Ocean to ocean : Sandford Fleming's expedition through Canada in 1872 : being a diary kept during a journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific with the expedition of the engineer-in-chief of the Canadian Pacific and Intercolonial Railways

Grant, George Monro 1835-1902 (Author).

Summary: "During the 1872 the expedition party travelled by train, steamer, canoe, wagon, and horseback, from Halifax to Victoria. The expedition leader, Sir Sanford Fleming, was the Father of Standard Time, founder of the Royal Canadian Institute, designer of Canada's first postage stamp, author, artist, and town planner. George Monro Grant (1835-1902) was secretary of the expedition (and minister of the church Fleming attended). He later became principal of Queen's University, and moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Canada."

Record details

ISBN: 9781552671382
ISBN: 1552671380
Physical Description: print
xiv, 371 p., [60] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 23cm.
Publisher: Toronto, ON : Prospero Books, 2000, c1873.