A History of Transportation in Canada, Volume 1: Continental Strategy to 1867

210 Pages·1964·32.965 MB·English

by  G.P. deT. Glazebrook

A
HISTORY OF
TRANSPORTATION
IN CANADA
VOLUME I
Continental Strategy to 1867

G. P. deT. GLAZEBROOK
A
HISTORY OF -
Transportation
IN CANADA
VOLUME I
CONTINENTAL STRATEGY
TO 1867
Tile Code/oIl Library No. 11
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A History of Transportation in Canada
was first published in 1938
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Contents
PREFACE TO ~ CARLETON LmRARY EDITION, ix
PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITJON, xiii .
PART I: Conlinenlal Strategy to 1867
Chapter 1: Water Transport in the French Regime, 1
1. Water Transport, 1
2. The Fur Trade and Expansion, 10
3. Competition in the Canadian West, 16
Chapter 2: The Fur Traders, 1763-1821, 24
1. Variations on a French Theme, 24
2. The Hudson vs. the SI. Lawrence, 26
3. The SI. Lawrence vs. Hudson Bay, 45
Chapter 3: Sail and Steam, 59
1. Commerce and Water Communication, 59
2. Steamboats, 67
3. The First Canal Period, 72
4. The Canadian Waterway, 8.6
5. The Mar!time Provinces, 94
Chapter 4: Roads in the Old Provinces, 97
1. In New France, 97
2. Governmental Administration, 1763-1867,104
3. Construction and Maintenance, 113
4. The Development of Roads, 118
5. The Use of Roads, 130
Chapter 5: The First Railway Era, 140
1. Early Experiments, 140
2. Tb~ Maritime Provinces and Railways, 146 .
3. The First Canadian Trunk Lines, 152
4. Construction and Financing, 164
5. The Railways in Trouble,170
BlBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE, 180
NOTES, 182
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, 192
Maps
THE CANALS OF CANADA, 77
RAILWAYS OF CANADA WEST BY 1860,157