Along the east shore of Ontario’s Georgian Bay lie the Thirty Thousand Islands, a granite archipelago scarred by glaciers, where the white pines cling to the ancient rock, twisted and bent by the west
Since the election of Mayor David Miller in November 2003, Toronto has experienced a wave of civic pride and enthusiasm not felt in decades. At long last, Torontonians see their city as a place of pos
Documenting how the political, economic, and social policy changes of the last decade of the 20th century have both helped and harmed different segments of Canadian society, these narratives represent
"This A to Z children's pictorial covers Ontario's famous people, history, geography, and provincial symbols. Topics include Alexander Graham Bell, Eastern White Pine, Group of Seven, James Bay, and N
A concise history of Ontario from the beginnings to the present day. The text will be a revised and expanded version of Ontario: Image, Identity, and Power--part of the Illustrated History of Canada
Discusses the traditional lifestyles of Native nations who lived in the eastern Great Lakes region, as well as the impact of colonization on Native peoples.
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 sho
The Black pioneers (1839-1865) who cleared the land and established the Queen's Bush settlement in that section of unsurveyed land where present-day Waterloo and Wellington counties meet, near Hawkesv
Through the story of his Uncle David and grandmother Rosa, native writer and storyteller Basil Johnston offers an unforgettable portrait of reservation life and pays loving tribute to his family, comm
Lavishly illustrated with over 100 full-color photographs, Beautiful Ontario Towns captures the unique heritage preserved in southwestern Ontario's small towns and villages. Author Fred Dahms has sele
Named for the Great Spirit of native belief, Manitoulin is the world's largest island in a freshwater lake - large enough to contain more than eighty lakes of its own. Manitoulin's scenic natural deli
Ontario Since Confederation contains some of the most recent scholarship in the field of post-Confederation Ontario history. This comprehensive collection, the first of its kind to be published in al
In early 1812, as the British and the Americans were on the brink of war in North America, Fort St. Joseph was not thought to be of much importance to the British cause. It was disregarded as a useles
When Oscar Wilde visited Niagara Falls in 1882, he declared that the Falls must be the “earliest if not the keenest disappointment in American married life.”? Wilde was neither the first nor the last
In an unusual blend of fiction and nonfiction, A Pioneer Sampler chronicles one year in the lives of the Robinson family. Illustrated historical notes enlarge on the social history and describe activ
