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It's 1862, and an expedition is making the perilous journey to the west coast of Canada, where gold has been discovered. At Fort Garry (now Winnipeg), ten-year-old orphan Lisa joins the group with her aunt, uncle, and cousins. As Lisa and her family battle their way across the prairies and over the mountains to the goldfields of Cariboo, they encounter terrible hardships-and learn how important they are to one another.
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Get to Know Her
How difficult was it to travel to the Cariboo in 1862? How did the discovery of gold affect the development of British Columbia? What is a Red River cart? And why were they pulled by oxen? Scroll down to learn more about the Cariboo Gold Rush and the world in which Lisa and her family lived. CLICK HERE
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Lisa's World
Lisa and her family make a dangerous trip across the prairies and the Rocky Mountains to an area called the Cariboo, where gold has been discovered. Learn just how remote the Cariboo was before any roads were built to it, the changes that occurred because of all the gold prospectors who traveled there hoping to strike it rich and about the Red River carts used to travel overland and the animals that pulled them. To learn about Lisa's world CLICK HERE
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Canada's Past
Get a glimpse of Canadian history on this timeline of key events from 1720 to 1949. CLICK HERE
**You will require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view the timeline. This is provided free for download by the Adobe website.
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Our Home and Native Land
View a map of Canada to see where Fort Garry is located. CLICK HERE
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Q&A with Author Priscilla Galloway
Meet the author of Lisa and find out what fascinated her about the goldfields of Carboo in the nineteenth century. CLICK HERE
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Read a Chapter
Read some of Lisa: Overland to Cariboo in a sample chapter from the book. CLICK HERE
**You will require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view the sample chapter. This is provided free for download by the Adobe website.
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