Industry in the Wilderness

The People, the Buildings, the Machines — Heritage in Northwestern Ontario

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Canada, Western Europe
Cover of the book Industry in the Wilderness by Joan Magee, Dundurn
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Author: Joan Magee ISBN: 9781459713925
Publisher: Dundurn Publication: January 1, 1983
Imprint: Dundurn Language: English
Author: Joan Magee
ISBN: 9781459713925
Publisher: Dundurn
Publication: January 1, 1983
Imprint: Dundurn
Language: English

Filled with photographs, both historic and contemporary, this engaging book looks at the industrial pioneers of northwestern Ontario, and the activities which brought them to the wilderness: surveying, railroading, lumber, gold, bush piloting, transportation, and hydro power. Rasky lets the pioneers tell their own story, through their own reminiscences, and by the monuments they have left behind. Published with the assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, and the Ontario Ministry of Northern Affairs.

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Filled with photographs, both historic and contemporary, this engaging book looks at the industrial pioneers of northwestern Ontario, and the activities which brought them to the wilderness: surveying, railroading, lumber, gold, bush piloting, transportation, and hydro power. Rasky lets the pioneers tell their own story, through their own reminiscences, and by the monuments they have left behind. Published with the assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, and the Ontario Ministry of Northern Affairs.

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