tale of the RockiesThe Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies There were two ways by which one could get to the Old Stone Mill. One, from the sideroad by a lane which, edged with grassy, flower-decked banks, wound between snake fences, along which straggled irregular clumps...
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To Him That Hath: A Tale of the West of TodayTo Him That Hath: A Tale of the West of Today The young men smiled at each other and at their friends on the side lines and proceeded to change courts for the next set, pausing for refreshments on the way. Much too lazy,...
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Glengarry School Days: A Story of Early Days in GlengarryGlengarry School Days: A Story of Early Days in Glengarry The Twentieth school was built of logs hewn on two sides. The cracks were chinked and filled with plaster, which had a curious habit of falling out during the summer months, no one knew...
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Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police: A Tale of the Macleod TrailCorporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police: A Tale of the Macleod Trail Oh-h-h-h, Cam-er-on! Agony, reproach, entreaty, vibrated in the clear young voice that rang out over the Inverleith grounds. The Scottish line was sagging!that line invincible in two years of International...
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Baddeck, and That Sort of ThingBaddeck, and That Sort of Thing It would be unfair to hold you responsible for these light sketches of a summer trip, which are now gathered into this little volume in response to the usual demand in such cases; yet you cannot escape altogether....
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On HorsebackOn Horseback The Professor had ridden through the war for the Union on the right side, enjoying a much better view of it than if he had walked, and knew as much about a horse as a person ought to know for the sake...
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