Natural Heritage imprint: 143 books
by Royce MacGillivray
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1983
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1983
"Beneath the deadly dull history of Ontario lies a myriad of fascinating, but little-known stories. Did you know:
Sir John A. Macdonald was born in an Ontario town, not in Scotland?
Karl Marx was once a visitor to Toronto?
The famous poet W.B. Yeats graced the town of Captainstone, Ontario,...
End of the Line
The 1857 Train Wreck at the Desjardins Canal Bridge
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
In 1857, the Desjardins Canal bridge collapsed under a Toronto-to-Hamilton train, creating one of the worst railway wrecks in North American history. Sixty lives, including that of the main contractor, were lost. The story of how the Great Western Railway was conceived, where it was located, and how...
Opportunity Road
Yonge Street 1860-1939
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 1996
This important original work with stylish illustrations by the author/artist F.R. (Hamish) Berchem, promises to be a worthy sequel to his earlier book on Yonge Street, The Yonge Street Story 1793-1860 (now out of print).
The fascinating story of Yonge Street has involved an endless array of...
Call Me True
A Biography of True Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 1997
In this investigation of the life and varied careers of True Davidson, Eleanor Darke seeks to discover what can be "truly said about True" – a fascinating and contradictory woman who was always ahead of her time.
"There was no quitter in her make-up and she fought like a banshee...
by Jennifer Grainger
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2002
Once home to over 60 flourishing villages, Middlesex County, in the heart of southwestern Ontario, has a rich history just waiting to be discovered. Anthropologist and local history enthusiast Jennifer Grainger has, through extensive research and much personal exploration, produced a valuable document...
The Legacy of John Waldie and Sons
A History of the Victoria Harbour Lumber Company
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2007
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...
Worth Travelling Miles to See
Diary of a Survey Trip to Lake Temiskaming, 1886
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2004
In the 1880s the provincial government sent out teams of land surveyors to explore the northern Ontario hinterland. By rail, canoe and on foot they and their crews cut through the forests and across streams, establishing the boundaries for townships in preparation for settlement.
Alexander...
Breakfast at the Hoito
And Other Adventures in the Boreal Heartland
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2001
Breakfast at the Hoito brings together a collection of stories and essays on the dreamlike world of Lake Superior’s north shore … on wilds and wildlife, people and places.
Spend a day in the kitchen of the famed Hoito Restaurant in Thunder Bay. Discover the secret life of ravens; the passions...
The Canada Company and the Huron Tract, 1826-1853
Personalities, Profits and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2004
The Canada Company was responsible for the opening and settling of over two million acres of land in Upper Canada. Author Robert C. Lee focuses his attention on the extensive parcel of land on the shores of Lake Huron that became known as the Huron Tract. His comprehensive research explores the underlying...
The Silver Chief
Lord Selkirk and the Scottish Pioneers of Belfast, Baldoon and Red River
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2003
Belfast, Prince Edward Island, founded in August 1803, owes its existence to Lord Selkirk. Its bicentennial is a timely reminder of Selkirk's work in Canada, which extended beyond Belfast to Baldoon (later Wallaceburg) in Ontario, as well as to Red River, the precursor to Winnipeg. Aptly named "The...
Travels in the Shining Island
The Story of James Evans and the Invention of the Cree Syllabary Alphabet
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 1996
In 1842 at York Factory, the English-born missionary James Evans built a lightweight tin canoe that glittered and shone in the sunlight. Wherever he went, Native peoples called the canoe his "Shining Island" or "His Island of Light."
Travels in the Shining Island chronicles...
Les Écossais
The Pioneer Scots of Lower Canada, 1763-1855
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2006
This is the first fully documented account, produced in modern times, of the migration of Scots to Lower Canada. Scots were in the forefront of the early influx of British settlers, which began in the late eighteenth century. John Nairne and Malcolm Fraser were two of the first Highlanders to make...
Fast Sailing and Copper-Bottomed
Aberdeen Sailing Ships and the Emigrant Scots They Carried to Canada, 1774-1855
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2002
The days when Aberdeen’s "fast sailing and copper-bottomed" ships carried emigrant Scots to Canada are brought to life in this fascinating account of the northern Scotland exodus during the sailing ship era. Taking readers through new and little-used documentary sources, Lucille H. Campey...
With Axe and Bible
The Scottish Pioneers of New Brunswick, 1784-1874
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2007
New Brunswick’s enormous timber trade attracted the first wave of Scots in the late 18th century. As economic conditions in Scotland worsened, the flow of emigrants increased, creating distinctive Scottish communities along the province’s major timber bays and river frontages. While Scots relied...