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English River Book : A North West Company Journal and Account Book Of 1786
ISBN: 9780773562134
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: History;

The arrival of Montreal-based fur trader Peter Pond in Athabaska territory in 1778 and the establishment of the first trading post within the watershed of the Mackenzie River marked the beginning of a period of intense northern exploration. Alexander Mackenzie's voyages to the Arctic and Pacific oceans quickly brought the Canadian north west to European attention.

Harry W. Duckworth is a retired professor of chemistry at the University of Manitoba and editor of The English River Book: A North West Company Journal and Account Book of 1786.