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Atlas of Alberta Railways: Before the Railway: Trails, Canoes and York Boats WebsiteAtlas of Alberta Railways: Before the Railway: Trails, Canoes and York Boats Website
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University of Alberta
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3rd - 8th
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Atlas of Alberta Railways: Before the Railway: Trails, Canoes and York Boats

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Presented by the University of Alberta, this resource contains information on the early trade routes used in western Canada before the construction of the railway. The site also provides digital maps showing the locations of the land and river trade routes.

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trade routes

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fur trade, fur trade routes, canada fur trade, canada's history, canadian trade routes, hudson's bay company, trade routes in western canada, western canadian trade routes by canoe and york boats, western canadian trade routes by trail

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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