Ottawa Waterway: Gateway to a Continent

Robert Legget

Published by University of Toronto Press 1975

Ottawa Waterway

Gateway to a Continent

Robert Legget

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487576462

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About this book

In this book, Robert Legget tells how the 'Grand River of the North' river basin was formed geologically in prehistoric times, and how it has been used by explorers, missionaries, fur traders, lumbermen, settlers, travellers, and industry for more than 250 years.

Author / Editor information

Legget Robert :

The late Robert Legget (1904-1994) was also the author of Ottawa Waterway: Gateway to a Continent (1975). He was the first Director of the Division of Building Research of the National Research Council of Canada from 1947 until his retirement in 1969.

Reviews

'This is a book to be savoured for its style, its clarity and its story of the part the Ottawa has played in the history of Canada.'

'…a splendid companion to the author's earlier Rideau Waterway, and, like the latter, should become the standard work on its subject .. To anyone interested in Great Lakes history this work is a "must." '

'Legget's research is stupendous … His fund of knowledge about the families, landmarks, sites and industries of the Ottawa Valley is … astounding.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Maps and Diagrams Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
One. The Waterway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Two. The Setting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Three. Canoes on the Ottawa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Four. Travellers' Tales Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Five. Lumbering on the Ottawa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Six. Canals and Steamboats Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Seven. Settlement on the Ottawa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Eight. The River Today Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Appendix: Sir George Simpson' s Account of the Ottawa Waterway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
References in Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1975
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 304

eBook

Published: December 15, 1975
ISBN: 9781487576462