Early Life in Upper CanadaOntario Publishing Company, Limited, 1933 - 782 páginas Book includes historical information about Essex County, Windsor, Sandwich and Detroit, Michigan. |
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... canoe - songs are exquisite ; more particularly the air they give them . . . . We must be in a canoe with a dozen hearty paddlers , the lake pure , the weather fine , and the rapids past , before their influence can be powerfully felt ...
... canoe - songs are exquisite ; more particularly the air they give them . . . . We must be in a canoe with a dozen hearty paddlers , the lake pure , the weather fine , and the rapids past , before their influence can be powerfully felt ...
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... canoes on the lake , I went out and bargained with an Indian for one for a couple of dollars . . . . Its buoy- ancy was so great that I have crossed the lake on a stormy day with the carcasses of a couple of deer in it . " " A canoe of ...
... canoes on the lake , I went out and bargained with an Indian for one for a couple of dollars . . . . Its buoy- ancy was so great that I have crossed the lake on a stormy day with the carcasses of a couple of deer in it . " " A canoe of ...
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... canoe paddled by experienced boatmen . Birch canoes were long extensively used in the carriage of mail , passengers and freight across the St. Lawrence , even in winter . In February , 1839 , sixteen passengers perished when a canoe was ...
... canoe paddled by experienced boatmen . Birch canoes were long extensively used in the carriage of mail , passengers and freight across the St. Lawrence , even in winter . In February , 1839 , sixteen passengers perished when a canoe was ...
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CHAMPLAIN AND THE HURON COUNTRY | 1 |
FATHER HENNEPIN AND THE FALLS | 12 |
from Hudsons Bay to the Pacific 4078The canoe among | 14 |
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To Build in a New Land: Ethnic Landscapes in North America Allen G. Noble Visualização de excertos - 1992 |