Exploring Manitoulin

Exploring Manitoulin
Author: Shelley J. Pearen
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780802084613

Completely updated to include two new provincial parks created on the island in the last decade, new hiking trails, museums, and attractions, and a number of unique activities and events often missed by visitors.

An Accidental History of Canada

An Accidental History of Canada
Author: Megan J. Davies
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2024-07-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0228023475

Although Canadian history has no shortage of stories about disasters and accidents, the phenomena of risk, upset, and misfortune have been largely overlooked by historians. Disasters get their due, but not so the smaller-scale accident where fate is more intimate. Yet such events often have a vivid afterlife in the communities where they happen, and the way in which they are explained and remembered has significant social, cultural, and political meaning. An Accidental History of Canada brings together original studies of an intriguing range of accidents stretching from the 1630s to the 1970s. These include workplace, domestic, childhood, and leisure accidents in colonial, Indigenous, rural, and urban settings. Whether arising from colonial power relations, urban dangers, perils in resource extraction, or hazardous recreations, most accidents occur within circumstances of vulnerability, and reveal precarity and inequities not otherwise apparent. Contributors to this volume are alert to the intersections of the settler agenda and the elevation of risk that it brings. Indigenous and settler ways of understanding accidents are juxtaposed, with chapters exploring the links between accidents and the rise of the modern state. An Accidental History of Canada makes plain that whether they are interpreted as an intervention by providence, a miscalculation, an inevitability, or the result of observable risk, accidents – and our responses to them – reveal shared values.

From Lochnaw to Manitoulin

From Lochnaw to Manitoulin
Author: Andrew Agnew
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2000-01-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 189621956X

A Highland soldier journeys by land and canoe in the 1830s to attend the ""gift-giving"" ceremony on Manitoulin Island.

Great Lakes Island Escapes

Great Lakes Island Escapes
Author: Maureen Dunphy
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2016-05-16
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0814340415

A comprehensive travelogue and guidebook exploring island adventures on many of the 135 islands accessible by ferry or bridge in the Great Lakes Basin. The Great Lakes Basin is the largest surface freshwater system on Earth. The more than 30,000 islands dotted throughout the basin provide some of the best ways to enjoy the Great Lakes. While the vast majority of these islands can only be reached by private boat or plane, a surprising number of islands—each with its own character and often harboring more than a bit of intrigue in its history—can be reached by merely taking a ferry ride, or crossing a bridge, offering everyone the chance to experience a variety of island adventures. Great Lakes Island Escapes: Ferries and Bridges to Adventure explores in depth over 30 of the Great Lakes Basin islands accessible by bridge or ferry and introduces more than 50 additional islands. Thirty-eight chapters include helpful information about getting to each featured island, what to expect when you get there, the island's history, and what natural and historical sites and cultural attractions are available to visitors. Each chapter lists special island events, where to get more island information, and how readers can help support the island. Author Maureen Dunphy made numerous trips to a total of 135 islands that are accessible by ferry or bridge in the Great Lakes Basin. On each trip, Dunphy was accompanied by a different friend or relative who provided her another adventurer's perspective through which to view the island experience. Great Lakes Island Escapes covers islands on both sides of the international border between the United States and Canada and features islands in both the lakes and the waterways that connect them. Anyone interested in island travel or learning more about the Great Lakes will delight in this comprehensive collection.

Moon Ontario

Moon Ontario
Author: Carolyn B. Heller
Publisher: Moon Travel
Total Pages: 824
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1631210424

Professional travel writer Carolyn B. Heller shares the best ways to experience all that Ontario has to offer, from scuba diving shipwrecks in the Great Lakes to dining on contemporary fare at Toronto's hottest restaurants. Heller leads readers to the highlights of this fascinating region with trip ideas such as Food and Wine Touring, Active Adventures, and History and Culture—providing different approaches for different kinds of travelers. Complete with tips on enjoying more than just the falls on the Niagara peninsula, hopping a ferry to Pelee Island for wine-tasting and relaxation, and ice skating on the world's longest skating rink in Ottawa, Moon Ontario gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

Manitoulin Adventures

Manitoulin Adventures
Author: Bonnie Kogos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2001
Genre: Manitoulin Island (Ont.)
ISBN: 9780968901106

"A light-hearted and loving journey of discovery on the Island of Manitoulin, this book is for anyone who thinks there are no treasures left to unearth in Canada. It's the story of a New York City woman who comes of age on this Island, growing and sharing in a warm and witty way the insights, changes, and impacts that this adventure has had on her. If you live on Manitoulin, have visited it, or even if you have never even heard of the largest freshwater island in the world, you'll love these assorted quirky adventures seen from the discerning eye of a New Yorker who stumbles across one of the finest jewels in the Great Lakes. You'll learn delightful secrets and smile warmly over Bonnie’s observations. Imagine being mistaken for a rich, red, ripe tomato! Bonnie Kogos has a passion for Manitoulin Island. As the author of The Sudbury Star's "Window Seat" columns for the past ten years, she presents some of her favourite stories here, for you. If you’ve never been to Manitoulin, this will make you want to go-- or perhaps even stay!"--www.manitoulin-link.com/tomato/

Huron

Huron
Author: Napier Shelton
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1999-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0814336485

Huron is pleasurable reading for any student of natural history or the Great Lakes region, or for anyone who has ever spent time at a summer cottage or wished to do so. Napier Shelton takes us on a journey as he spends a year at his family's cottage on the lake. Having visited Lake Huron for over thirty years, Shelton weaves family memories into his evocative and informed account of the seasons on this great lake. In 1995, Shelton spent a year at the cottage more fully exploring Lake Huron and its varied shores. He writes about Native American fishing rights, small towns, the fearsome ice, and the migration of birds. He follows the seasonal changes of life in the water. We accompany him on commercial fishing boats, a research vessel studying lake trout, and a Coast Guard icebreaker. We experience the travels and tragedies of venturers on Lake Huron over the past four centuries. Huron is pleasurable reading for any student of natural history or the Great Lakes region, or for anyone who has ever spent time at a summer cottage or wished to do so.

William Wye Smith

William Wye Smith
Author: Scott A. McLean
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2008-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1459720903

Many writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries emphasized the virtues of early rural pioneers and life on the land as a general criticism of what they perceived to be the negative, alienating influence of Ontario's rapid urban and industrial expansion. Such work often highlighted the difficulties the recent emigrant faced: the clearing of forest and the breaking of new ground, the isolation and long Canadian winters; however they in turn celebrated the progress demonstrated in the pioneer's domination over nature, the establishment of thriving communities and the extension of transportation networks. William Wye Smith, a popular nineteenth century Upper Canadian poet, was no exception. Smith prepared his Canadian Reminiscences, a hand-written compilation of anecdotes collected during his lifetime that relate to his experience as journalist, clergyman and son of Scottish settlers, to provide his own unique perspective of pioneer life. This fully annotated version of Smith's unpublished manuscript highlights Smith's unwitting testimony to the social life of the province, his relationship to the construction and maintenance of Scottish and Canadian identity, as well as his position in literary history.

Moon Toronto & Ontario

Moon Toronto & Ontario
Author: Carolyn B. Heller
Publisher: Moon Travel
Total Pages: 888
Release: 2019-01-15
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1640492372

Experience the creative pulse of the city or catch a thrill in the great outdoors: it's all possible with Moon Toronto & Ontario. Inside you'll find: Flexible, strategic itineraries including three days in Toronto, a Georgian Bay coastal road trip, and a week covering the whole region The top sights and unique experiences: Take in dramatic views of Niagara Falls on a helicopter flightseeing tour, watch the Changing of the Guard at Ottawa's Parliament Building, or tread the thrilling Edgewalk 116 stories above Toronto. Dine at farm-to-table restaurants or sip your way through wine country. Gallery-hop through Toronto's world-class art scene or learn about indigenous culture at the Curve Lake First Nations Reserve. Outdoor recreation: Hike a section of the Bruce Trail (Canada's longest hiking route!), pedal along Lake Erie, or canoe through the lakes of Algonquin Provincial Park Scuba dive to deep shipwrecks in Lake Superior, relax on the world's longest freshwater beach, or go skiing, snowboarding, or dog-sledding through powdery snow Honest advice from Carolyn B. Heller, who has spent over a decade living and traveling throughout Canada, on when to go, where to eat, and where to stay Full-color photos and detailed maps throughout Handy tips for international visitors, seniors, travelers with disabilities, and more Background information on the landscape, wildlife, history, and culture Full coverage of Toronto, Niagara Falls, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Lake Superior, Georgian Bay, Cottage Country, Algonquin, and the Northeast With Moon Toronto & Ontario's expert insight and practical tips, you can plan your trip your way. For more Canadian adventures, check out Moon Montréal or Moon Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, & Prince Edward Island.