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Freshwater passages

Chapin, David, 1966-

Freshwater passages the trade and travels of Peter Pond / [electronic resource] : David Chapin. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the Methye Portage -- Provincial soldier -- A Connecticut Yankee's pathway to Detroit -- The Great Lakes trade -- Imagining and exploring a continent -- Mississippi trader -- Partners and rivals -- Saskatchewan River trader -- North to Athabasca -- Back east -- The Churchill River and Athabasca, 1781-1784 -- Observing the Northwest -- Voyages, schemes, and petitions -- Athabasca, 1785-1788 -- Final explorations -- Return -- A new world.

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Pond, Peter, 1740-1807.


Explorers--Northwest, Canadian--Biography.
Fur trade--Northwest, Canadian.
Fur traders--Canada, Western--Biography.


Electronic books.

F1060.7 / .P+