Pioneer Settlements in Upper Canada

by Edwin C. Guillet

The settlement of Upper Canada began in the Detroit river district where there were several hundred people living before the close of the French r gime. Between 1785 and 1800 colonization continued with the arrival of Loyalists and other settlers, including a contingent of German mercenaries who fought for George III during the American Revolution. Pioneers continued to come in large numbers to the unsettled areas of the province for the next 75...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802061109
• ISBN13: 9780802061102
• Release Date: December 1969
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Pioneer Settlements of Upper Canada

Originally part of Early Life in Upper Canada, which was published in 1933, this book consists of six chapters, each dealing with the early history of a settlement in province of Ontario, Canada; they are: 1) The Glengarry Highlanders; 2) Carleton County and Bytown; 3) Peterborough County; 4) Rouille-Toronto-York; 5) Colonel Talbot and his Settlement; 6) On the Shores of the Detroit. The author draws on a number of contemporary works as well as local histories to fashion interesting and highly readable accounts of the individual settlements. This book is only 118 pages, and contains only a few illustrations.