class="toc">VI. THE GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS OF THE CANADIAN DOMINION

VII. THE AMERINDIANS AND ESKIMO: THE ABORIGINES OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA

VIII. THE HUDSON BAY EXPLORERS AND THE BRITISH CONQUEST OF ALL CANADA

IX. THE PIONEERS FROM MONTREAL: ALEXANDER HENRY THE ELDER

X. SAMUEL HEARNE

XI. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE'S JOURNEYS

XII. MACKENZIE'S SUCCESSORS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Type of Ship sailed in by the English or French Pioneers in the Sixteenth Century Frontispiece

Icebergs and Polar Bears

Indians hunting Bison

Indians lying in wait for Moose

Caribou swimming a River

Great Auks, Gannets, Puffins, and Guillemots

Scene on Canadian River: Wild Swans flying up, disturbed by Bear

Big-horned Sheep of Rocky Mountains

Jacques Cartier

Samuel de Champlain and Alexander Henry the Elder

An Amerindian Type of British Columbia

Lake Louise, the Rocky Mountains

Samuel Hearne and Alexander Mackenzie

The Upper Waters of the Fraser River

The Kootenay or Head Stream of the Columbia River

A Hunter's "Shack" in British Columbia: After a successful Shoot of Blue Grouse

Map of Canada

Map of Eastern Canada and Newfoundland

Map of Part of the Coast Region of British Columbia

List of the Chief Authorities

FROM WHOM THE PRINCIPAL FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THIS BOOK HAVE BEEN DERIVED, IN ADDITION TO THE AUTHOR'S OWN RESEARCHES AND EXPERIENCES, AND INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY PROFESSOR R. RAMSAY WRIGHT, OF TORONTO UNIVERSITY

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