Chapter Five Public Policy and Private Interest in the Lumber Industry of the Upper St Francis: The Role of C.S. Clark and Company

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables vii
4. Maps and Figures ix
5. Preface xi
6. Acknowledgments xv
7. The Colonization Movement and the Agri-Forestry Economy in the Upper St Francis District 3
8. Feast or Famine: The British American Land Company and the Colonization of the St Francis Tract 36
9. Constructing the Lambton Road: Cul-de-sac for Imperial Expansion in Lower Canada 64
10. La Reconquête: The Church, the State and the Colonization Roads Project of 1848 80
11. Public Policy and Private Interest in the Lumber Industry of the Upper St Francis: The Role of C.S. Clark and Company 101
12. “The Pope’s Own Parish”, Nationalism and Conflict at Piopolis, 1871—81 126
13. Constructing a “Colonization” Railway: The St Francis and Megantic International, 1869—79 147
14. La Patrie: The Repatriation Colony, 1875-80 158
15. Forest Exploitation and Colonization: The Return of European Land Companies 174
16. Conclusion 203
17. Appendixes
18. Appendix A 210
19. Appendix B 214
20. Appendix C 216
21. Abbreviations 217
22. Notes 219
23. Bibliography 281
24. Index 301