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Peel 1081

Macoun, John (1832-1920) [info]; Begg, Alexander merchant (1839-1897) [info]; Grant, George Monro (1835-1902) [info]; McCarthy, Joseph (1839-1914) [info]. Manitoba and the great North-West: The field for investment, the home of the emigrant: Being a full and complete history of the country by John Macoun: To which has been added the educational & religious history of Manitoba & the North-West by George M. Grant, D.D.: A history of the Roman Catholic missions in St. Boniface, contributed by His Grace the Archbishop Taché's secretary: Also Montana, and the Bow River district compared for grazing purposes by Alexander Begg…Also sketch of the rise and progress of Winnipeg by J.C. McLagan: The whole profusely illustrated with lithographs and engravings, city and town plans, and the most complete system of maps yet issued, to which has been added an appendix of statistics of the Dominion of Canada…An encyclopedia of information in regard to the great North-West. Guelph, Ont.: World Publishing Co, 1882.
Physical description: [3], 1 leaf, [v]-xxii, [17]-687 p., illus., plates, fold. maps, fold. plan., col. diagrams.; 24.5 cm.
Language: English
Also published as, Manitoba and the great North-West: The field for investment, the home of the emigrant: Being a full and complete history of the country with maps prepared by the Dominion Government , London & Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1883 (xxii, 687p.). J.C. McLagan is John Campbell McLagan (1838-1900).
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