Nipissing : historic waterway, wilderness playground /

"Nipissing explores the history of the Nipissing Passageway, from Mattawa to Georgian Bay, beginning with Champlain's voyage in 1615. The efforts to build the Georgian Bay Ship Canal and the mid-19th-century promotional efforts by railways to market the area as a "sportsman's par...

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Main Author: Noël, Françoise, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Dundurn, 2015
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A Historic Waterway
  • Railways and Sportsmen
  • Campfire Stories and the Experience of Place
  • From Tent Life to Resorts
  • Ontario's Lakeland Playground
  • Pilgrimage to Quintland
  • Making Room for Women and Children
  • Reading the Landscape
  • Appendix I List of Places to Stay in the Nipissing Area in 1947.