Research Catalog

Title

Canada: a memorial volume. General reference book of Canada; describing the Dominion at large, and its various provinces and territories; with statistics relating to its commerce and the development of its resources.

Author

Biggar, Emerson Bristol, 1853-

Publication

Montreal, E. B. Biggar, 1889.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Johnson, George, 1837-1911.
• Lugrin, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1846-1917.
• Mercier, Honoré, 1840-1894.
• Ontario. Immigration Office.
• Ontario. Department of Education.

Description

[953] p. illus., plates, maps (part fold.) facsim.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Education > Ontario
• Canada > Description and travel
• Canada > Statistics
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Prince Edward Island
• Québec (Province)
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• British Columbia

Note

• In 11 sections, each separately paged.
• Sections 1, 3, 5, 6 and [6a] also published separately.
• "The first 160 pages are a reprint of the excellent handbook recently published by the Dominion government, this portion ... being from the ... pen of George Johnson."--Pref.
• Section III has a special t.-p.: New Brunswick: (Canada) its resources, progress and advantages, by Charles H. Lugrin ... Published by authority of the government of New Brunswick, 1886.
• Section V has t.-p.: General sketch of the province of Quebec, by Hon. Honore Mercier ... Quebec, 1889.
• Section VI has t.-p.: Ontario as a home for the British tenant farmer ... Issued by authority of the government of Ontario. Hon. Charles Drury, M.P.P., commissioner of immigration. David Spence, secretary Immigration department. Toronto, Printed by Warwick & sons, 1888. This section includes Educational system of the province of Ontario ... Toronto, 1886.

Contents

I. Dominion of Canada.--II. Nova Scotia.--III. New Brunswick.--IV. Prince Edward Island.--V. Province of Quebec.--VI. Ontario.--[VIa] Educational system of the province of Ontario.--VII. Manitoba.--VIII. The North West territories.--IX. British Columbia.--X. Canadian cities.

Call Number

HWE (Biggar, E. B. Canada)

LCCN

21006780

OCLC

4567566

Author

Biggar, Emerson Bristol, 1853- ed.

Title

Canada: a memorial volume. General reference book of Canada; describing the Dominion at large, and its various provinces and territories; with statistics relating to its commerce and the development of its resources.

Imprint

Montreal, E. B. Biggar, 1889.

Added Author

Johnson, George, 1837-1911.

Lugrin, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1846-1917.

Mercier, Honoré, 1840-1894.

Ontario. Immigration Office.

Ontario. Department of Education.

Research Call Number

HWE (Biggar, E. B. Canada)

HWY (Canada: a memorial volume)