Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures, Tables, and Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. The Impulse to Expand the Farm Frontier 3
6. New Territory, New People 21
7. Old Nature and the Challenges to Farm Settlement 51
8. Frontier Myth and Self-serving Agendas 73
9. Living the Marginal Experience, From Abitibi to Peace River 106
10. Reflecting on the Expansion into Marginal Lands 164
11. The Frontier as Male Territory 183
12. The Canada Land Inventory Maps 187
13. Notes 189
14. Bibliography 219
15. Index 239