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558: Notes on the routes from Lake Superior to the Red River, and on the settlement itself Compiled from reports by Captain Palliser, Professor Hind, and Messrs. Dawson and Napier, with notes relating to the transport of troops, &c. by Colonel Crofton and Captain (now General) Lefroy . 1870.
Dawson, Simon James (1820-1902.)
1820-1902. Civil engineer; appointed to survey the country west of Lake Superior, 1857; employed in the opening up of the Dawson Route, 1868; superintended transportation of troops in Red River expedition, 1870 (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography).

Other authors of Peel 558

  • Hind, Henry Youle (1823-1908.) [info].
  • Lefroy, John Henry (Sir) (1817-1890.) [info].
  • Palliser, John (1817-1887.) [info].