North America local history
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Chevalier de Mornac: Chronique de la Nouvelle-France (1664)Chevalier de Mornac: Chronique de la Nouvelle-France (1664)Vers l'anne 1664, la Nouvelle-France venait de traverser et subissait encore une des phases les plus douloureusement critiques de son histoire. Rendus fiers et tout-puissants par le succs de leurs arme, qui, douze ans auparavant avaient ananti...
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Report by the Governor on a Visit to the Micmac Indians at Bay d'EspoirReport by the Governor on a Visit to the Micmac Indians at Bay d'Espoir - Colonial Reports, Miscellaneous. No. 54. NewfoundlandI have the honour to inform you that I left St. John's on the 28th May to visit the settlement of the Micmac Indians...
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Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2There are several inconsistencies in spelling and punctuation in the original. Some corrections have been made for obvious typographical errors; these, as well as some comments, have been...
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Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1[Pg ix] His Majesty's Government having determined upon sending an Expedition from the Shores of Hudson's Bay by land, to explore the Northern Coast of America, from the...
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The Prairie WifeThe Prairie WifeSplash!... That's me, Matilda Anne! That's me falling plump into the pool of matrimony before I've had time to fall in love! And oh, Matilda Anne, Matilda Anne, I've got to talk to you! You may be six thousand miles away, but...
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Poignet-d'acier, Ou, Les ChippiouaisPoignet-d'acier, Ou, Les ChippiouaisPlaisanter! le diable m'emporte si je plaisante! La belle existence que j'ai en perspective! l'hiver, un froid geler le mercure; l't une chaleur rtir tous les poissons de la baie d'Hudson. Pour compagnie, des sauvages abominables; pour distraction, des femmes monstres;...
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The Story of NewfoundlandThe Story of NewfoundlandTwenty-two years ago the enterprise of Horace Marshall & Son produced a series of small books known as "The Story of the Empire Series." These volumes rendered a great service in bringing home to the citizens of the Empire in a...
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First Impressions of the New WorldFirst Impressions of the New World - On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858I dedicate this little book to you; the letters it contains were meant to let you know how your father and I and your brother William fared...
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La capitaineLa capitaineVous avez bien voulu, mon cher confrre, accepter la ddicace de ce livre; je vous en remercie sincrement, car il ne sera un moyen de payer une partie de la dette de gratitude que j'ai contracte envers vous. Mais soyez assur que je...
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The Drama of the Forests: Romance and AdventureThe Drama of the Forests: Romance and Adventure It was in childhood that the primitive spirit first came whispering to me. It was then that I had my first day-dreams of the Northlandof its forests, its rivers and lakes, its hunters and trappers and...
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Jacques CartierJacques CartierLa ddicace de ce livre, mon cher docteur, vous revient de droit. Ce m'est un plaisir autant qu'un honneur et un devoir de vous l'offrir. Esprit initiateur, distingu non-seulement parmi les plus distingus de votre noble profession, mais encore parmi ceux qu'on estime...
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The CanadianThe Canadian - Photoplay title of The Land of PromiseNora opened her eyes to an unaccustomed consciousness of well-being. She was dimly aware that it had its origin in something deeper than mere physical comfort; but for the moment, in that state between sleeping...
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Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic AsylumDiary Written in the Provincial Lunatic AsylumThis little book is humbly dedicated to the Province of New Brunswick, and the State of Massachusetts, by one who has had so sad an experience in this, the sixty-second year of her age, that she feels it...
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Catholic Problems in Western CanadaCatholic Problems in Western CanadaPraesentia tangens. . . . . Futura prospiciens. Problems characterize every age, sum up the complex life of nations and give them their distinctive features. They form that moral atmosphere which makes one period of history responsible and tributary to...
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The Challenge of the NorthThe Challenge of the NorthOskar Hedin, head of the fur department of old John McNabb's big store, looked up from his scrutiny of the Russian sable coat spread upon a table before him, and encountered the twinkling eyes of old John himself. "It's a...
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La fille des indiens rougesLa fille des indiens rougesTe souviens-tu, Charles, de nos dbuts littraires? t'en souviens-tu, dis-moi? C'est Maubeuge. Nous tions simples dragons, aprs avoir aspir, Saint-Cyr, l'paulette d'or. Grand dsenchantement! Mais cette poque d'esprances, d'illusions, que nous importait une corve de litire! N'avions-nous pas dans notre...
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Pathfinders of the WestPathfinders of the West - Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who A few years ago, when I was a resident of the Far West and tried to trace the paths of early explorers, I found that all authoritiesfirst, second,...
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L'enfer et le paradis de l'autre mondeL'enfer et le paradis de l'autre mondeIl y a quelques mois, j'habitais une petite ville bourguignonne, renomme pour ses usines mtallurgiques. Un jour, il m'arriva d'assister une runion chez des forgerons, qui tmoignrent l'intention d'migrer au Canada, parce qu'on y parle la langue franaise....
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Conjuror's House: A Romance of the Free ForestConjuror's House: A Romance of the Free ForestThe girl stood on a bank above a river flowing north. At her back crouched a dozen clean whitewashed buildings. Before her in interminable journey, day after day, league on league into remoteness, stretched the stern Northern...
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A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 - A NovelMr. Leigh was in a very depressed and anxious mood. His late conversations with Mrs. Costello had disturbed him and broken up the current of his thoughts, and even to some extent of his usual occupations, without...
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