Author: Hudson's Bay Company (Dafoe, Christopher, ed. with Carol Preston, managing ed.)
Title: The Beaver, Exploring Canada's History, August/September 1994
Description: Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Company, 1994. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 56pp. Ships lettermail. A very good or better copy (other copies of this issue may also be available). Cover: The Challenge of the Mountains - from an early CPR travel brochure, Glenbow Archives. Contents of this issue include: Christopher Dafoe on Canada's Century; Guardians of The Rockies - Conservationists and mountain-climbers by PearlAnn Reichwein; The Friendly Games - Hamilton hosts the first British Empire Games, 1930 by Glynn Leyshon; Myth-Making at Fort St. James - History, in various versions, 1828-1928 by Frieda Esau Klippenstein; Kathleen Parlow: A Life in Music - A Canadian virtuoso in St. Petersburg, 1906 by Hubert Mayes; The New Jerusalem - Jewish pioneers go back to the land, 1884 by Abraham Arnold; Christopher Moore meets Pierre Berton; plus Book Reviews.

Keywords: Beaver Magazine Hudsons Bay Company; Guardians Rockies Conservationists Mountain-Climbers; Pearlann Reichwein; Hamilton British Empire Games 1930; Glynn Leyshon; Fort St. James History; Frieda Esau Klippenstein; Kathleen Parlow Music Canadian Virtuoso St.


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