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Nipigon to Winnipeg: A canoe voyage through western Ontario by Edward Umfreville in 1784: With extracts from the writings of other early travellers through the region

Umfreville, Edward: 1755?-1790. In service of HBC, 1771-1782; NWC, 1783-1788; on north branch of Saskatchewan, 1784-1788; returned to England, 1788 (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Douglas, Robert: 1881-1930. // Edition limited to 300 copies. Also published, Toronto: Canadiana House, 1969 (63p.). Umfreville was engaged by the NWC to search for a new canoe route from Lake Superior to Lake Winnipeg. Also contains "The Nipigon country" by Duncan Camer; "Voyages and travels of an Indian interpreter and trader" by John Long; and text from a manuscript diary by Daniel Harmon.

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