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... coast to coast was to be made a reality , and if the sovereignty of Britain was to be retained . Accordingly , nego- tiations towards the admission of British Columbia were started in real earnest about the end of 1869 . Although ...
... coast to coast was to be made a reality , and if the sovereignty of Britain was to be retained . Accordingly , nego- tiations towards the admission of British Columbia were started in real earnest about the end of 1869 . Although ...
Side 128
... coast province entered the Union ensured , in the first place , that the Dominion should assume all debts and liabilities of the colony , as well as under- take to build a railway from the head of the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast ...
... coast province entered the Union ensured , in the first place , that the Dominion should assume all debts and liabilities of the colony , as well as under- take to build a railway from the head of the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast ...
Side 129
... coast was Simon Fraser , who reached the mouth of the Fraser River , named after him , in 1808. The next explorers of note to accomplish the same feat were Dr. Cheadle and Lord Milton , M.P. They made the overland trip in 1862-4 ...
... coast was Simon Fraser , who reached the mouth of the Fraser River , named after him , in 1808. The next explorers of note to accomplish the same feat were Dr. Cheadle and Lord Milton , M.P. They made the overland trip in 1862-4 ...
Side 130
... coast . Well , as a consequence , we went to the country in 1872 , in the first general election since Confeder- ation , charged by the Opposition with undertaking the impossible . In the sharp and bitter cam- paign which followed the ...
... coast . Well , as a consequence , we went to the country in 1872 , in the first general election since Confeder- ation , charged by the Opposition with undertaking the impossible . In the sharp and bitter cam- paign which followed the ...
Side 134
... coast . In 1873 , and for the next three or four years , various instrumental surveys were run from the coast eastwards to meet other parties working westward from Yellowhead Pass . These routes included one from Port Simpson , 27 miles ...
... coast . In 1873 , and for the next three or four years , various instrumental surveys were run from the coast eastwards to meet other parties working westward from Yellowhead Pass . These routes included one from Port Simpson , 27 miles ...
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