Captain John Palliser was the leader of the British North American Exploring Expedition, a team of mid-Victorian scientists dispatched to assess the potential of the Great Northwest. For three years, the Palliser Expedition travelled — by canoe and by dogsled, on horseback and on foot — from the Great Lakes in the east to the Pacific Coast in the west. At the time, this vast territory belonged to the British Crown; today, it belongs to Canada.
In a unique combination of history, science and travelogue, Joyce McCart has created a guide book to the expedition's travels. Join its members as they cross the Canadian Shield, roam the open Prairies, and tackle the Rocky Mountains. Meet their retinue of hunters, guides, and translators; tour the Hudson's Bay posts where the expedition wintered, and explore the highways and byways that now pursue its trail to the westernmost edge of the continent.

Joyce McCart is the author of On The Road With David Thompson. She lives in Alberta.

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