1849  . . . in travelling in a stage coach in Western Canada, he had found himself in company with three passengers. . . .
1853  The mischances consequent upon being lost in the woods, which were so frequent in the early settlement of Western Canada, are of rare occurrence now.
1858  (1955)  Want of time prevented me from extending my journey through the whole length of Western Canada to Sarnia upon the River St. Clair. . . .