. 1812 Red River 1912 : Lord Selkirk's centennial. one man alone stands the credit of thisenterprise and it is with justice that the name ofThomas Douglas, Lord Daer and Earl of Selkirk,has in Western Canada always occupied aplace of honor. Gifted with a vision that wasfar in advance of his time, imbued with an en-thusiasm that has, we may say, stamped all ofthose who have followed his pioneer footsteps inWestern Canada, Lord Selkirk overcame greatdifficulties in the accomplishment of his plan toestablish an agricultural colony in the interiorof Ruperts Land. One hundred years ago hesent out t
. 1812 Red River 1912 : Lord Selkirk's centennial. one man alone stands the credit of thisenterprise and it is with justice that the name ofThomas Douglas, Lord Daer and Earl of Selkirk,has in Western Canada always occupied aplace of honor. Gifted with a vision that wasfar in advance of his time, imbued with an en-thusiasm that has, we may say, stamped all ofthose who have followed his pioneer footsteps inWestern Canada, Lord Selkirk overcame greatdifficulties in the accomplishment of his plan toestablish an agricultural colony in the interiorof Ruperts Land. One hundred years ago hesent out the first band of settlers to the Red Rivercolony. It is the landing of these people thathas been protrayed on the frontispiece of thisbooklet and the memory of that landing whichis to be fittingly commemorated in the CanadianIndustrial Exhibition of 1912. In virtue, the founder not only of Winnipeg,this great city, but of the whole West, thememory of Selkirk is one to mention with ferventthankfulness to every dweller of these parts ofthe world. ^.
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