Beyond the River and the Bay; Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811 with a View to Providing the Intending Settler with an Intimate Knowledge of That Country

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802052231 . Boards show light shelf wear, pages lightly yellowed, DJ shows light shelf wear with some minor chipping, price-clipped. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Tucked into an envelope attached to the back pastedown are 5 sheets of paper some of which are double sided incorporating 9 maps as follows - 1. Part of Arrowsmith's 1811 Map of North America, 2. Regions of the Northwest, 3. Countries of the Northwest, 4. Vegetation, 5. Native Population, 6. Fur Traders' Posts, 7. Hudson's Bay Company, Administrative Districts of the Northern department, 8. The North west Company, Adminstrative Departments 1802, Transportation ; B&W Illustrations & Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 190 pages; Ross has created a fictional narrator to tell the story of the very real opening of the West and North of Canada that took place in the 19th century. Backing this up is a very detailed bibliography that takes up 27 pages along with footnotes and index that cover another 30. .