Download or read book Scugog Carrying Place written by Grant Karcich and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-03-30 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until now the story of this trail, its beginnings, its purpose, and its significant place in Ontario’s history, has been poorly defined. The story of Scugog Carrying Place, the ancient aboriginal trails connecting Lake Ontario with Lakes Scugog and Simcoe and the Kawartha lakes is a multifaceted one. In tracing its documented history from the 1790s to the 1850s, author Grant Karcich unravels mysteries; explores the lifestyles of early First Nations; provides background on local archaeological sites; and introduces the intrepid early surveyors, fur traders, missionaries, colourful characters, and entrepreneurial immigrant settlers from both the newly formed United States and the United Kingdom. In their wake come the demon whiskey, devastating plagues, competing world views, saddlebag preachers, and ultimately the marginalization of the First Nations people. The Scugog Trail assumes a significant role in the transition of the land, from forest to agriculture to villages, towns, and industrial centres. Long-forgotten cabins, cemeteries, and a cartographic mystery involving the infamous Cabane de Plomb add to the mystique. The trail bore witness to the development of communities, such as Oshawa, Harmony, Columbus, Prince Albert, Port Perry, Seagrave, Cannington, and Beaverton, whose stories also unfold. Scugog Carrying Place is a must read for history buffs, genealogists, archaeologists, and anyone with roots in this part of Ontario.
Download or read book Memento Mori Classifying Nineteenth Century Ontario Gravestones written by Laura Suchan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08-22 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ontario gravestone iconography exhibits a remarkable progression of artistic, cultural and religious expression throughout the nineteenth century. Unfortunately the study of gravestone motifs has been largely ignored by those transcribing data in Ontario's early cemeteries. It is imperative this information, along with motifs, be recorded before it is lost to us. Gravestone iconography can be organized into simple stylistic categories which would allow for a standardized approach when recording gravestone information. Much of Ontario's gravestone research is done by local genealogical and historical societies working in isolation. Sharing gravestone data using a common classification system would aid in developing perspectives into topics such as carving traditions, economic status and gravestone choice across local and regional lines. This information would shed light on the entire gravestone industry and provide researchers with the background necessary to study motifs more closely.
Download or read book To Cast a Reflection written by Oshawa Museum and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thomas Henry Correspondence Collection was donated to the Archival Collection of the Oshawa Museum in the spring of 2013. The Collection of over 520 individual documents, including personal letters, receipts and business correspondence covering the period of 1850s to 1890s, seemed to almost be the contents of Thomas Henry's desk. Within the collection was a group of letters written to Thomas Henry from his children, grandchildren and other family members. These letters offer an intimate and personal view into the life of one of Oshawa's earliest settler families.
Download or read book A Guide Book written by Ontario. Waterfront Regeneration Trust and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Waterfront Trail is a project to connect many of the existing parks, pathways, natural areas, and activity areas on the Lake Ontario waterfront. This book is a guide to the Trail, arranged geographically from west to east and organized into chapters on 18 sections of the waterfront from Hamilton to Trenton. Each chapter provides information on travel directions, parks, cultural attractions, natural areas, linkages to other trails, and other places of interest. Throughout the book are vignettes giving brief descriptions of people, places, natural phenomena, and historical events related to the waterfront region. Includes a table of amenities and attractions in the municipalities along the Trail, as well as an index.
Download or read book From Queenston to Kingston written by Ron Brown and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2010-05-31 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you hike, bike, ride the rails, or drive, the shore of Lake Ontario can yield a treasure trove of heritage sites and natural beauty – if you know where to look. Travel with Ron Brown as he probes the shoreline of the Canadian side of Lake Ontario to discover its hidden heritage. Explore "ghost ports," forgotten coves, historical lighthouses, rumrunning lore, and even the location of a top-secret spy camp. The area also contains some unusual natural features, including a mysterious mountain-top lake, sand dunes, and the rare albars of Prince Edward County. From small communities to the megacity of Toronto, history lives on in the buildings, bridges, canals, rail lines, and homes that have survived, and in the stories, both well-known and long-forgotten, of the people and places no longer here. In From Queenston to Kingston, Ron Brown provides today's explorer's with a window into Ontario's not so distant past and shares a hope that, in future, progress and historical preservation go hand in hand.
Download or read book Oshawa The Crossing Between the Waters written by M. McIntyre Hood and published by Oshawa, Ont. : Published as a Canadian Centennial project by McLaughlin Public Library Board. This book was released on 1967 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Almaguin written by Astrid Taim and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1998-07-15 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Almaguin Highlands, an extensive territory covering a 90 km corridor from Huntsville, north to Callander, west to Dunchurch and east to the Algonquin Park border, is a land rich with lakes, rivers and a lively history. Once considered as a possibility for a government Indian Reserve in the early 1800s, Almaguin became a centre for lumbering and ultimately a year-round mecca for outdoor enthusiasts. Almaguin: A Highland History offers a wide range of stories from the opening of the area by colonization roads to the first vessels on the Magnetawan River and the courage of the early pioneers. Included are community histories of the many towns, villages and ghost towns of today, profiles of colourful personalities, as well as interesting and amusing tales of these rugged early times.
Download or read book Thomas Staples 1748 1825 Family Genealogy written by Thomas Christopher Staples and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Victorian Celebration of Death written by James Stevens Curl and published by Sutton Pub Limited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Curl has fashioned an absorbing, lucid and entertaining book describing the Victorian response to the only certainty in life--death. It includes disposal of the dead, landscaped cemeteries funerals and more.
Download or read book Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Arts written by Ontario. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Death in the Victorian Family written by Patricia Jalland and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engrossing book explores family experiences of dying, death, grieving, and mourning in the years between 1830 and 1920. So many Victorian letters, diaries, and death memorials reveal a deep preoccupation with death which is both fascinating and enlightening. Pat Jalland has examined the correspondence, diaries, and death memorials of fifty-five families to show us deathbed scenes of the time, good and bad deaths, the roles of medicine and religion, children's deaths, funerals and cremations, widowhood, and mourning rituals.
Download or read book Annual Report written by Ontario. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Report written by Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
