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2328 : Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, described as a mixed farming and mining country With a brief notice of Kootenay and Cariboo mining districts of British Columbia, as the near and natural markets for Edmonton produce: Also a description of the all Canadian routes from Edmonton to the Yukon gold fields: A handbook for agriculturists and gold miners, with information for railway and other capitalists, tourists, sportsmen, big game hunters, scientific explorers and others seeking fresh fields for their energies under the flag . 1897.
Cowie, Isaac (1848-1917.)
1848-1917. From Scotland as an employee of HBC, 1867; served at Fort Qu'Appelle, Manitoba Post, Athabasca, Norway House, and Île-à-la-Crosse before 1891; land and mining agent and journalist in Edmonton, and later in Winnipeg; secretary of the Pioneers of Rupert's Land for a time (Who's who in western Canada; Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography).