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Raoul Rinfret
A Montreal surveyor who headed north during the Klondike gold rush, he wrote practical books for prospectors and a language guide that reflect two very different sides of life at the turn of the century.
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Dictionnaire de nos fautes contre la langue française
by Raoul Rinfret
About the author
Raoul Rinfret was a Canadian writer and land surveyor from Montreal. In the late 1890s he went to Dawson City after being appointed to work in the Yukon during the gold-rush years, helping with mining administration and surveying work.
His books grew directly out of that experience. He wrote Le Yukon et son or and Le guide du mineur, practical French-language guides for people hoping to make their way to the Klondike. Those works focused on routes, preparation, mining rules, and the realities facing newcomers in the North.
He also published Dictionnaire de nos fautes contre la langue française, showing an interest not only in frontier life but also in clear, careful French. Taken together, his writing offers a glimpse of a man who moved between the worlds of public service, language, and one of the most dramatic gold rushes in Canadian history.