A History of the Rangelands of Western Canada
Issue Date
1970-01-01Keywords
White Manbuffalo
Indian
Red River
Cart
Boat
Brigades
Fur Trade
Railways
HighwayswheatWestern Canadahistoryeconomyrangelandsgrasscattleranching
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Johnston, A. (1970). A history of the rangelands of western Canada. Journal of Range Management, 23(1), 3-8.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3895999Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
In western Canada, the grass-buffalo economy of the Indian was replaced by the wheat-cattle economy of the white man, and the Red River cart and boat brigades of the fur trade by the railways and highways of modern times. Ranching was part of the development but its heyday lasted only from about 1885 to 1905.Type
Articletext