Author: Hudson's Bay Company (Dafoe, Christopher, ed. with Carol Preston, associate ed. and Alex Kachur et al)
Title: The Beaver, Exploring Canada's History, August/September 1996
Description: Winnipeg: Canada's National History Society, 1996. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 56pp. Ships lettermail. A very good copy (other copies of this issue may also be available). Cover: Catharine Parr Traill, by Sydney Strickland Tully. Contents of this issue include: Living History - Remembering Canada's most elderly citizens by Donald Smith; Quebec's Laurier, Canada's Prime Minister who bridged two solitudes by PB Waite; The Sport of Kings in Victorian Canada - Running from the rural races to the Queen's Plate by Glen Mikkelsen; A Glorified Stall - Newfoundland contemplates its options, 1946-48 by CJ Fox; Yonge at 200 - The dramatic story of a street and a dream by RB Fleming; Conflicts and Adversities - Scientists in the Arctic, 1913-1916 by Stuart Jenness; plus Book Reviews.

Keywords: Beaver Magazine Hudsons Bay Company; Catharine Parr Traill Sydney Strickland Tully; Living History - Remembering Canada Elderly Citizens Donald Smith; Quebec Laurier Canadian Prime Minister Two Solitudes Waite; Sport Kings Victorian Canada Rural Races Que


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