North for Gold: The Red Lake Gold Rush of 1926 - Ruth Weber Russell - Hardcover

Canada's last great gold rush was to Red Lake Ontario in 1926. More than 5,000 men and women went by train, foot, sled-dog, horse-back and 'snow-machine' hundreds of miles north-east of Konora, through snow and marsh, over water and rock. They developed a gold field more productive than the Klondike and settled a northern outpost which still thrives. Ruth Russell's stirring history of the triumphs, hardships and conflicts of these people begins with a sketch of the fur-trade years and of the 'quiet years' before 1925. Her book will fascinate high school student and adult. Ruth is a journalist, editor and free-lance author who grew up in Red Lake and now coordinates the Kitchener-Waterloo Regional Arts Council. Her first book was a co-authored bibliography of Lucy Maude Montgomery. "Local author and Red Lake native Ruth Russell has written a social history ... with information gleaned from old newspapers, local histories, archives and private citizens. ... An adventure of the common man. ... The cast of this drama are mostly anonymous men and women seeking one of Canada's last great adventures for a chance to get rich quick."--Marg Zavros, The Waterloo Chronicle.Russell, Ruth W. is the author of 'North for Gold: The Red Lake Gold Rush of 1926 - Ruth Weber Russell - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780921075011 and ISBN 0921075014.