Filled with photographs, both historic and contemporary, this engaging book looks at the industrial pioneers of northwestern Ontario, and the activities which brought them to the wilderness: 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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Bibliography: p. 127
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 338.09713/11
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 19
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-on
- ISBN
- 9780919670662 9781554882007
- LCCN
- HC117
- LCCN Item number
- O6R37 1983eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOTU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (128 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00214563 (OCoLC)752420858 (CaOOCEL)413801
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents 6
- The Setting 7
- The Pathfinders 9
- The Granite Shield, The Mammoth Pines, The Little Emperor 11
- The Father of Northwest Place Names 13
- The Duke and Dauphin of Railroad Builders 17
- Bushwackers and Gandy Dancers 21
- The Lumberjacks 25
- Timber Wolves or Lumber Lions? 27
- The Upper Canada Cossacks 30
- Lumber Lore 40
- A Sawmill 41
- A Paper Mill 43
- The Goldseekers 45
- The Klondike of New Ontario 47
- How they spent it 52
- Mining Lore 57
- A Gold Mine 61
- Getting Around 63
- They flew by the Seat of Their Pants 65
- Freighter Bob Starratt pushed 'em through 71
- Harnessing Hydro 81
- Hydro Power and its People in the Northwest 83
- Hydro's Lady Rum-Runner and Cowboy Gun-slinger 87
- Hydro Lore 89
- A Hydro Electric Power Plant 95
- Monuments in the Wilderness 97
- Pioneers 119
- Where to Enjoy Your Heritage 125
- Recommended Reading: A select list 126
