The Orillia Spirit

Author : Randy Richmond
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459739620
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Orillia Spirit written by Randy Richmond and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-07-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 Orillia Museum of Art & History Award, Historical Publications and/or Research — Winner The history of Orillia, told through the stories of its people, bringing to life the community’s heritage and significance. The Orillia Spirit: Muddling through Canada’s first, and hilarious, experiment with daylight savings time, Mayor “Daylight Bill” Frost had it. Creating his own money and dreaming a drainage ditch would become a tourist attraction, Mayor Ben Johnson had it. Taking his town’s electric company by force, Mayor J.B. Tudhope had it. Inventing early forms of medicare and the first RVs, dreaming of universities and folk festivals, battling for decades over liquor and rinks, ordinary people had it. Something about the place immortalized in Stephen Leacock’s classic Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town has always inspired its people to reach for their dreams. Turn-of-the-twentieth-century leaders coined the phrase “the Orillia Spirit” to describe their drive to make the town a social, moral, and economic leader of Canada. The results have been comic, tragic, and heroic, as shown in this colourful history of Orillia.

Author : Randy Richmond
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459739612
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Orillia Spirit written by Randy Richmond and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-07-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something about Orillia, immortalized in Stephen Leacock’s classic Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, has always inspired its people to reach for their dreams. The results have been comic, tragic, and heroic, as shown in this colourful history of Orillia.

Author : Terry Boyle
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 145971766X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Ontario 3 written by Terry Boyle and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shiver as you read a selection of authentic ghost stories brought to life by author Terry Boyle in this third volume of the Haunted Ontario series.

Author : Terry Boyle
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 145973243X
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Ontario 3-Book Bundle written by Terry Boyle and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2015-07-25 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost hunter Terry Boyle brings you this three-ebook bundle of the bestselling Haunted Ontario books, conjuring up an eerie treasury of paranormal locales. Join Terry as he investigates apparitions at the former Swastika Hotel in Muskoka, poltergeists in Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum, and a whole village of spooks roaming the buildings of Black Creek Pioneer Village. With a list of addresses, phone numbers, and websites for each location, Terry Boyle invites all ghost enthusiasts along for the adventure. Feeling brave? You might just want to stop and visit some ghosts on your next trip. Includes: Haunted Ontario 4 Haunted Ontario 3 Haunted Ontario

Author : Stephen Leacock
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1551111780
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town written by Stephen Leacock and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2002-08-12 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the fictional landscape of Mariposa on the shores of Lake Wissanotti in Missinaba County, Leacock’s Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is an affectionate satire of small town life. This series of humourous connected sketches about graft, high finance, religion, love and romance is, on one level, an intimate, comic portrait of town life and local politics. On another level, the narrative is a powerful commentary on the workings of community values and on Canada’s place within the British Empire. The Broadview edition includes a critical introduction, thorough annotation, a list of textual variants, and a range of contextual materials, including Leacock’s stage adaptation of Sunshine Sketches.

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 : Terry Boyle
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 145973632X
Total Pages : 1040 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terry Boyle's Discover Ontario 5-Book Bundle written by Terry Boyle and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terry Boyle is an incomparable observer of Ontario’s charming side, and its ghostly shadows. Presented here are five of his must-read guides for Ontarians everywhere interested in getting off the beaten track. Includes: Discover Ontario Hidden Ontario Haunted Ontario Haunted Ontario 3 Haunted Ontario 4

Author : Ontario Hydro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bulletin written by Ontario Hydro and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Hill
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459737741
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mariposa Folk Festival written by Michael Hill and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-05-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at folk music’s legendary home ground. From Pete Seeger to Serena Ryder, the musicians who have graced the stages at Mariposa have carried on a living tradition of folk music connecting the sixties to the present day and tomorrow. Featuring interviews with the people behind the scenes and artists like Gordon Lightfoot and Ken Whitely.

Author : Terry Boyle
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459731204
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Ontario 4 written by Terry Boyle and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2015-07-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the world of the unknown in these in-depth accounts of actual, unexplained paranormal experiences. Terry travels to each location to interview the people involved and get a first-hand understanding of supernatural activity. Learn the historical significance of the spirit activity and join Terry for some hair-raising speculation.