Author: David P. JonesPublisher: Squamish, B.C. : Elaho Pub.
ISBN: 9780973303506
Category : Mountaineering
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Selkirks North
Author: David P. JonesPublisher: Squamish, B.C. : Elaho Pub.
ISBN: 9780973303506
Category : Mountaineering
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Lord Selkirk
Author: J.M. BumstedPublisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887553370
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
Thomas Douglas, the Fifth Earl of Selkirk (1770–1820), was a complex man of his times, whose passions left an indelible mark on Canadian history. A product of the Scottish Enlightenment and witness to the French Revolution, he dedicated his fortune and energy to the vision of a new colony at the centre of North America. His final legacy, the Red River Settlement, led to the eventual end of the dominance of the fur trade and began the demographic and social transformation of western Canada. The product of three decades of research, this is the definitive biography of Lord Selkirk. Bumsted’s passionate prose and thoughtful analysis illuminate not only the man, but also the political and economic realities of the British empire at the turn of the nineteenth century. He analyzes Selkirk’s position within these realities, showing how his paternalistic attitudes informed his “social experiments” in colonization and translated into unpredictable, and often tragic, outcomes. Bumsted also provides extensive detail on the complexities of colonization, the Scottish Enlightenment, Scottish peerage, the fur trade, the Red River settlement, and early British-Canadian politics.
Trails of the Wild Selkirks
Author: Dennis NichollsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781879628236
Category : Hiking
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"Guidebook to the trails of the Selkine mountains of northern Idaho and northeastern Washington, with detailed descriptions, access information, maps and photos for nearly 130 different trails."
North Country
Author: Mary Lethert WingerdPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452942609
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
In 1862, four years after Minnesota was ratified as the thirty-second state in the Union, simmering tensions between indigenous Dakota and white settlers culminated in the violent, six-week-long U.S.–Dakota War. Hundreds of lives were lost on both sides, and the war ended with the execution of thirty-eight Dakotas on December 26, 1862, in Mankato, Minnesota—the largest mass execution in American history. The following April, after suffering a long internment at Fort Snelling, the Dakota and Winnebago peoples were forcefully removed to South Dakota, precipitating the near destruction of the area’s native communities while simultaneously laying the foundation for what we know and recognize today as Minnesota. In North Country: The Making of Minnesota, Mary Lethert Wingerd unlocks the complex origins of the state—origins that have often been ignored in favor of legend and a far more benign narrative of immigration, settlement, and cultural exchange. Moving from the earliest years of contact between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of the western Great Lakes region to the era of French and British influence during the fur trade and beyond, Wingerd charts how for two centuries prior to official statehood Native people and Europeans in the region maintained a hesitant, largely cobeneficial relationship. Founded on intermarriage, kinship, and trade between the two parties, this racially hybridized society was a meeting point for cultural and economic exchange until the western expansion of American capitalism and violation of treaties by the U.S. government during the 1850s wore sharply at this tremulous bond, ultimately leading to what Wingerd calls Minnesota’s Civil War. A cornerstone text in the chronicle of Minnesota’s history, Wingerd’s narrative is augmented by more than 170 illustrations chosen and described by Kirsten Delegard in comprehensive captions that depict the fascinating, often haunting representations of the region and its inhabitants over two and a half centuries. North Country is the unflinching account of how the land the Dakota named Mini Sota Makoce became the State of Minnesota and of the people who have called it, at one time or another, home.
Trails of the Wild Selkirks Second Edition
Author: Dennis NichollsPublisher: Keokee Books
ISBN: 9781879628458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks
Author: Howard PalmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mountaineering
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Climber's Guide to North Idaho
Author: Thaddeus LairdPublisher: Keokee Books
ISBN: 9781879628304
Category : Cabinet Mountain Wilderness (Mont.)
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Author Thaddeus Laird had already been exploring the region's rock crags and alpine peaks for years when he spent the entire 2005 climbing season in North Idaho and the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area, exploring routes, resurrecting many and even pioneering several new routes to research this guidebook. Covering miles of terrain, acres of technical pitches and snapping more than 1,500 digital photographs, he also collected data from Himalayan veteran John Roskelley, of Spokane, Washington, and the unflappable Randall Green, the author of "Idaho Rock," who has years of personal climbing experience in the area. The result is a comprehensive, user-friendly, up-to-date guide for today's climber. Thirteen major climbing areas are explored and hundreds of climbing routes covered. The author created all the photo route overlays and technical route topo maps, ensuring their accuracy and usability. The book also includes several area overview maps and numerous photos, totalling 107 illustrations. Divided into three main sections, "Climber's Guide to North Idaho and the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness" covers climbs in the granite crags of Post Falls and Laclede, the rocky backbone of the Selkirk Crest and the stunning high country of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area. A bonus section offers up a smattering of "Honorable Mentions" found on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille, the rugged landscape around Priest Lake and points in between. Plus there are three appendixes and an index.
The People's Clearance
Author: J.M. BumstedPublisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887553826
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This is a revisionist account of Highland Scottish emigration to what is now Canada, in the formative half century before Waterloo.
The Red River Trails
Author: Rhoda R. GilmanPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 9780873511339
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The many difficulties and occasional rewards of early travel and transportation in Minnesota are highlighted in this book, along with the state's relations with what became western Canada and insights into the development of business in Minnesota. The meeting of Indian and European cultures is vividly manifested by the mixed-blood Mtis who became the mainstay of the Red River trade.
Bulletin of the American Geographical Society
Author: American Geographical Society of New YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description