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Murray, John

The emigrant and traveller's guide to and through Canada, by way of the river St. Lawrence, as well as by way of the United States of America : with some friendly advice on embarkation / by John Murray.  London : Smith, Elder and Co., 1835. 63 pages

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 21494 - Open Shelf    Internet Archive

Canada — Description and travel.

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Gilbert, A. G.

From Montreal to the Maritime provinces and back / by A.G. Gilbert.  Montreal : Montreal Print. and Pub. Co., 1867. 40 frames.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 06898 - Open Shelf    Internet Archive

The Antis. Who are they. Conversations. Coal fields of Nova Scotia. Halifax and St. Johns. &c. &c.

Nova Scotia — Description and travel — 1850-1900
Canada — History — Confederation, 1867

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Bourinot, John George

Le Canada considere comme terre d'etablissement / A.V.  Paris : Bureaux de la Revue britannique, 1882. 19 frames.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 06492 - Open Shelf    Internet Archive

Land settlement — Canada
Canada — Colonization
Canada — Description and travel

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Bourinot, John George

Canada, its national development and destiny / J.G. Bourinot.  1889. 6 frames.

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Attributed to J.G. Bourinot -- Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals, 1842-1900.

Natural resources — Canada
Canada — Description and travel — 19th century
Canada — Politics and government — 19th century

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Smith, M.

A geographical view of the British possessions in North America comprehending Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, New Britain, Lower and Upper Canada, with all the country to the Frozen Sea on the north, and Pacific Ocean on the west : with an appendix containing / by M. Smith, author of the View of Upper Canada.  Baltimore : Printed by P. Mauro, for the author, 1814. 154 frames.

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Previous editions have title: A geographical view of the province of Upper Canada and promiscuous remarks on the government

Canada — Description and travel
Canada — History — War of 1812

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Sleigh, Burrows Willcocks Arthur

Pine forests and hacmatack clearings : travel, life, and adventure in the British North American provinces / by Burrows Willcocks Arthur Sleigh.  2nd ed. London : Richard Bentley, 1853. xvi, 408 pages ; 23 cm.

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Macgregor, John

Historical and descriptive sketches of the maritime colonies of British America London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1828. 2 pages pages, v, 266 pages

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Maritime Provinces
Newfoundland
Canada — Description and travel.

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Hollingsworth, S.

The present state of Nova Scotia : with a brief account of Canada, and the British islands on the coast of North America The second edition, corrected and enlarged, illustrated with a map. Edinburgh : Printed for William Creech and sold by T. Cadell, and G. Robinson & Co., London, 1787. xii, 221, [1 pages, [1 folded leaf of plates : map

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfilm 3814 - Open Shelf

Attributed to S. Hollingsworth – TPL, Gagnon. Errata: pages 221. References: Gagnon 2802; Sabin 32544; TPL 592.

Nova Scotia — Description and travel — 1785-1850
Canada — Description and travel — 1764-1867
Nova Scotia — Description and travel — 1785-1850
Nova Scotia — Economic conditions — To 1867
Canada — Descrip

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Hardy, Campbell

Forest life in Acadia New York, D. Appleton &n Co., 1869. viii, [2 371 pages : front., plates ; 23 cm.

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Douglass, William

A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North America / by William Douglass.  Boston : Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle, 1749-1753 i.e. 1758. 2 v. ; 20 cm.

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Volume 2 has imprint: Boston, New England : printed and sold by D. Fowle, 1753. Appended to vol. 2 are pages 417-440, with caption: In to render his work more compleat, the following is collected from Mr. Salmon's Geographical and historical grammar, printed in London, 1757 i.e. the 6th edition 1758 being included.

United States — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Atlantic States — Description and travel
Canada — History — To 1763 New France
America — Discovery and exploration.

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Buckingham, James Silk

Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the other British provinces in North America : with a plan of national colonization / by James S. Buckingham.  London : Fisher, 1843. 540 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfilm 3705 - Open Shelf

Includes index. References: Sabin 8895; TPL 2351.

Canada
Canada — Emigration and immigration
Canada — Description and travel — 1764-1867.

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West, John

A journal of a mission to the Indians of British provinces, of New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and the Mohawks on the Ouse or Grand River, Upper Canada / by John West.  London : L.B. Seeley, 1827. viii, [209-326 pages : map ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfilm 3587 - Open Shelf

Visit to the Atlantic Provinces by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, July 10-22, 1967. Arrangements Ottawa : Queen's Printer, 1967. 61 pages : illustrations, maps; 17 cm.

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Cover title: Royal visit to the Atlantic Provinces, 1967 : arrangements.

Canada. Office of the Coordinator for Royal Visits, 1967.

Canada — Centennial celebrations, etc
Atlantic Provinces — Description and travel.

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Nova guide to Atlantic Canada Halifax : Nova Enterprises, 1965 -. 22 cm.

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Library has: 1965.

Tourist trade — Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada — Description and travel

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Canada. Surveys and Mapping Branch

Facts from Canadian maps : a geographical handbook Ottawa : Information Canada, 1972. 62 pages : illustrations some copies; 22 cm.

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Includes index.

Canada — Description and travel

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Dryden, Jean E.

Developing descriptive standards : a call to action / prepared for the Planning Committee on Descriptive Standards by Jean E. Dryden and Kent M. Haworth.  Ottawa : Bureau of Canadian Archivists, 1987. 15, 15 pages : 23 cm.

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Text in English and French. Title on added t.p., inverted: L'élaboration de normes de description.

Haworth, Kent M. (Kent MacLean), 1946-

Bureau of Canadian Archivists. Planning Committee on Descriptive Standards.

Cataloging of archival material — Standards — Canada
Descriptive cataloging — Standards — Canada.

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Canada. Department of External Affairs

Canada from sea to sea 2d ed. Ottawa : Dept. of External Affairs, 1950. 127 pages; illustrations,.

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Canada — Description and travel

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Howe, Joseph

Address delivered by the Hon. Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the provinces : before the Young Men's Christian Association, Ottawa, February 27, 1872 Ottawa : I.B. Taylor, 1872. 23 pages.

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Youth — Canada
Ottawa (Ont.) — Description and travel
Canada — Civilization.

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Boucher, Pierre

Canada in the seventeenth century / from the French of Pierre Boucher by Edward Louis Montizambert.  Montreal : Printed by G.E. Desbarats, 1883, 1881. 84 pages, 1 leaf of plates : port.; 21 cm.

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True and genuine description of New France, commonly called Canada, and of the manners and customs and productions of that country. Translation of: Histoire véritable et naturelle des moeurs et productions du pays de la Nouvelle-

Montizambert, Edward Lewis, 1811-1882.

Geo. E. Desbarats & Co.

Canada — Description and travel — To 1763
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France)

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Canada. Department of Immigration and Colonization

Eastern Canada Ottawa : 1924. 32 pages : illustrations.

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Canada — Description and travel
Maritime Provinces — Description and travel

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Our land / prepared by Canadian Citizenship Branch, Department of the Secretary of State.  Rev. ed. Ottawa : 1966. 50 pages; 4 pages of plates : illustrations; 1 coloured map; 20 cm.

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Citizenship — Canada
Canada — Description and travel — Guide books

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Hawker Siddeley Group Ltd

Hawker Siddeley review London.

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Canada — Description and travel.

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Duncan, F.

Canada : a lecture delivered at the Rusell Institute, London, Dec. 19th, 1870 / by Capt. F. Duncan.  London : W. Mitchell and Co., 1871. 42 pages

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F80 D91 - Akins

Canada — History
Canada — Description and travel.

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Anderson, David

Canada : a view of the importance of the British American colonies ... addressed to the Rt. Hon. George Rose / by David Anderson.  London : J.M. Richardson, 1814. 355 pages

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F70 An1 - Akins

Canada — History
Canada — Description and travel.

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Morris, Alexander

Canada and her resources : an essay to which, upon a reference from the Paris Committee of Canada, was awarded by His Excellency Sir Edmund Walker Head, Bart., governor general of British North America, etc., etc., etc., the second prize / by Alexander Morris.  Montreal : E. Dawson, 1855. 119 pages

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At head of title: Prize essay. 'Virtute et labor. Dum spiro, spero.' Tables.

Canada — Description and travel — 1764-1867
Canada — Commerce.

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