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Author Gibson, James R.

Title The lifeline of the Oregon Country : the Fraser-Columbia brigade system, 1811-47 / James R. Gibson
Published Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) : maps
Contents Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Opening the Oregon Country -- CHAPTER 2 Linking the Oregon Country -- CHAPTER 3 Reforming the Oregon Country -- Part 2: The Outgoing Brigade -- CHAPTER 4 Canoeing down the Fraser: From Stuart's Lake to Alexandria -- CHAPTER 5 Packhorsing over the Mountain: From Alexandria to Thompson's River -- CHAPTER 6 Packhorsing between the Fraser and the Columbia: From Thompson's River to Okanagan -- CHAPTER 7 Boating down the Columbia: The Easy Leg from Okanagan to Walla Walla
CHAPTER 8 Boating down the Columbia: The Hard Leg from Walla Walla to the SeaPart 3: The Incoming Brigade -- CHAPTER 9 At the Sea: The Grand Depot and General Rendezvous -- CHAPTER 10 Boating up the Columbia: The Hard Leg from the Sea to Walla Walla -- CHAPTER 11 Boating up the Columbia: The Easy Leg from Walla Walla to Okanagan -- CHAPTER 12 Packhorsing between the Columbia and the Fraser: From Okanagan to Thompson's River -- CHAPTER 13 Packhorsing over the Mountain: From Thompson's River to Alexandria
CHAPTER 14 Canoeing up the Fraser: From Alexandria to Stuart's LakeConclusion -- Appendices -- 1 Chief Factor William Connolly's Journal of the Brigade from New Caledonia to Fort Vancouver and Return, 5 May-23 September 1826 -- 2 Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease's Journal of the Brigade from New Caledonia to Fort Vancouver and Return, 7 May-13 September 1831 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Maps
Euroamerican Settlements in the Oregon Country (endpapers)1 From Fort St. James to Fort Alexandria -- 2 From Fort Alexandria to Fort Kamloops -- 3 From Fort Kamloops to Fort Okanagan -- 4 From Fort Okanagan to Fort Nez Percés -- 5 From Fort Nez Percés to Fort George
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Hudson's Bay Company -- History -- 19th century
SUBJECT Hudson's Bay Company. fast (OCoLC)fst00546926
Subject Transportation -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 19th century
Fur trade -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Pacific Northwest (OR, Wash.)
Discoveries in geography.
Fur trade.
Transportation.
SUBJECT Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration
Subject Pacific Northwest.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780774853972
0774853972