Thirteen Years on the Prairies (Classic Reprint): From Winnipeg to Cold Lake: From Winnipeg to Cold Lake (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Across the prairie frontier, a European immigrant tells the story of starting life in Manitoba in the 1880s and building a home from the ground up.
This memoir follows a family's bold move from England to Winnipeg, through rough travel, harsh weather, and the early days of settlement. It blends first‑hand account with practical observations on land, livestock, farming, and the economics of a young province. Readers glimpse the challenges, small triumphs, and everyday moments that shaped life on the Canadian prairies.

• A vivid travelogue from Liverpool to the Red River settlement, with travel by river, wagon, and tent.


• Practical notes on choosing land, buying oxen and equipment, and surviving the first months in the wilderness.


• Insights into ranching, horse breeding, and the evolving agricultural economy of the time.


• Thoughtful reflections on immigration, government policy, and the growth of Manitoba and the North‑West.

Ideal for readers curious about pioneer life, historical emigration, and the early development of Western Canada, told through a personal, enduring voice.

The book offers a grounded, everyday view of settler life that helps explain how families carved out a place in a vast, changing landscape.

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