Author: Hudson's Bay Company (Dafoe, Christopher, ed. with Carol Preston, associate ed. and Alex Kachur et al)
Title: The Beaver, Exploring Canada's History, February/March 1997
Description: Winnipeg: Canada's National History Society, 1997. 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 copy (other copies of this issue may also be available). Cover: Manitoba Elevators - colour woodcut by Walter J. Phillips, Hudson's Bay Co. Collection. Contents of this issue include: A Noble Canadian - The great workhorse of New France by Alison Acker; What Makes Maxie Run? - The future Lord Beaverbrook strikes it rich by Gregory Marchildon; A Schoolboy's Recollections - An eminent historian's first brush with history by PB Waite; The Wheat Board and The Farmer - Who will sell the grain, and for how much? by JE Rea; The Curious Tale of Two Roy Browns - But which one shot down the Red Baron? by Carol Bennett McCuaig; The Philatelic Poets - Stamp collectors court the muse by Les Harding; Canada's Coldest Day - Those who lived through it will never forget by David Phillips; plus Book Reviews.

Keywords: Beaver Magazine Hudsons Bay Company; Manitoba Elevators Colour Woodcut Walter Phillips, Noble Canadian Workhorses New France; Alison Acker; Maxie Future Lord Beaverbrook; Gregory Marchildon; Wheat Board Farmers Grain Selling Business Rea; Roy Brown Red Ba


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