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Peel 481

Dawson, Simon James (1820-1902) [info]. Report on the line of route between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement. Ottawa: Printed by Hunter, Rose & Co, 1868.

Physical description: 44 p., fold. map.; 24 cm.

Language: English

At head of title: "31 Victoria. Sessional paper (no. 81)." Also published, Ottawa: Printed by I.B. Taylor, 1869 (32p.). Discusses various routes, types of transportation, costs, and probable volume of freight. Proposed a railway to Height of Land, the use of navigable streams to Lake of the Woods, and another railway to Fort Garry. A wagon road was to be a preliminary step. For French version see Peel 480.

Subject headings:

• Trade routes

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