Backwoods of Canada
TitleThe Backwoods of Canada
Place of publicationToronto
PublisherMcClelland & Steward
Year of publicationCop.1966
Pagination128 p.
Dimensions11 x 18.5 cm
Materialbook
Series titleNew Canadian library, no. 51
Class numberF1057 .T763 1966
NotesDonated to the ss Great Britain Trust Library by Shane Casey, December 2005.
''This book contains a reference to the steamer Great Britain of 1830; see p.31 & end cover''
p.31: Impressions of City and Country - ''We saw little in the town of Prescott to interest or please. After an excellent breakfast we embarked on board the Great Britain, the finest steamer we had yet seen, and here we were joined by our new friends, to our great satisfaction''
''The first steam vessel completely adapted for the Great Lakes was the Great Britain of 1830, with a bluff bow, square stern, side by side boilers and stacks and a fullmain deck superstructure surrounded by a promenade deck. See 'The Advent of Steam', Conway, 1993 p.70 (with picture)''
''This book contains a reference to the steamer Great Britain of 1830; see p.31 & end cover''
p.31: Impressions of City and Country - ''We saw little in the town of Prescott to interest or please. After an excellent breakfast we embarked on board the Great Britain, the finest steamer we had yet seen, and here we were joined by our new friends, to our great satisfaction''
''The first steam vessel completely adapted for the Great Lakes was the Great Britain of 1830, with a bluff bow, square stern, side by side boilers and stacks and a fullmain deck superstructure surrounded by a promenade deck. See 'The Advent of Steam', Conway, 1993 p.70 (with picture)''
Geographical keywordNorth America, Canada, Ontario
Persons keyword Catherine Parr Traill