Research Catalog

Title

Three hundred prairie years : Henry Kelsey's "Inland country of good report" / edited by Henry T. Epp.

Publication

Regina : Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 1993.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Epp, H. T.
• Kelsey, Henry, approximately 1670-approximately 1724.
• University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center.
• Kelsey Tri-Centennial Conference (1991 : Saskatoon, Sask.)

Description

xi, 238 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Canadian plains proceedings, 0317-6401 ; 26

Uniform Title

Canadian plains proceedings 26.

Subject

• Kelsey, Henry, approximately 1670-approximately 1724 > Journeys > Prairie Provinces > Congresses
• Kelsey, Henry, approximately 1670-approximately 1724 > Diaries
• Explorers > Prairie Provinces > Diaries
• Explorers > England > Diaries
• Saskatchewan > History > Congresses
• Northwest, Canadian > English > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Diaries
• History

Note

• Proceedings of the Kelsey Tri-Centennial Conference held Nov. 22-23, 1991 in Saskatoon, Sask.
• Series statement from CIP.
• Includes a copy of the original Kelsey papers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Tricentennial of Prairie history / Henry Epp -- Origin of an idea / Malcolm Ross -- The land that Kelsey saw / John McConnell -- The life, vegetation and life zones / Jeffrey Thorpe -- The life, fish and water / F.M. Atton -- The life, bird observations / C. Stuart Houston -- The life, animals and their importance to humans / Henry Epp -- Life and landscape / John E. Stover -- Life's processes / Henry Epp -- Ten people before Kelsey / David Meyer -- The puzzle of Henry Kelsey and his journey to the West / Dale Russell -- Reconstructing Kelsey's travels / Allen Ronaghan -- Whom Kelsey met / Terrance H. Gibson -- Some thoughts about the reasons for spatial dynamism in the early fur trade, 1580-1800 / Arthur Ray -- Dependence and control / Paul C. Thistle -- Effects on aboriginal cultures due to contact with Henry Kelsey / James Dempsey -- Saskatchewan, the present natural landscape / David A. Gauthier -- Saskatchewan, the present cultural landscape / Randy W. Widdis -- "The inland country of good report" / Tim E.H. Jones -- Henry Kelsey, the land and the future / Don Gayton -- First nations cultures, now and in the future / Linda Pelly-Landrie -- Regaining the harmony / Sid Fiddler -- Making predictions / Henry Epp.

ISBN

0889770808 :

LCCN

cn^93098129^

OCLC

28672461

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library