Ontario History

Author : R. Louis Gentilcore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780802034151
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ontario's History in Maps written by R. Louis Gentilcore and published by . This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ontario has a rich, varied, and still expanding inheritance of maps. Many of these are attractive works of art, but they are also historical documents, records of the aspirations and achievements of the people of Ontario. Some are a representation of facts on the ground, others a setting down of future plans. They reflect the knowledge and the understanding, not always accurate, of each generation about the environment; they were and are often the basis for important decisions on matters of economic, military, and political policy. The techniques used to produce maps of Ontario in Europe or in the province and their general appearance and arrangement reflect the cultural values, the interests, and the technological skills of those who commissioned, conceived, and drew them. For this volume the authors have selected nearly three hundred maps, which, combined with an ample explanatory text and informative captions, present a unique graphic history of Ontario from its discovery by European explorers to the present. The text and maps trace the development of the province as recorded in the earliest European manuscript and printed maps of the area, through the fine watercolour maps of the Simcoe era, to nineteenth- and twentieth-century maps documenting the process of settlement and the search for and use of mineral and forest resources. Military road maps, maps of canals and railroads, highway maps, and maps illustrating the planning and development of urban areas show vividly how the people of Ontario have imposed intricate patterns of control and use on a vast land. Approximately half the maps are in full colour. The volume includes an extensive cartobibliographical essay by Joan Winearls for those who wish to learn more about our legacy in this area. Ontario's History in Maps is an outstanding example of contemporary methods of map reproduction, and a work which combines effectively the insights of historical geography and cartography.

Author : Edward S. Rogers
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 155002230X
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aboriginal Ontario written by Edward S. Rogers and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1994-09 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations contains seventeen essays on aspects of the history of the First Nations living within the present-day boundaries of Ontario. This volume reviews the experience of both the Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples in Southern Ontario, as well as the Algonquians in Northern Ontario. The first section describes the climate and landforms of Ontario thousands of years ago. It includes a comprehensive account of the archaeologists' contributions to our knowledge of the material culture of the First Nations before the arrival of the Europeans. The essays in the second and third sections look respectively at the Native peoples of Southern Ontario and Northern Ontario, from 1550 to 1945. The final section looks at more recent developments. The volume includes numerous illustrations and maps, as well as an extensive bibliography.

Author : Alexander Fraser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Ontario written by Alexander Fraser and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1, p. 497-678 and all of volume 2 contain biographies.

Author : Lewis Cass Aldrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Ontario County, New York written by Lewis Cass Aldrich and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kept in locked case.

Author : Roger Hall
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1554882648
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Patterns of the Past written by Roger Hall and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1996-07-25 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patterns of the Past has been published to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Ontario Historical Society. Organized on 4 Sept 1888 as the Pioneer Association of Ontario, the Society adopted its current name in 1898. Its objectives, for a century, have been to promote and develop the study of Ontario’s past. The purpose of this book is both to commemorate and to carry on that worthy tradition. Introduced by Ian Wilson, Archivist of Ontario, and edited by Roger Hall, William Westfall and Laurel Sefton MacDowell, this distinctive volume is a landmark not only in the Society’s history but in the prince’s historiography. Eighteen scholars have pooled their talents to fashion a volume of fresh interpretive essays that chronicle and analyze the whole scope of Ontario’s rich and varied past. New light is thrown on our understanding of early native peoples, rural life in Upper Canada, the opening of the North, the impact of railways, and the growth of businesses and institutions. And there is much social study here too, especially of the new roles for women in industrial society, of working class experience, of ethnic groups, and of children in our society’s past. As well, there are innovative treatments of the conservation movement, of science’s role in provincial society, and of the relationship between society and culture in small towns. Anyone with an interest in the history of Canada’s most populous province will find much in this comprehensive collection.

Author : Ontario Historical Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Papers and Records - Ontario Historical Society written by Ontario Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Connon
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 0889208573
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Early History of Elora, Ontario and Vicinity written by John Connon and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elora: The Early History of Elora and Vicinity provides little-known details about the settlement and development of the Elora area in southern Ontario from the earliest settler in 1817. Then, as now, people were drawn to the Elora Gorge and the rocky banks of the Grand River. The book is a compilation of material that appeared weekly in The Elora Express between 1906 and 1909 with some additional material from the 1920s. Connon traces the settlers as they arrive and reports on the development of the town as they acquired a grist mill, a store, a bridge, and inevitably a railway. Rich with genealogical information, this is an important historical document. Introduction by Gerald Noonan.

Author : Dennis Rizzo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162584557X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Orillia: Ontario's Sunshine City written by Dennis Rizzo and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local author Dennis Rizzo tells the fascinating and diverse history of Orillia, Ontario. First populated by the Huron, Iroquois and Chippewa Nations, Orillia is now a well-loved, year-round recreation destination. Its history is deeply tied to its water. Situated in the narrows where Lake Simcoe flows into Lake Couchiching, Orillia was a gathering place for centuries before Europeans used it to bring furs to market. Sir John Simcoe, first governor of Upper Canada, fostered permanent settlement of the area. A gateway to the Muskoka region, it has been home to lumber, manufacturing, and artistic endeavours. Today, summer cottagers and winter athletes alike enjoy the Sunshine City and its more than twenty annual festivals. Local author Dennis Rizzo tells the fascinating and diverse history of Orillia, Ontario.

Author : Marian Press
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459705076
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education and Ontario Family History written by Marian Press and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines the resources available for education from about 1785 to the early 20th century. Many historical resources are currently being digitized, and Ontario and education are no exception. These electronic repositories are examined here, along with traditional paper and archival sources.

Author : Donald Harman Akenson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 077356098X
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish in Ontario, 1st Edition written by Donald Harman Akenson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1984-08-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as one of the most important books on social sciences of the last fifty years by the Social Sciences Federation of Canada. Akenson argues that, despite the popular conception of the Irish as a city people, those who settled in Ontario were primarily rural and small-town dwellers. Though it is often claimed that the experience of the Irish in their homeland precluded their successful settlement on the frontier in North America, Akenson's research proves that the Irish migrants to Ontario not only chose to live chiefly in the hinterlands, but that they did so with marked success. Akenson also suggests that by using Ontario as an "historical laboratory" it is possible to make valid assessments of the real differences between Irish Protestants and Irish Catholics, characteristics which he contends are much more precisely measurable in the neutral environment of central Canada than in the turbulent Irish homeland. While Akenson is careful not to over-generalize his findings, he contends that the case of Ontario seriously calls into question conventional beliefs about the cultural limitations of the Irish Catholics not only in Canada but throughout North America.