| CHAPTER I. |
| INTRODUCTORY. |
| CHAPTER II. |
| HALIFAX TO LIVERPOOL. |
| Halifax—Cunard Line—Intercolonial Railway—Truro—Travelling by Pullman—New Brunswick—Miramichi—Great Fires in New Brunswick—Salmon Fishing—Micmac Indians—Rimouski—S.S. Parisian—The first Ocean Steamer the Royal William—Incidents of Ocean Voyage—Arrival. | Page 11 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| ENGLAND. |
| Willie Gordon—Custom House Annoyances—Cable Telegram—Post Office Annoyances—London—Spurgeon’s Tabernacle—An Ancestral Home—English and United States Hotels—English Reserve—A Railway Accident—The Land’s End—A Deaf Guest. | Page 33 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| ENGLAND (Continued). |
| Marquis of Salisbury—Classical Studies—Henley Regatta—Red Lion—London Dinner to Lord Dufferin—His Speech—Greenwich—Fisheries Exhibition—Bray—The Vicar—The Thames—Minehead—The Polynesian. | Page 58 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| ENGLAND TO CANADA. |
| The Ocean Voyage—Its Comfort—Moville—Mail Coach Road of Old Days—Impressive Service on Deck—Comfort on the Vessel—Rimouski—Halifax. | Page 84 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| NOVA SCOTIA. |
| Early Colonization—De Monts—Champlain—Sir William Alexander—Capture of Quebec—The Treaties—The Acadian Evangeline—Louisbourg—First Capture—Peace of Aix la Chapelle—Boundary Disputes—The Final Struggle—Deportation of the Acadians—Nova Scotia constituted a Province. | Page 102 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| HALIFAX TO QUEBEC. |
| Home in Halifax—Start for the Pacific—The Intercolonial Railway—Major Robinson—Old Companions—The Ashburton Blunder—Quebec—The Provincial Legislature—Champlain—The Iroquois. | Page 119 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| QUEBEC, MONTREAL, OTTAWA. |
| Montreal—Ship Channel—Hon. John Young—St. Lawrence Canals—Indifference of Quebec—Quebec Interests Sacrificed—Need of a Bridge at Quebec—Montreal Trade in Early Times—Beauty of the City—Canadian Pacific Railway—Ottawa—The Social Influence of Government House—Kingston. | Page 131 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| TORONTO TO LAKE SUPERIOR. |
| Toronto—Collingwood—Georgian Bay—The Sault St. Mary—Navigation of the Great Lakes—Manitoulin Islands—Lake Huron—Arrival at the Sault. | Page 147 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| LAKE SUPERIOR TO WINNIPEG. |
| Lake Superior—Early Discoverers—Joliet and La Salle—Hennepin—Du Luth—Port Arthur—The Far West—The North-West Company—Rat Portage—Gold Mining—Winnipeg. | Page 161 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| WINNIPEG, HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY, LORD SELKIRK. |
| Early Explorers of the North-West—Du Luth—De la Verendrye—Mackenzie—Hudson’s Bay Company—Treaty of Utrecht—North-West Company—Lord Selkirk—War in the North-West—Union of the Rival Companies—The North-West Annexed to Canada. | Page 179 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| WINNIPEG TO CALGARY. |
| Winnipeg—Great Storm—Portage-la-Prairie—Brandon—Moose Jaw—Old Wives’ Lakes—The Indians—Maple Creek—Medicine Hat—Rocky Mountains. | Page 201 |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| CALGARY TO THE SUMMIT. |
| Start for the Mountains—The Cochrane Ranche—Gradual Ascent—Mount Cascade—Anthracite Coal—Sunday in the Rockies—Mountain Scenery—The Divide. | Page 221 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| DOWN KICKING-HORSE VALLEY. |
| The Descent—Summit Lake—The Kicking-Horse River—Singular Mountain Storms—An Engineering Party—A Beaver Meadow—A Dizzy Walk. | Page 237 |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| TO THE SUMMIT OF THE SELKIRKS. |
| The Eagle Pass—Kicking-horse River—Valley of the Columbia—The Selkirk Range—The Columbia River—Summit of the Selkirks—Major Rogers’ Discovery. | Page 252 |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| DOWN THE ILLE-CELLE-WAET. |
| The Descent of the Selkirk Range—Glaciers—The Last of our Horses—Devil’s Clubs—The Ille-celle-waet—A Rough Journey—A Mountain Storm—Slow Progress—A Roaring Torrent—Skunk Cabbage—Marsh—A Long Ten Miles’ Journey. | Page 271 |
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