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McNaughton, Margaret Peebles [info]. Overland to Cariboo: An eventful journey of Canadian pioneers to the gold-fields of British Columbia in 1862. Toronto: William Briggs, 1896.

Physical description: vii, [xi]-xvi, [19]-176 p., illus., ports., plates.; 19.5 cm.

Language: English

Also published, Montreal: S.W. Coates, 1896; New York: Argonaut Press, 1966 (xvi, 176p.); with introduction by Victor G. Hopwood, Vancouver: J.J. Douglas, c1973 (xvi, 176p.). Chapters 1-3, pages 1-72, describe the journey of the gold-seekers from Fort Garry across the prairies in this very general account. Includes biographical sketches of some of the travellers.

Subject headings:

• Frontier and pioneer life
• Prospecting
• Gold mines and mining
• Prairie Provinces--Description and travel