Report on an Exploratory Survey Between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay Districts of Mackenzie and Keewatin
Report on an Exploratory Survey Between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay Districts of Mackenzie and Keewatin
Report on an Exploratory Survey Between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay Districts of Mackenzie and Keewatin

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Report on an Exploratory Survey Between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay Districts of Mackenzie and Keewatin

TYRRELL, J. W.

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James Williams Tyrrell, explorer and mine promoter, practised engineering in Hamilton, Ontario until 1893 when he embarked with his brother Joseph on a canoe trip across the interior of Keewatin District. His book describing the expedition, Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada (1897), is a classic of northern travel writing. In 1900 Tyrrell led a Dominion Lands Survey expedition through the Keewatin and issued the report of which this is a part.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: Government Printing Bureau
  • Edition: n/a
  • Date Published: 1901
  • Place Published: Ottawa
  • ISBN: n/a

Details

  • Condition: Fair
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Details:
    62, [2], 207-329 p. 25 cm. 61 b&w plates and a sketch map. Department of the Interior Appendix No. 26, Part III, Annual Report 1901. New tan card covers with original cover pasted on front. Damp stains to front cover and title page. Last plates have rough edges and very last last has chip in bottom with tape-repaired edges.

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