The Champlain Publications
Records of the Nile Voyageurs 1884-85
The Canadian voyageur contingent in the Gordon Relief Expedition
| Author(s): |
C. P. (Charles Perry) Stacey, Author C. P. (Charles Perry) Stacey, Author |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | General Series , No. 37 |
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| Publication Date: | 1959 |
| Description: | In 1884, nearly 400 Canadian "voyageurs" were commanded by a Toronto alderman in an expedition to Egypt to relieve General Gordon at Khartoum. Lord Wolseley had requested such a force, inspired by his experience in command of the Red River expedition of 1870. While the men were non-combatants and it was not a formal military venture, it nevertheless represented an important step towards Canada's participation in the Boer War and First World War. |
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