The Opening of the Canadian West

acres Alberta American arrived Assiniboine Battleford became began Big Bear Blackfoot Britain British Columbia buffalo build built called camp Canada Canadian Northern Cariboo carts Chinese Clifford Sifton colonists colony colony's Company Confederation Crees crops Dominion Douglas Doukhobors early east Edmonton farm farmers force forests Fort Carlton Fraser French frontier fur trade gold governor grew homesteaders horses Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company immigration Indians Klondike later Macdonald Macdonell Mackenzie Manitoba McDougall Mennonites métis miles miners missionaries Montreal mountains Mounties moved named newcomers Northwesters Ontario Ottawa Pacific passed peace Peace River Pedlars Pembina pemmican pioneer plains Portage Portage la Prairie posts prairie province Qu'Appelle railway Red River Red Riverites remained Riel Riel's Rockies route Rupert's Land Saskatchewan Selkirk sent settled settlement settlers Sifton St Paul Territories took Toronto town trails transcontinental treaty Vancouver Island Victoria wagons western wheat wild Winnipeg winter