HIS263Y1 Lecture 17: Lecture 17-November 15.docx
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The far north, the northwest, the northwest coast to mid-19th century. Upper canadians-started to run out of agricultural land-almost all the land in southern ontario by 1850 had been granted. Barely any land available except those on the canadian field. The development of the railway-revolutionizes infrastructure-makes it possible for people to start thinking about how the british north american colonies will expand into the west: the far north. Trouble began in the late 1500 s but it re-emerges in the middle of the 19th century-the local newspapers are full of stories. The northwest passage story is about this-trying to find a passage up to the north (the french) Even today outsiders look to the north as a mountain of resources (the non-aboriginal idea of land mass-perdominantly centres fur trade routes-surrounding posts that were set up during the fur trade) Inuit s in the north-very stereotyped (seal skin clothing, snow houses)
