The Valley of the Trent / Edwin Guillet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guillet, Edwin, editor.

Series:

Publications of the Champlain Society. Ontario series ; 1.

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trent River Valley (Ont.).

Ontario--History--Sources.

Ontario.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (564 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Trent system of lakes, rivers, and canals occupies a considerable part of the counties of Hastings, Durham, Northumberland, Peterborough, Haliburton, and Victoria, in the province of Ontario. This volume of documents, records, and early writings covers the discovery and settlement of the valley, development and decline of the lumber trade, the Trent Canal and community life, and is abundantly illustrated in gravure and line from source materials. The Times Literary Supplement says of this first volume that is "raised high hopes of an important contribution to Canadian social and economic history." British Book News says that the "excerpts from manuscripts, newspapers, old and rare books and pamphlets, with the excellent contemporary illustrations, give a vivid and valuable account of early life in this interesting area."

Contents:

Frontmatter

FOREWORD / Frost, Leslie M.

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

I. DISCOVERY OF THE TRENT VALLEY, AND ITS NATIVE INHABITANTS

II. PREPARATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT

III. SETTLEMENT AND PIONEER LIFE

IV. SETTLEMENT: THE PETER ROBINSON EMIGRATION, 1825

V. TRANSPORTATION: THE TRENT CANAL

VI. GENERAL TRANSPORTATION

VII. INDUSTRY: LUMBERING

VIII. COMMUNITY LIFE: LAND BOARDS, QUARTER SESSIONS, POLITICAL LIFE

IX. COMMUNITY LIFE: RELIGION

X. COMMUNITY LIFE: EDUCATION

XI. SELECTIONS FROM WRITINGS DESCRIPTIVE OF THE REGION

XII. POETICAL PRODUCTIONS OF THE INHABITANTS

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9781487598068

1487598068

9781487596347

1487596340

OCLC:

1091682777