Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
The Colonial Courier
Author: National Courier
Author: The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860
Author: F.R. (Hamish) BerchemPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1554883601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
This is the remarkable story of the trail that became the longest street in the world, as officially recognized by The Guinness Book of Records. Begun in 1794, Yonge Street was planned by the ambitious Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe as a military route between Lake Ontario and Lake Huron. Anxious to bolster Upper Canada's defences against the new republic to the south, which he heartily loathed, Simcoe had his Queen's Rangers survey and develop the route from Toronto to present-day Holland Landing, and laid out lots for settlement. Even the trusty Rangers, as one surveyor complained in 1799, needed little excuse to lay down tools and vanish "to carouse upon St. George's day." Handsomely illustrated with the author's drawings, and painstakingly researched, this book captures the not-so-distant days when muddy Yonge Street was the backbone of pioneer Ontario.
The Colonial Magazine and Commercial-maritime Journal
Author: The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860
Author: F. R. BerchemPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1896219136
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
This is the remarkable story of the trail that became the longest street in the world, as officially recognized by The Guinness Book of Records. Begun in 1794, Yonge Street was planned by the ambitious Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe as a military route between Lake Ontario and Lake Huron. Anxious to bolster Upper Canada's defences against the new republic to the south, which he heartily loathed, Simcoe had his Queen's Rangers survey and develop the route from Toronto to present-day Holland Landing, and laid out lots for settlement. Even the trusty Rangers, as one surveyor complained in 1799, needed little excuse to lay down tools and vanish "to carouse upon St. George's day." Handsomely illustrated with the author's drawings, and painstakingly researched, this book captures the not-so-distant days when muddy Yonge Street was the backbone of pioneer Ontario.
On His Majesty's Service
Author: Jacqueline D'ArcyPublisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1838599304
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
George Augustus Robinson's voice, both in the past and in the contemporary world, is an important one. He has been used and sometimes abused by historians and others in debates about colonisation and Aboriginality.
Yearbook
Author: Daughters of the American ColonistsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Author: Colonial Society of MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Primarily consists of: Transactions, v. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, 32, 34-35, 38, 42-43; and: Collections, v. 2, 4, 9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-31, 33, 36-37, 39-41; also includes lists of members.
Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire ...
Author: Robert Montgomery MartinPublisher: London : W. Allen
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
Between Damnation and Starvation
Author: John P. GreenePublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773567968
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
While some scholars have focused on various aspects of the denominational origins of the education system, and others have revealed the influence of religion on the electoral results of the pre-1864 period, the complete story has never been told. In Between Damnation and Starvation John Greene presents a first time, far-reaching analysis of the origins and evolution of developments in both religion and politics in Newfoundland. He reveals the full details of political struggles, presenting them against the background of the historical evolution of churches in the century prior to the granting of representative institutions. Between Damnation and Starvation provides a comprehensive treatment of a complex subject, taking into account the social, economic, and political developments of the entire period.