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Grubstake to grocery story : supplying the Klondike, 1897-1907 / by Margaret Archibald.: R61-2/1-26E-PDF

"This report examines the Yukon trade in provisions and general merchandise during and immediately after the Klondike gold-rush. At the peak of the rush, 1897-98, large American mercantile firms which were experienced in Yukon River trade competed along with other outfitters, wholesalers and distributors for a lasting slice of the Yukon trade. From this outfitting rush grew an enduring hinterland relationship between the Yukon and its primarily west-coast suppliers. Dawson's dependence on the outside world for supplies was total"--Abstract, p. 6.

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Department/Agency
  • Parks Canada.
TitleGrubstake to grocery story : supplying the Klondike, 1897-1907 / by Margaret Archibald.
Variant title
  • St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Lake Bennett, British Columbia
  • Old Fort Point site : Fort Wedderburn II?
  • Analysis of animal remains from the Old Fort Point site, northern Alberta
Series title
  • Canadian historic sites: occasional papers in archaeology and history ; no. 26
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: De l'histoire des marchands du Klondike: 1897-1907.
  • On added title pages: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Lake Bennett, British Columbia by Margaret Carter; The Old Fort Point site: Fort Wedderburn II? by Karlis Karklins; Analysis of animal remains from the Old Fort Point site, northern Alberta by Anne Meachem Rick.
  • Digitized edition from print [by the History of Parks Canada Electronic Library].
  • Includes bibliographic references.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa : Parks Canada, 1981.
Author / Contributor
  • Archibald, Margaret.
  • Carter, Margaret.
  • Karklins, Karlis.
  • Rick, Anne Meachem.
Description294 p. : ill.
Catalogue number
  • R61-2/1-26E-PDF
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