Canadian Wilds

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on the Canadian wilds during the eighteenth century, being a exploration of the significance of the Hudson's Bay Company and the history of the northern Indians. “Canadian Wilds” contains a wealth of insightful and fascinating information, and it is highly recommended for readers with an interest in Canadian history. Contents include: “The Hudson's Bay Company”, “The Free Trader”, “Outfitting Indians”, “Trackers of the North”, “Provisions for the Wilderness”, “Forts and Posts”, “About Indians”, “Wholesome Foods”, “Officers' Allowance”, “Inland Packs”, “Indian Mode of Hunting Beaver”, “Indian Mode of Hunting Lynx and Marten”, “Indian Mode of Hunting Foxes”, et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. This book was first published in 1907.

Canadian author Catherine Parr Traill responds to what she sees as great need in her botanical novel "Canadian Wild Flowers". That is, to give a portrait of the numerous species of flowers found in Canada, and by extension North America. The preface states, "Many years ago the only work that treated in any way of the Wild Plants of Canada, the country owed to that indefatigable botanist, Frederick Pursh, whose valuable labours were but little appreciated in the country in which he toiled and died—it is to be feared but poorly rewarded during his life. The land, with all its rich vegetable resources, lay as it were an untrodden wilderness for many years, save by those hardy settlers who cared little for the forest flowers that grew in their paths. The unlettered Indians, indeed, culled a few of the herbs and barks and roots for healing purposes, and dyes wherewith to stain their squaws' basket-work and porcupine quills; and some of the old settlers had given them local and descriptive names by which they may be recognized even in the present day, but there was no one to give written descriptions, or to compile a native Flora, or even domestic Herbal of the Wild Plants of Canada. The subject seemed to excite little interest, unless in some chance traveller whom curiosity or business brought to the country. But now the schoolmaster is abroad, and better things are, we trust, in store for this our noble country...It was to supply a deficiency that has long been felt in this counter, that the Authoress first conceived the idea of writing a little volume descriptive of the most remarkable of the Wild Flowers, Shrubs and Forest Trees of Canada."

"The Red Pirogue: A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian Wilds" is a novel by the Canadian novelist describing the adventures of two Canadians in the wild nature. The book has a lot of descriptions of the beautiful Canadian landscapes, facts about the life and manners of the locals, as well as unexpected turns and exciting twists in the storyline.

Canadian Wild Flowers is a biography about the reflective and religious musings of the introspective and thoughtful Miss Helen M. Johnson. Readers will enjoy these nuanced and dreamy ideas about God and life. Excerpt: "It was at "The Outlet" of this lake there was born, Oct. 27, 1834, Helen Mar, the youngest daughter of Abel B. and Polly JOHNSON; and there she spent—except the time devoted to attending or teaching school—almost her entire life. Of cities she knew nothing by experience, but as her reading was extensive she knew much of the world by mental surveys. The book of Nature was her delight. Its illustrations of stones and streams, lakes and rivers, mountains and forests, birds and flowers, were ever attractive to her."

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

This book contains detailed essays on the Canadian wilderness of the 18th century, exploring the importance of the Hudson's Bay Company and the history of the northern Indians. This contains a lot of insightful and fascinating information, and it is a very recommended book for readers interested in Canadian history.