The Road to Canada : The Grand Communications Route from Saint John to Quebec Paperback - 2005
by W. E. (Gary) Campbell
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- Title The Road to Canada : The Grand Communications Route from Saint John to Quebec
- Author W. E. (Gary) Campbell
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 120
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Goose Lane Editions, 2005
- Date 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0864924267I4N00
- ISBN 9780864924261 / 0864924267
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.3 in (19.30 x 13.72 x 0.76 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Canadian
- Library of Congress subjects Frontier and pioneer life - New Brunswick, Grand Communications Route (N.B. and Quebec)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005434014
- Dewey Decimal Code 971.510
From the rear cover
The Trans-Canada Highway winds along the Saint John and Madawaska rivers through New Brunswick and Quebec to the St. Lawrence River. It follows one of the oldest and strategically most important routes in North American history: the Grand Communications Route. For millennia, the Saint John River system had been a major artery in the vast system of lakes, rivers, and portages linking aboriginal communities. During the French and British colonial periods, and until the advent of rail travel in the 1870s, it remained the backbone of an overland route between the Atlantic Ocean and the interior of the continent.
Today, the traveller along the Trans-Canada Highway can visit some of the forts that once defended this vital Road to Canada.