Ian E. Wilson

Publications Stratford Institute Sir Arthur G. Doughty

Cheadle's journal of trip across Canada, 1862-1863

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Doughty, A.G. and Gustave Lanctot, "Introduction," Cheadle's Journal of Trip Across Canada, 1862-1863, by Walter B. Cheadle, Ottawa: Graphic Publishers Limited, 1931, pp. 7-13.

Cheadle's Journal of Trip Across Canada, 1862-1863 was originally published as Volume 1 of The Canada Series by F.P. Grove, and included an introduction and notes by A.G. Doughty and Gustave Lanctot. It was republished in 1971 by M.G. Hurtig, Edmonton with the addition of "Introduction to the New Edition" by Lewis H. Thomas, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Cheadle's Journal of Trip Across Canada, 1862-1863 was again reprinted in 2010 by Touchwood Publishers, Victoria, B.C. This latest reprint included an Introduction by Stephen R. Brown, as well as the "Introduction to the New Edition" which is the same 'Introduction" from the 1931 edition by A.G. Doughty and Gustave Lanctot, even though authorship is not identified.

The unique nature of Cheadle's account is explained in the "Introduction" by Doughty and Lanctot (p. 7), "This is the journal of the first transcanadian tourist...Walter Butler Cheadle was the first to traverse the whole country from the St. Lawrence to the Pacific simply "for pleasure", for the sheer enjoyment of seeing new lands, hunting the buffalo and visiting the gold regions of Cariboo."

The Wilson Collection contains 2 copies of the 1931 edition: yellow paper cover (copy 1), and brown leather cover (copy 2). Both of these copies were reviewed; select images are pictured above. Also reviewed were 2 copies of the 1931 edition held by Queen's University (OCLC #2286094); a copy of the 1971 version held by LAC (OCLC #213424); and a copy of the 2010 version held by LAC (OCLC #50263349); select images are pictured above. A digital copy of the 1931 edition is available through University of British Columbia, open library; a digital copy of the 1971 edition is not available; and a limited view of a digital copy of the 2010 edition is available through Google Books.

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