Industry in the wilderness: the people, the buildings, the machines -- heritage in northwestern Ontario
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Main Author: Rasky, Frank (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto Dundurn Press with the assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, and the Ontario Ministry of Northern Affairs 1983
Series:Dundurn local history series 1
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (page 127)
Table of Contents; The Setting; The Pathfinders; The Lumberjacks; The Goldseekers; Getting Around; Harnessing Hydro; Monuments in the Wilderness; Pioneers; Where to Enjoy Your Heritage; Recommended Reading: A select list
Filled with photographs, both historic and contemporary, this engaging book looks at the industrial pioneers of northwestern Ontario, and the activites which brought themt o the wildnerness: surveying, railroading, lumber, gold, bush piloting, transportation, and hydro power. Rasky lets the pioneers tell their own story, through their own reminiscences, and by the monuments they have left behind. Published with the assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, and the Ontario Ministry of Northern Affairs
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (128 pages)
ISBN:0919670660
1554882001
1554885590
9780919670662
9781554882007
9781554885596

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