A. H. Telfer

Worth Travelling Miles to See (eBook, ePUB)

Diary of a Survey Trip to Lake Temiskaming, 1886
Redaktion: Dicorpo, Lorene

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the 1880s the provincial government dispatched land surveyors to explore the northern Ontario hinterland in preparation for settlement.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459715011
• Artikelnr.: 37952746

Autorenporträt

Alexander Herkes Telfer was a member of the party led by the Haliburton surveyor Alexander Niven, who was responsible for running the lines for seven townships around the head of Lake Temiskaming. The child of Scottish immigrants who settled in Scarborough, Ontario, A.H. Telfer logged his experiences in a personal diary, revealing a love of new frontiers and adventure that the hardships of life could not diminish.