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Umfreville, Edward (1755?-1790) [détails]; Douglas, Robert (1881-1930) (editor) [détails]. Nipigon to Winnipeg: A canoe voyage through western Ontario by Edward Umfreville in 1784: With extracts from the writings of other early travellers through the region. Ottawa : The Editor, 1929.
Description matérielle : 63 p., fold. map.; 23 cm.
Langue : anglais
Edition limited to 300 copies. Also published, Toronto: Canadiana House, 1969 (63p.). Umfreville was engaged by the NWC to search for a new canoe route from Lake Superior to Lake Winnipeg. Also contains "The Nipigon country" by Duncan Camer; "Voyages and travels of an Indian interpreter and trader" by John Long; and text from a manuscript diary by Daniel Harmon.
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