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Author Henderson, Bob, 1956-

Title Every trail has a story : heritage travel in Canada / Bob Henderson ; foreword by James Raffan
Published Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents List of Maps; Map of Canada; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE: PLACES; PART TWO: PRACTICES; PART THREE: PEOPLE; References; Index; About the Author
Summary Canada is packed with intriguing places for travel where heritage and landscape interact to create stories that fire our imagination. Scattered across the land are incredible tales of human life over the centuries. From the Majorville rock formation (dated as being older than Stonehenge), through the systems of walking trails developed by pre-contact Native Peoples, and the fur trade routes, to the more recent grand stories of the Chilkoot Gold Rush of 1897, Bob Henderson, the traveller, captures our living history in its relationship to the land -- best expressed through the Norwegian quote "
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Trails -- Canada.
Water trails -- Canada
HISTORY -- General.
Historical geography
Trails
Travel
Water trails
SUBJECT Canada -- Historical geography
Canada -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019309
Canada -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019293
Subject Canada
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Raffan, James
ISBN 9781554881581
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1896219977
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