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Book/Printed Material Immigration Handbook for Scandinavian Settlers in Canada, with Comprehensive Descriptions of Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and British Columbia. Officiell handbok innehållande underrättelser angående Canada med särskild hänsyn till provinsen Manitoba och nord vestra territorierna samt Brittiska Columbien såsom fält för skandinaviska nybyggare

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Title

  • Immigration Handbook for Scandinavian Settlers in Canada, with Comprehensive Descriptions of Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and British Columbia.

Other Title

  • Officiell handbok innehållande underrättelser angående Canada med särskild hänsyn till provinsen Manitoba och nord vestra territorierna samt Brittiska Columbien såsom fält för skandinaviska nybyggare

Summary

  • This immigration handbook was published by the Canadian Department of Interior in 1889 for the express purpose of recruiting settlers from Sweden. It includes an introduction to Canada and Canadian society, an immigration procedures handbook, and a topographical description of Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, and British Columbia. Special attention is paid to already-existing Scandinavian settlements.

Created / Published

  • 1899.

Headings

  • -  Sweden
  • -  Canada
  • -  1899
  • -  Emigration and immigration
  • -  Guidebooks

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 89 pages.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Sweden.
  • -  Content in Swedish.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666140

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Immigration Handbook for Scandinavian Settlers in Canada, with Comprehensive Descriptions of Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and British Columbia. 1899. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666140/.

APA citation style:

(1899) Immigration Handbook for Scandinavian Settlers in Canada, with Comprehensive Descriptions of Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and British Columbia. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666140/.

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Immigration Handbook for Scandinavian Settlers in Canada, with Comprehensive Descriptions of Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and British Columbia. 1899. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666140/>.