Author: WATSON, KEN W. (SIGNED)
Title: The Rideau Route: Exploring the Pre-Canal Waterway
Description: Canada: Self-Published, 2007. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0978075110. Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. 146 pages. Bibliography. "Takes the reader on a 1783 canoe trip along the Rideau Route, revealing the landscape as it appeared prior to any European settlement. Transcriptions and maps of Lt. French's 1783 survey, as well as those of Lt. Joshua Jebb in 1816 and Samuel Clowes in 1823-24, are included as first hand accounts of the route. This newly revealed pre-canal engineering achievement will allow readers to better understand and appreciate the enormous engineering achievement of the Rideau Canal. Profusely illustrated with maps and period paintings." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Rideau Canal History Region Ontario Geography Maps Surveys Eastern Joshua Jebb Samuel Clowes Lt. French Engineering Construction; Signed by Author(s). Very Good .

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