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More Oakville homes, and They Left Us Everything – The Small Histories
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19th Century and Onwards. More Oakville homes, and They Left Us Everything. July 17, 2015. February 20, 2017. I love how many of Old Oakville’s historic homes are a reminder of the town’s historical connection to the lake. Edward Anderson, Mariner, 1835. Thomas and John Sweeney, Ship Carpenters, 1834. Capt Samuel McGiffin, Master Mariner, 1859. Duncan Chisholm, Shipbuilder, 1852. I’m also reading a quite good memoir at the moment,. They Left Us Everything. By Plum Johnson (check it out at amazon.ca.
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Napoleon complex – The Small Histories
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18th Century and Earlier. 19th Century and Onwards. July 22, 2016. February 20, 2017. For Christmas, my husband got me a print of my favourite Kate Beaton comic. Above (though this is actually a photo of her book,. Step Aside, Pops,. Which is great). We’ve moved twice since Christmas, and the fact that I still have yet to get the print framed is becoming embarrassing. You can buy Step Aside, Pops on Canadian. The history of fictional worlds. Who was Perkin Warbeck? July 22, 2016 at 20:22. You are comment...
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Book of Days | DBSHeritage
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Street of the Month. Simcoe County Book of Days - Beginnings to 1919. Coil Bound: 146 pages. Publisher: DBS Heritage Consulting and Communications (January 2005). Product Dimensions: 22 cm. Shipping Weight: 0.2 kg. Price: $5.99 CAD. Simcoe County Book of Days. Whether it is the 1811 government order to survey the Penetanguishene Road, an August 2, 1916, Barrie performance of the Coop and Lent circus, or another detail that strikes your interest, this calendar of dates is fascinating to read. Simcoe Count...
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Book of Days | DBSHeritage
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Street of the Month. 1615 - Recollet Father Joseph Le Caron celebrated the first mass in Ontario at Carhagouha, west of present-day Midland; Samuel de Champlain and Étienne Brulé in attendance; erected a cross. 1878 - Hanlan regatta on Kempenfelt Bay, Barrie. 1882 - Midhurst hit by heavy frost. 1885 - Death: Sydney Morehouse Sanford, first merchant in Barrie 1832, first postmaster at Barrie 1835, Simcoe County treasurer 1838-41 and 1884-5, at Mackinac Island, Michigan. This Day in Simcoe County.
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Fur Trade Stories
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Pre-Contact with Europeans to 1600. From 1600 to 1867. From 1867 to Present Day. Search the entire site. Immigration and the railroad built a nation and in the 20th century Canada emerged into the international arena. We struggled to define ourselves through language, culture and the maturing institutions of government and trade. We adapted to industrial and technological changes. The demand for furs has declined, but it has not died, and today’s participants in the fur trade still carry on.
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Fur Trade Stories
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Pre-Contact with Europeans to 1600. From 1600 to 1867. From 1867 to Present Day. Search the entire site. For information on the Permitted Uses of Owner's Trademarks, see our Graphics Guide. HBC Archives-Archives of Manitoba.
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Fur Trade Stories
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Pre-Contact with Europeans to 1600. From 1600 to 1867. From 1867 to Present Day. Search the entire site. For information on the Permitted Uses of Owner's Trademarks, see our Graphics Guide. HBC Archives-Archives of Manitoba.
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Fur Trade Stories
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Pre-Contact with Europeans to 1600. From 1600 to 1867. From 1867 to Present Day. Search the entire site. The fur trade helped shape Canada’s historical development by pushing exploration and expansion westward and northward. HBC Archives-Archives of Manitoba.
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Fur Trade Stories
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Pre-Contact with Europeans to 1600. From 1600 to 1867. From 1867 to Present Day. Search the entire site. Immigration and the railroad built a nation and in the 20th century Canada emerged into the international arena. We struggled to define ourselves through language, culture and the maturing institutions of government and trade. We adapted to industrial and technological changes. The demand for furs has declined, but it has not died, and today’s participants in the fur trade still carry on.
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