Pioneer Settlements in Upper Canada

By Edwin C. Guillet

Book Overview

Informative, accurate and delightfully readable, this volume brings to life the pioneers of Ontario and vividly recreates their experiences.

• 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"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

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.