Download or read book Early Life in Upper Canada written by Edwin C. Guillet and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1933-12-15 with total page 1019 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there were abundant hardships, early life in Upper Canada was romantic and colourful in many ways. However, despite important contributions to the social and economic history of Canada, few good, comprehensive accounts have been generally available. Early Life in Upper Canada, originally published in 1933, is by far the finest history yet compiled, and it is now being reprinted in order to make available to a new generation an important and engrossing description of this area of Canadian history. The author, a distinguished Canadian historian, has drawn on contemporary letters, diaries, newspapers, and periodicals, as well as consulting all the existing histories, and he has supplemented these researches with interviews with persons who had personal contacts with early life in the Province. Mr. Guillet has compiled a thorough, accurate and delightfully readable history, that brings vividly to life the early settlers and their experiences. This is in accordance with the author's profound desire to make the study of Canadian history a delight rather than a chore. He has not concealed the unpleasant aspects of pioneer life, nor does he attempt to glamorize its difficulties. There is a tendency at times to forget that the founders of Upper Canada include hundreds of thousands of men and women of many nationalities, and fur traders, lumbermen, and voyageurs, as well as settlers. Their contributions, too, are acknowledged and recorded here. This book is profusely illustrated, with drawings made, in many cases, by army cartographers, who were skilled creative artists as well. Their paintings, fortunately, have been better preserved than were written accounts of the times, and are accurate depictions of pioneer life. The extensive bibliography and carefully prepared index will make this work invaluable for historians as well as for general readers.
Download or read book Pioneer Days in Upper Canada written by Edwin C. Guillet and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1963-12-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite abundant hardships, pioneer life in Upper Canada was romantic and colourful, and Mr. Guillet brings vividly to life the early settlers and their experiences. He draws on contemporary letters, diaries, newspapers, and periodicals, supplementing these researches with interviews with persons who had personal contacts with early life in the province. This volume contains the chapters from Mr. Guillet's large volume, Early Life in Upper Canada, which describes the pioneer home, foods and cooking, milling, lumbering, maple sugar making, fishing, "bees", amusements in town and country, and pioneer sports. It is abundantly illustrated with authentic portraits, photographs, and drawings.
Download or read book The Scottish Pioneers of Upper Canada 1784 1855 written by Lucille H. Campey and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2005-05-16 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scots, some of Upper Canadas earliest pioneers, influenced its early development. This book charts the progress of Scottish settlement throughout the province.
Download or read book Early days in Upper Canada letters of John Langton from the backwoods of Upper Canada and the Audit Office of the Province of Canada written by J.Langton and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1926 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Settlement of Upper Canada Ontario written by William Canniff and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pioneer Travel in Upper Canada written by Edwin C. Guillet and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1963-12-15 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most fascinating aspects of the history of Canada is the development of trave—from the canoe-routes and woodland trails first followed by the Indians, the fur-traders and explorers, and the pioneers, to the canals, locks, and highways of a later age, and the seaways, railroads, and air routes of today. Equally interesting is the story of the development of the means of transport—canoes, bateaux, sailing-ships, steamships, stage-coaches, railway cars. This volume contains the chapters from Mr. Guillet's large volume, Early Life in Upper Canada, describing early travel and transportation. He draws on contemporary letters, diaries, newspapers, and periodicals, in order to describe vividly the conditions of travel at various periods, and the book is abundantly illustrated with authentic portraits, photographs, and drawings.
Download or read book A Gentlewoman in Upper Canada written by Anne Langton and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . First published in 1950, A Gentlewoman in Upper Canada is a classic work of early pioneering literature. This new, significantly expanded edition includes many of Langton's original illustrations and reveals Langton's views on writing, art, and women's social and familial roles in nineteenth-century Europe and Canada.
Download or read book Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada 1831 1836 written by Ontario. Department of Education and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada written by Ontario. Department of Education and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada 1847 1848 written by Ontario. Department of Education and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rebellion written by Marianne Brandis and published by Erin, Ont. : Porcupine's Quill. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adam Wheeler is a fourteen year-old who arrives in Toronto in the autumn of 1837 after crossing from England on a filthy and crowded immigrant ship. He has emigrated in company with his uncle's family, but, once in Upper Canada, he quarrels with his uncle and sets out on his own. Adam finds work in a paper mill at the village of Todmorden on the banks of the Don River. Adam soon learns that William Lyon Mackenzie is mounting a rebellion. When the uprising begins, he is drawn into the conflict both because his employer sends him to deliver paper to the rebel camp at Montgomery's Tavern, and also because his uncle joins Mackenzie's force. Among those Adam befriends are two teenage girls, Cornelia and Charlotte de Grassi. These historical figures, aged thirteen and fourteen at the time, served as spies and messengers for the government side during Mackenzie's Rebellion. Although this book is a work of fiction, it is solidly based on real history. The events of the 1837 Rebellion have been carefully researched and are presented as accurately as possible. Captain and Mrs de Grassi and their daughters, and several other characters, were real people and, improbable as it may seem, the girls' work as spies and messengers during the rebellion days is fully authenticated. When it comes to presenting human beings however, historical documents are usually uninformative. To bring the characters to life, the author has invented certain scenes and details, all of which she based carefully on what she learned about the de Grassi family, and on the life and circumstances of the time.
Download or read book History of the Settlement of Upper Canada Ontario with special reference to the Bay Quint written by William CANNIFF and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Settlement of Upper Canada Ontario written by W. M. Canniff and published by Salzwasser-Verlag Gmbh. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Download or read book Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada 1846 written by Ontario. Department of Education and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada 1790 1830 written by Ontario. Department of Education and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
