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The Orillia spirit : an illustrated history of Orillia / Randy Richmond.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richmond, R. Randolph, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orillia (Ont.)--History.
- Orillia (Ont.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (145 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario ; Oxford : Dundurn Press Limited, [1996]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Orillia Spirit tells the history of the city through the stories of its people.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; A Grand Vision; A Forgotten Village; What's in a Name? In Orillia, Confusion; An Inevitable Clash; From Hotel to Asylum; A Country with Nothing but Trees; The Lumber Boom; The Couchiching Hotel; The Dry Days Begin; Canada's First Medical Plan; Steaming into Legend; Orillia Churches; The Orillia Spirit; Hale and Hearty; A Motoring Adventure; A Fairy-Tale Ending; King Ben; ""All Mussed Up""; Ice Industry; The Finest Position in the Dominion; Chasing after Rum-Runners and Nazis; Anything Was Possible; Like Wheat before the Scythe; A Leacockian Tale
- The Centre a Community BuiltSome Dreams Just Won't Die; The Long Wait for a Drink; Fishing for a Country Mythology; Big City Dreams, Small Town Reality; A Smaller Dream; The House that Love Built; The Opera House Scandal; The End of Expansion; The Spirit Returns; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611962432
- 9786612809019
- 9781281962430
- 1281962430
- 9781554883431
- 1554883431
- 9781282809017
- 1282809016
- 9781770700772
- 1770700773
- OCLC:
- 288137504
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