The Legacy Of John Waldie And Sons

Author : Kenneth A. Armson
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550027581
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legacy of John Waldie and Sons written by Kenneth A. Armson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2007-09-30 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of John Waldie, "the second largest lumber operator in Canada," provides insights into the world of the lumber barons and the impact of the industry on Ontario forests.

Author : Kenneth A. Armson
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1554883334
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legacy of John Waldie and Sons written by Kenneth A. Armson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2007-09-30 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the time of his death in 1907, John Waldie, founder of the Victoria Harbour Lumber Company, was identified as "the second largest lumber operator in Canada." A young Scottish immigrant who came to Wellington Square (now Burlington, Ontario) in 1842, he rose to prominence as a wealthy merchant and ship owner. In 1885 he entered the lumber business. Active in local and federal politics, and a friend of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, he invested capital in mills, people and forests. Local history and genealogical connections are part of the Waldie story, headquartered at Victoria Harbour in Simcoe County. Documentation of the forest that the company logged, their nature, amount and sizes of logs harvested with the descriptions of the forests as they are now, throws new light and shatters some of the current myths. This little-known story provides insights into days of rampant entrepreneurialism, the world of the lumber barons and the overall impact on our Ontario forests.

Author : John Bacher
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459701135
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Billion Trees and Counting written by John Bacher and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short-listed for the 2012 Speaker’s Book Award Edmund Zavitz (1875–1968) rescued Ontario from the ravages of increasingly more powerful floods, erosion, and deadly fires. Wastelands were talking over many hectares of once-flourishing farmlands and towns. Sites like the Oak Ridges Moraine were well on their way to becoming a dust bowl and all because of extensive deforestation. Zavitz held the positions of chief forester of Ontario, deputy minister of forests, and director of reforestation. His first pilot reforestation project was in 1905, and since then Zavitz has educated the public and politicians about the need to protect Ontario forests. By the mid-1940s, conservation authorities, provincial nurseries, forestry stations, and bylaws protecting trees were in place. Land was being restored. Just a month before his death, the one billionth tree was planted by Premier John Robarts. Some two billion more would follow. As a result of Zavitz’s work, the Niagara Escarpment, once a wasteland, is now a UNESCO World Biosphere. Recognition of the ongoing need to plant trees to protect our future continues as the legacy of Edmund Zavitz.

Author : Astrid Taim
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459737008
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Astrid Taim's Almaguin Chronicles 2-Book Bundle written by Astrid Taim and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Almaguin Highlands, an extensive territory covering a 90 kilometre 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 site for a First Nations Reserve in the early 1800s, Almaguin became a centre for lumbering and ultimately a year-round mecca for outdoor enthusiasts. This 2-book bundle is Astrid Taim's definitive guide to the region and its heritage. 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. Almaguin Chronicles explores the relationship between lumbering and settlement throughout the Parry Sound District — the last frontier of this part of Ontario. Throughout, rare archival photographs and excerpts from unpublished memoirs augment the text.

Author : Astrid Taim
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1770702938
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Almaguin Chronicles written by Astrid Taim and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2007-01-31 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Almaguin Highlands is a region that was once coveted for its game, silver birch and majestic white pine. For centuries this area stretched up to the shores of Lake Nipissing and embraced an unbroken forest that remained largely intact save where lakes, streams and beaver meadows punctuated the forest floor. In 1900, the northernmost areas of the District of Parry Sound were still not accessible by even a conventional roadway. Homesteaders, their claims precariously strung along the Pickerel River, relied on the waterway as their transportation route. What must it have been like at the outset for the lumbermen who cut down the white pine? And how did the settlers-those intrepid folk who trekked across the district with only the lumberjack’s blazed trails for a guide-cope in the wilderness? Almaguin Chronicles explores the relationship between lumbering and settlement throughout the Parry Sound District-the last frontier of this part of Ontario. Throughout, rare archival photographs and excerpts from unpublished memoirs augment the text.

Author : Harry Barrett
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1770705759
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alligators of the North written by Harry Barrett and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alligator was an amphibious machine designed and patented in Canada in the late 1880s. This warping tug was capable of towing al og boomk across a lake and then portaging itself to the next body of water. Steam-powered and rugged, it was one of the pioneers in the mechanization of the forest industry and for more than thirty years was ubiquitous in northern Ontario until eclipsed by its worthy successor the Russel tug. "This long-overdue book on the Alligator Warping Tug, designed and built by West & Peachey of Simcoe, Ontario, is a welcome addition to the libraries of those intrigued by Canada's story and particularly lumbering history." -- R. John Corby, curator emeritus, Canada Science and Technology Museum By enabling access to the upper reaches of the Ottawa River and its many tributaries, the Alligator tug extended the social and economic stability provided by the timber industry and supported the populating of this vast region. Alligators of the North is a wonderful touchstone for all who share this heritage." — Mary Campbell, mayor of McNab-Braeside Township, Renfrew County

Author : C. Latremouille
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.3I/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecology and Management of Eastern White Pine in the Lake Abitibi (3E) and Lake Temagami (4E) Ecoregions of Ontario written by C. Latremouille and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
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Download or read book Quill & Quire written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1476 pages
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Author : Eric John Abrahamson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520953428
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building Home written by Eric John Abrahamson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building Home is an innovative biography that weaves together three engrossing stories. It is one part corporate and industrial history, using the evolution of mortgage finance as a way to understand larger dynamics in the nation‘s political economy. It is another part urban history, since the extraordinary success of the savings and loan business in Los Angeles reflects much of the cultural and economic history of Southern California. Finally, it is a personal story, a biography of one of the nation‘s most successful entrepreneurs of the managed economy —Howard Fieldstad Ahmanson. Eric John Abrahamson deftly connects these three strands as he chronicles Ahmanson’s rise against the background of the postwar housing boom and the growth of L.A. during the same period. As a sun-tanned yachtsman and a cigar-smoking financier, the Omaha-born Ahmanson was both unique and representative of many of the business leaders of his era. He did not control a vast infrastructure like a railroad or an electrical utility. Nor did he build his wealth by pulling the financial levers that made possible these great corporate endeavors. Instead, he made a fortune by enabling the middle-class American dream. With his great wealth, he contributed substantially to the expansion of the cultural institutions in L.A. As we struggle to understand the current mortgage-led financial crisis, Ahmanson’s life offers powerful insights into an era when the widespread hope of homeownership was just beginning to take shape.