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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART ONE
1783-1850
INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE 3
SECTION I. THE COLONIZATION AND SETTLEMENT OF THE
ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY 		9
Subsection A. 9
a.
The Course of Settlement
b.
Aspects of Pioneer Life and Problems
c.
The Opening of the Interior: -- Road-making
d.
Aspects of Pioneer Agriculture
e.
Public Land Policy
f.
The Land Companies
Subsection B. Population: -- Immigration and Emi-
gration 		96
C. The Economic Background of Politics at
the Time of the Rebellion of 1837 		125
SECTION II. THE ST. LAWRENCE SYSTEM AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS 		133
A.
Subsection A. The St. Lawrence as a Highway 135
B.
B. Waterways, Canals, and Roads subsi-
diary to the Main St. Lawrence
Highway 		150
C.
C. The Improvement and Canalization of
the St. Lawrence 		161
D.
D. The Initial Stages of the Railroad Era 198
E.
E. Deep-sea Shipping out of the St. Law-
rence 		208
F.
F. The Telegraph 213

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Publication Information: Book Title: Select Documents in Canadian Economic History, 1783-1885. Contributors: H. A. Innis - editor, A. R. M. Lower - editor. Publisher: University of Toronto Press. Place of Publication: Toronto. Publication Year: 1933. Page Number: v.
    
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