Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857
And of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858

Published in 1860, a geologist's popular two-volume account of expeditions to investigate underexplored areas of Canada and their agricultural potential.

Henry Youle Hind (Author)

9781108070898, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 March 2014

510 pages, 43 b/w illus. 7 colour illus. 3 maps
21.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm, 0.64 kg

Born in Nottingham, Henry Youle Hind (1823–1908) moved to Canada in 1846. He joined the newly formed Canadian Institute in 1849 and later taught chemistry and geology at Trinity College in Toronto. In 1857–8, he made a range of observations during two expeditions to investigate underexplored areas of Canada and their agricultural and mineral potential to support future settlement. Illustrated with a number of plates based on photographs, this two-volume work first appeared in 1860. Intended for a broad readership, the narrative is regarded as a classic of nineteenth-century exploration literature, noted especially for its descriptive use of language and eye for detail. Volume 2 contains the concluding chapters on the 1858 expedition through parts of the Assiniboine, Saskatchewan and other valleys. Following the expedition narrative, Hind considers the lives and culture of the region's indigenous people before closing the volume with geological and climatic observations.

23. Lake Winnipeg
24. The mouth of the Little Saskatchewan
25. From Winnipego-Sis Lake to the summit of the Riding Mountain
26. Manitobah House
27. Winter journey with dogs from Fort Garry to Crow Wing
28. Indian wealth
29. Indian customs and superstitions
30. Indian population of British America
31. Indian title to Red River
32. Missionary labour and its results
33. The Hudson's Bay Company
34. The communication between Canada and Red River
35. The communication between Red River and the Pacific
36. Surface geology
37. The Laurentian and Huronian series
38. The Silurian and Devonian series
39. The Carboniferous series
40. The Cretaceous series
41. Climate of the Laurentides and the prairies
42. The locusts and the floods
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]