To the Victorian Brit considering emigrating to a new world, Canada was the "Wild West." It offered a great deal of opportunity to the colonist, but much of that opportunity was found in desolate stretches far from any form of civilization. Canada had its great forests and its vast prairies, its long and cold winters, and its own native tribes, making it a challenge to the colonist. From the American perspective, Canada was sort of a "last frontier" on the border, a great place for the rugged outdoorsman to go hunting and fishing, but not exactly a top tourist destination.

Canada (Leisure Hour, 1860)

Scenic Glimpses of Canada (Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)

British Columbia (Illustrated London Almanack, 1863)

Statistics on British Columbia, previously known as New Caledonia.

Her Majesty's Mail in the Far West, by J.K. Lord (Leisure Hour, 1868)

Skating in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Leisure Hour, 1868)

Ten Days' Sport on Salmon Rivers [New Brunswick], by Dean Sage (Atlantic Monthly, 1875)

Caribou-Hunting (Scribners, 1879A)

The article offers a great deal of information about the caribou and its territories; the hunting occurs in New Brunswick, Canada.

Chambly Fort, on the Richelieu River (Canada) (Scribners, 1879A)

The Stickeen River and Its Glaciers (Scribners, 1879A)

A river in northwestern British Columbia and southeast Alaska, now known as the Stikine River.

A New Settlement: Manitoba and the Northwest of Canada (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1880)

A Jam of Lumber in New Brunswick, by J.P. Sheldon (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1881)

A Canadian Pilgrimage (Harper's Monthly, 1882A)

The Quebec church of Le Bonne St. Anne, where miracles were said to have occurred.

The Canadian Mecca, by W. George Beers (Century Magazine, 1882B)

The shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre in Quebec. (Ste. Anne was declared the patron saint of Quebec.)

Our Next-Door Neighbors: Canada and Mexico (Collier's Cyclopedia, 1882)

Summer in Muskoka, the Free Grant District of Canada, by Julia Lawrason (Girl's Own Paper, 1882)

[Quebec] The Gibraltar of America, by Charles H. Farnham (Century Magazine, 1882B)

The Colonies and Dependencies of Great Britain, Part 1: Newfoundland, by Emma Brewer (Girl's Own Paper, 1883)

The start of a "virtual tour" of Britain's colonies. Read the entire series.

The Colonies and Dependencies of Great Britain, Part 2: Dominion of Canada, by Emma Brewer (Girl's Own Paper, 1883)

Read the entire series.

The Cruise of the Alice May, by S.G.W. Benjamin (Century Magazine, 1884A, 1884B)

A lengthy series describing various parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

England's Heritage in the West, by the Hon. P. Carteret Hill, late Premier of Nova Scotia (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1884)

Canada as a Winter Resort, by W. George Beers (Century Magazine, 1885A)

A look at a variety of Canadian winter sports, including skiing, snow-shoe racing, tobogganing, skating and more.

The Ursulines of Quebec, by Charles de Kay (Century Magazine, 1886B)

A Canadian convent.

The Land of Ice and Snow, by Mrs. Clark Murray (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1887)

[Vancouver Island] England's Treasure-Island in the West (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1888)

Comments on Canada, by Charles Dudley Warner (Harper's, 1889A)

An interesting overview of facts, statistics, geography and history.

A Lady's Experiences in the "Intermediate" (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1889)

On voyaging to Canada in "intermediate" class - and how to prepare for the experience.

The Relations of the US and Canada: A Canadian View, by Charles H. Lugrin (Century Magazine, 1889B)

A Sugaring Off Party in Canada (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1889)

A British couple experiences a maple sugaring party in Canada.

Mary Aylmer, or, Ranch Life in British Columbia (Girl's Own Paper, 1890)

A fictional account of life in British Columbia.

A Hunter's Elysium (Pictorial Museum of Sport & Adventure, ca. 1890)

Reminiscences of Christmas, by an Anglo-Canadian (Girl's Own Paper, 1891)

Reminiscences of Christmas in London and in Canada.

School-Day Reminiscences (Girl's Own Paper, 1891)

A look back at life in a girl's school in Toronto, Canada.

[British Columbia] Canada's El Dorado, by Julian Ralph (Harper's Monthly, 1892A)

This article includes a lengthy look at the British Columbia native tribes.

[Lake Superior] "Brother to the Sea," by Julian Ralph (Harper's Monthly, 1892A)

A look primarily at the Canadian shore of Lake Superior.

The Grand Falls of Labrador, by Henry C. Bryant (Century Magazine, 1892B)

The Great Plains of Canada, by C.A. Kenaston (Century Magazine, 1892B)

With pictures by Frederic Remington.

Pickings from the Prairie, by William Trant (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1892)

Frontier life on the vast prairies of Northwest Canada.

"A Skin for a Skin," by Julian Ralph (Harper's Monthly, 1892A)

The Canadian fur trade.

Treasure-Trove in Central Canada (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1892)

Nickel-mining in Sudbury.

From Blomidon to Smoky [Nova Scotia], by Frank Bolles (Atlantic Monthly, 1894)

Ingonish [Nova Scotia], by Land and Sea, by Frank Bolles (Atlantic Monthly, 1894)

On the Canadian Lakes and Canals, by Margaret Polson Murray (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)

[Newfoundland] The Sentinel of the St. Lawrence, by Percy A. Hurd (English Illustrated Magazine, 1895B)

Canadian Empire-Builders of Today, by James Ramsay (Windsor Magazine, 1898B)

Governors and administrators of the various Canadian provinces.

The Imperial Heritage 4: Canada by Ernest Williams (Windsor, 1898A)

Introduction to the Canadian provinces, including "What the Canadian Government does." Read the entire series.

The Imperial Heritage 5: Canada by Ernest Williams (Windsor, 1898A)

A discussion of Canada's various industries, including timber, fishing and mining; plus a look at Newfoundland. Read the entire series.

Camping Out in British Columbia, by W.J. Kerslake Flinton (Windsor Magazine, 1899B)

Some Sketches of Farm Life in Manitoba (Girl's Own Paper, 1902)

The Vanishing Totems of British Columbia, by Kathleen Schlesinger (Sunday Strand, 1902)