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The Settlement Period era – Manitoba Histories

The Backwoods of Canada - Catharine Parr Trail (1860)

Reflections on her experiences in traveling to the prairies during the mid nineteenth century.

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    The Battle of Batoche - Hiledbrandt (1885)

    A history of the battle and of the military tactics which governed it.

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      The Canadian Indian - Symington

      A history written in the 1970s which contains some of the biases of the period.

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        The Canoe - Roberts & Shackleton

        A detailed history of the various forms this water craft has taken, and a description of their makers.

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          The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada 1876 - Rowan (1850)

          A European perspective on life in the early settlement period.

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            The Great Northern Line (1880)

            A short history of this rail line in Southwest Manitoba.

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              The Little Immigrants - Kenneth Bagnell (1880)

              The experiences of orphaned children who were sent to Canada to work on prairie farms.

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                The Little Immigrants - Thomas Bagnell

                A history of the experiences of orphans who were sent to the Canadian prairies.

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