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Author: Richard A. Preston Publisher: Champlain Society for the Government of Ontario; University of Toronto Press ISBN: Category : Frontier and pioneer life Languages : en Pages : 570
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"Kingston, at the turn of the nineteenth century, was the leading centre of what is now the Province of Ontario -- in fact, if not in name," wrote editor Richard Preston in his introduction. Documents relating to the French period are contained in a separate Champlain Society volume in its Ontario Series, Royal Fort Frontenac. This volume addresses the English settlement period, beginning with Carleton Island during the American Revolution and continuing through the Loyalist arrival, the development of Kingston and environs, and the naval base and garrison town, until the outbreak of the War of 1812
Author: Richard A. Preston Publisher: Champlain Society for the Government of Ontario; University of Toronto Press ISBN: Category : Frontier and pioneer life Languages : en Pages : 570
Book Description
"Kingston, at the turn of the nineteenth century, was the leading centre of what is now the Province of Ontario -- in fact, if not in name," wrote editor Richard Preston in his introduction. Documents relating to the French period are contained in a separate Champlain Society volume in its Ontario Series, Royal Fort Frontenac. This volume addresses the English settlement period, beginning with Carleton Island during the American Revolution and continuing through the Loyalist arrival, the development of Kingston and environs, and the naval base and garrison town, until the outbreak of the War of 1812
Author: G. Tulchinsky Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 0773585125 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 421
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This book is a collection of essays on Kingston during the nineteenth century, following the end of the War of 1812. It seeks to explain and illustrate some of the most significant aspects of life in the city during the years when Kingston's special character was formed and became deeply imprinted on the structure and fabric of the community.
Author: Curtis Fahey Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 0773573631 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 371
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This first scholarly account of the Church of England in Upper Canada makes a substantial contribution to an understanding of the religious, political and intellectual development of British North America. The author examines the church's role as the colony's officially "established" church, the Anglican clergy's response to political reverses, and the eventual theological divisions among the clergy.
Author: Don Bamford Publisher: Dundurn ISBN: 1459712714 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 329
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Freshwater Heritage: A History of Sail on the Great Lakes, 1670-1918 represents the culmination of a lifelong passion for sailing and for the history of sail as it applies to Canada. Author/sailor/boat builder Don Bamford takes us deep into the psyche of sailing as it applies to historical events on the Great Lakes and to stories of the people and places there at the time. His extensive historical research takes us back to the time of European contact, through the fate of the luckless Griffon and the achievements of the French in the era of sail. From the 1760s through to 1815, Bamford chronicles the glory years of the brigs, the schooners, the snows and the warships that dominated the lakes during the war years, with a particular emphasis on the War of 1812 and the race for naval domination of the Great Lakes. Much deserving attention is given to the shipbuilders and to the challenges of constructing these vessels in the wilderness of the colonies, all supported by carefully researched detail. Bamford also documents the critical role played by sailing vessels in the settlement process as newly arrived immigrants struggled to establish a home in a new land. The commercial role of sail on the Great Lakes is captured through the refinements to the schooners, the place of ships in the fur trade, the early days of fishing the lakes as an industry, the role of the timber droghers, the stone hookers and the first ore carriers of the first part of the 20th century. Never before has the place of sailing vessels in the early history of Canada’s Great Lakes been so inclusive, and made so accessible to the general reader. Richly illustrated with archival visuals and photographs of significant works of art, and supported by a full index and extensive end matter, Freshwater Heritage is a must for both the armchair historian and those who love to sail.
Author: Elizabeth Jane Errington Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 9780773512047 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 292
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It has generally been assumed that the political and social ideas of early Upper Canadians rested firmly on veneration of eighteenth-century British conservative values and unequivocal rejection of all things American. Jane Errington's examination of the attitudes and beliefs of the Upper Canadian elite between 1784 and 1828, as seen through their private papers, public records, and the newspapers of the time, suggests that this view is far too simplistic.
Author: Alan Taylor Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 1400077079 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 562
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of William Cooper's Town comes a dramatic and illuminating portrait of white and Native American relations in the aftermath of the American Revolution. The Divided Ground tells the story of two friends, a Mohawk Indian and the son of a colonial clergyman, whose relationship helped redefine North America. As one served American expansion by promoting Indian dispossession and religious conversion, and the other struggled to defend and strengthen Indian territories, the two friends became bitter enemies. Their battle over control of the Indian borderland, that divided ground between the British Empire and the nascent United States, would come to define nationhood in North America. Taylor tells a fascinating story of the far-reaching effects of the American Revolution and the struggle of American Indians to preserve a land of their own.
Author: Peggy Dymond Leavey Publisher: Dundurn ISBN: 1459732421 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 487
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Presenting four titles in the Quest Biography series profiling prominent figures in Canada’s history. In these four books, we explore the cultural heritage at the roots of Canada’s present-day multicultural society. In the lives of abolitionist Underground Railway hero Harriet Tubman, Metis revolutionary Louis Riel, frontiersman Simon Girty, and aboriginal elder stateswoman Molly Brant, we discover that the struggle for inclusion and human rights has existed since the dawn of Canada’s modern history. Includes: Harriet Tubman Louis Riel Simon Girty Molly Brant
Author: Richard A. Preston
Author: Richard A. Preston
Author: Richard A. Preston
Author: G. Tulchinsky
Author: Curtis Fahey
Author: Don Bamford
Author: James Keith Johnson
Author: Elizabeth Jane Errington
Author: Elizabeth Jane Errington
Author: Alan Taylor
Author: Peggy Dymond Leavey