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The making of a great Canadian railway; the story of the search for and discovery of the search for and discovery of the route, and the constru ction of the nearly completed Grand trunk Pacific railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with some account of the hardships and stirring adventures of its constructors in unexplored country (1912)

Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose, 1880- · London : Seeley, Service & co. limited · leaf 74

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nt nearer ones destination. This has to betaken. The backwoods canoe is not amphibious yet, sothe boat and its contents have to be carried piecemealacross the intervening neck of dry land. The canoeman unloads his craft on the bank, andby means of a sling over his back becomes a beast ofburden,… … On the Portace The most exhausting phase of surveying in a new country such as unknown Ontarioand Quebec is the conveyance of goods, chattels, and boats across country. The manstraps the load of about one hundredweight to his back, while the canoes are handledsimilarly, giving the porter the…

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