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- Voyageur's Highway: Minnesota's Border Lake Land
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- 1987
- Published by: Minnesota Historical Society Press
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A popular guide to the state's canoe country from Rainy Lake east to Lake Superior tells of famous explorers, the great fur traders, voyageurs, Indians, and loggers who passed that way. Photographs and maps support the fascinating, authoritative text.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. iii
- Publisher’s Note
- pp. v-vi
- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- Illustrations
- pp. xiii-xv
- The North Country
- pp. 1-3
- Glimpses of the Past
- pp. 5-10
- Boundary Routes and Disputes
- pp. 11-18
- Famours Men of the Border
- pp. 19-38
- Fur Trading Companies
- pp. 39-47
- Border Indians
- pp. 59-67
- An Indian Captive
- pp. 68-70
- Physical Features
- pp. 71-78
- From Finland and Jugoslavia
- pp. 79-83
- Logging Days
- pp. 84-89
- Recent History
- pp. 90-95
- Chronology
- pp. 97-100
- Bibliography
- pp. 101-106
- Index (maps and photos follow)
- pp. 107-113
Additional Information
ISBN
9780873517560
MARC Record
OCLC
794701021
Pages
128
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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