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Chapter 4: Off to the West

…a sea of land for as far as the eye could reach, it was flat treeless prairie…

The Averills' journey to Manitoba takes them through some American cities, including Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee. Not accustomed to long distance train travel, Emma expresses frustration and weariness at this point in the journey.

Chapter 4 of Emma Averill's journal
A of M, Emma Averill fonds, P267 | Read original | Read transcript
St-Boniface - Winnipeg ferry
For more than a decade, the Winnipeg-St.Boniface ferry provided a vital transportation link between the two settlements. From an original engraving entitled "Editor's first view of Winnipeg 1879", which appeared in "Western World", vol 3 #29, July 1892, p.151.
A of M, Transportation - Boat 4, N12765, CT34.		 Main Street, Winnipeg, 1881
The Rossin House, located to the left of City Hall (background), was one of many hotels and boarding houses to accommodate immigrant travellers during the 1880s.
A of M, Winnipeg-Streets-Main 1882 1 N16067

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