Mackenzie and His Voyageurs

Download or read book Mackenzie and His Voyageurs written by Arthur P. Woollacott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mackenzie and His Voyageurs: By Canoe to the Arctic and the Pacific 1789-93 IN the preparation of this essay, Mackenzie' s narrative, as contained in the original edition of his Voyages, 1801, was used as a basis. Supplementary information regarding the routes followed was obtained from other sources, particularly from the publications of the Geological Survey of Canada. The writer himself travelled over the greater part of the track of the Pacific voyage by canoe and portage, from the town of Peace River, below Mackenzie's Fort, to the parsnip-fraser divide, and thence down the Fraser. The tide-water section on the Pacific was checked up by reference to Bulletin No. 6, Mackenzie's Rock, issued by the Historic Sites Commission, Ottawa, 1925; and the Indian Trail from the Blackwater to Bella Coola over the interior plateau, by reference to Dr. G. M. Dawson's report of 1876, in the Geological Survey Report of Progress for that year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.