North of Athabasca
Author | : North West Company |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 0773520988 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780773520981 |
Rating | : 4/5 (981 Downloads) |
Download or read book North of Athabasca written by North West Company and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2001 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fur trade has been an important building block in Canada's history. While much is known about the Hudson's Bay Company, information about the North West Company in the Slave Lake and Mackenzie River Districts has been scattered in various archives. In North of Athabasca Lloyd Keith provides the first detailed, document-based history of this pioneering company.