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• Title:[Voyages from Montreal, on the river St. Laurence, through the continent of North America to the frozen and Pacific oceans, in the years 1789 and 1793]
  Alexander Mackenzie's voyage to the Pacific Ocean in 1793 / Historical introd. and footnotes by Milo Milton Quaife.
  
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• Related Title:Voyage to the Pacific Ocean in 1793.
  
• Author/Creator:Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764-1820.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959, editor.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Citadel Press, [1967]
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: FC3212.1.M3 A3 1967
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: FC3212.1 .M321 1931a
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Canadian Subjects: Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel--To 1821.
  First Nations--Northwest, Canadian.
  
• Library of Congress Subjects:Indians of North America--Northwest, Canadian.
  Fur trade--Northwest, Canadian.
  Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
  
• Description:xl, 384 pages : facsimile, illustrations, folded chart, portrait ; 21 cm
  
• Summary:Reproduction of Mackenzie's journals of expeditions from Lake Athabasca to the Arctic Ocean and from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific Ocean, first published in 1801. Includes account of development of fur trade by the Northwest Company.
  
• Notes:A reissue of the 1931 ed.
  Originally published in 1801 under title: Voyages from Montreal.
  "The exploration of 1793 is subtitled Journal of a second voyage, etc. Only this journal (comprising pages 121 to 397 inclusive, of the original ed.) is reproduced in our present volume."--Historical introd.
  First published in 1801 under title: Voyages from Montreal.
  
• Contents:Historical introduction
  Reproduction of the original title page
  Dedication to the original edition
  Preface to the original edition
  Departure from Fort Chipewyan
  In winter quarters
  Up Peace River to the mountains
  The ascent to the Forks of the Peace
  Up the Parsnip River
  From the Parsnip to the Fraser
  Down to the Bad, or Fraser River
  The Fraser Route abandoned
  Overland across the mountains
  Down the Bella Coola River
  Arrival at the Pacific Ocean
  Homeward bound
  The great adventure concluded.