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Peace River: A canoe voyage from Hudson's Bay to Pacific, by the late Sir George Simpson (Governor, Hon. Hudson's Bay Company) in 1828: Journal of the late chief factor Archibald McDonald (Hon. Hudson's Bay Company), who accompanied him

McDonald, Archibald: 1790-1853. Born in Scotland; to Red River, 1813; entered service of HBC after Red River troubles; promoted to chief trader, 1828 and to chief factor, 1842 (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // McLeod, Malcolm: 1821-1899. Born at Green Lake, son of a fur trader; became a lawyer and judge in Ottawa (Robertson, A political manual of the province of Manitoba ; Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // McLeod's object in publishing the journal was to draw attention to the potential of the Peace River country, and the suitability of the Peace River Pass for the proposed Canadian Pacific Railway. Reprinted, Toronto: Coles, 1970 (xix, 119p.); with introduction by Bruce Peel, Edmonton: M.G. Hurtig & Rutland, Vt.: C.E. Tuttle Co., 1971 (xxv, 119p.).

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