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Building transportation routes through the Rockies is dangerous. It always has been. It is also expensive, labour-intensive, and highly political.

In contrast to the widely known experiences of Asian immigrants who came to Canada, this book looks at movement in the opposite direction.

They looked impressive in their red tunics, but the members of the fledgling North West Mounted Police had little experience as they departed from Fort Garry in 1874 on a mission to bring order to

In 1874, the newly formed North West Mounted Police marched west to shut down unscrupulous liquor traders who had devastated the lives of many First Nations people.

The Red Coat Trail of southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta runs near the route of the North West Mounted Police’s famous 1874 March West.

When Native and Métis unrest escalated into the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, settlers in southern Alberta's cattle country were terrified.

The blossoming of Métis society and culture in the 19th century marked a fascinating and colourful era in western Canadian history.

Scottish nursemaid Janet Smith was the victim of a 1924 tragedy that ignited racial tension in a very young Vancouver.

Gold rush fever in the 1860s brought thousands of miners to the new territories of British Columbia and the Yukon armed with rifles, revolvers, and bowie knives.

The stories of the men and women who dug for gold on Williams Creek are told in this revised and updated edition of a Canadian bestseller.

The far-ranging officers of the BC Provincial Police covered an area larger than California, Oregon, and Washington combined.

On June 20, 1942, the lighthouse at Estevan Point on Vancouver Island was shelled by the Japanese submarine I-26. It was the first enemy attack on Canadian soil since the War of 1812.

It is said that the sparkle from Canadian diamonds mimics the awesome and seductive radiance of the northern lights.

Surveyor, cartographer, fur trader, adventurer, naturalist and entrepreneur, David Thompson is now recognized as one of the greatest explorers and geographers of all time.

Through his incredibly varied fifty-year career, John J. Healy left an indelible mark on the Canadian and American west.