Peter Fidler: Canadian Explorer

by James G. MacGregor

Peter Fidler was one of Canada's greatest exploratory surveyors, but also one of the least known. Trained by the Hudson's Bay Company, along with the famous David Thompson, Fidler went on to travel the length and breadth of western Canada, laying the framework for all future maps of the area.With sextant in hand, he covered over 48,000 miles, usually as the first white man ever to set foot on the land. This fascinating story brings to life the adventures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894004191
• ISBN13: 9781894004190
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"