The Road to the Rapids
Nineteenth-Century Church and Society at St. Andrew's Parish, Red River

Robert J. Coutts

About the Book

This illustrated history, rich in detail, provides an account of the impact of the Anglican Church upon the nineteenth century Red River parish of St. Andrew's, as well as an examination of the origins and development of the Metis community settled near the forks of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers.

Robert Coutts focuses his historical eye upon the character of the Church's evangelical approach within the settlement, its attitudes towards the indigenous peoples there, and the relationship between the Church Missionary Society and the Hudson's Bay Company. Within these broader themes, The Road to the Rapids also traces the development of St. Andrew's from frontier mission to rural Anglican outpost, as well as the changing nature of economic and social life within the parish as the century progressed. Accessible and well-researched, this book contributes a fresh interpretation of a historically important subject.

About the Author

Robert J. Coutts is an historian with Parks Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. CMS Ideology and the Red River Mission
3. Establishing the Mission at St. Andrew's
4. Church and Company in Red River
5. The Mission and the Community
6. St. Andrew's and the Agricultural Economy
7. Anglican Mission to Rural Church
8. Conclusion

   Notes
   Bibliography
   Index
   
   

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Where the Mountains Meet the Prairies: A History of Waterton Country, by Graham A. MacDonald

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