L'Anse au Clair [Nfld.]: Tourist Association of the Labrador Straits, 1982. Very Good in Stapled Wraps. Labrador is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the primarily continental portion of the province. It is separated from the island of Newfoundland by the.....
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+++ A representative example of mid-20th-century Canadian tourism ephemera, illustrating the intersection of travel culture, regional commerce, and graphic design in the postwar period.Genres: Travel ephemera, advertising ephemera, regional tourismSubjects: Quebec City tourism, mid-century travel culture, Canadian advertising history, Château Frontenac, Ste. Anne de Beaupré, postwar tourism development.
Historical Significance:The completion of the Banff-Windermere Highway in 1923 was a watershed moment in the history of the Canadian West. Prior to this, crossing the central ranges required a pack train or the Canadian Pacific Railway. This is a primary documenting the 'Auto-Camping' craze that swept North America in the.....
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1907. Third Edition. HISTORICAL CONTEXT / SIGNIFICANCE —Baedeker guides represent the gold standard of late 19th- and early 20th-century travel literature, combining precision, practicality, and durability. This Canadian volume reflects a transitional moment: railways extending into new territories, tourism expanding beyond established European circuits, and Alaska emerging.....
London: Seeley & Co. Limited, 1911. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. William Carpenter Bompas (1834 - 1906) was a Church of England clergyman and missionary in northwestern Canada, first Anglican bishop of the Athabasca diocese, then of the Mackenzie River diocese and then of the Selkirk (Yukon).....
Surry, B.C. Fronteir Books, 1982. Gabriel Dumont and Jerry Potts held pivotal roles in shaping western Canada during the latter half of the 19th century, both hailed as Canadian icons for their remarkable courage and audacity. Dumont's tale intertwines with the plight of the French/Indian Metis communities of Saskatchewan and.....
Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. American. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Written during a lecture tour of Western Canada, My Discovery of the West captures Stephen’s Leacock’s musings on the different regions of Canada and their differing social and political issues. First published in 1937, My.....
![Item #18978 Rideau Waterway [Eastern Canada]. Robert F. Legget](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/18978.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1722626826)
Ottawa, Canada: Univ of Toronto Press, 1960. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The Rideau Canal is a 202 kilometre long canal that links the Ottawa River at Ottawa with the Cataraqui River and Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Its 46 locks raise boats from the Ottawa River 83 metres upstream.....
Whitehorse: D. R. Webster Publishing, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. A short history of the Alaska Highway.
New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1960. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. The author, a Newbery Honor winner and aclaimed Children's author brings her informative style to this topic.
Ottawa, Canada: Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Folded Map. This series of 1:250 000 scale colour maps covers the provincial extent of Alberta and is comprised of 50 maps that are individually named using the National Topographic System (NTS) map sheet identifier. These maps.....
This is classic civic booster material, heavy on visual persuasion, short captions, and a curated list of ‘reasons to come,’ beaches, boating and sailing, parks, family attractions, and seasonal events, the design does the work, bold blocks of red, starburst callouts, and photo mosaics that read like a period magazine.....
![Item #16838 The Buffalo Head [Ranching; Alberta Canada]. Raymond M. Patterson](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16838.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1683575242)
New York: William Sloane, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Cattle ranching in the Alberta foothills of the Rockies in the 1930’s, including some experiences in British Columbia. A history of Buffalo Head Ranch located south of Calgary during the 1930's.