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The Lifeline of the Oregon Country : The Fraser-Columbia Brigade System, 1811-47.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (305 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774853972
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Lifeline of the Oregon CountryDDC classification:
  • 979.5/03
LOC classification:
  • F880 -- .G44 1997eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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 Sea -- Part 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 Lake -- Conclusion -- 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.
Summary: In The Lifeline of the Oregon Country, James Gibson compellingly immerses the reader in one of the most intractable problems faced by the Hudson's Bay Company: how to realize wealth from such a remote and formidable land.
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Intro -- 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 Sea -- Part 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 Lake -- Conclusion -- 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.

In The Lifeline of the Oregon Country, James Gibson compellingly immerses the reader in one of the most intractable problems faced by the Hudson's Bay Company: how to realize wealth from such a remote and formidable land.

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