Natural Heritage Books

Adjust Your Set adds a further dimension to the impressive body of work by one of Canadas finest and most popular poets.Author: Linda StittPublisher: Natural Heritage BooksPublication Date: Dec 10,...

A celebration of the vast array of wildlife studies ongoing in Ontarios very first provincial park.Author: Norm QuinnPublisher: Natural Heritage BooksPublication Date: Aug 26, 2002Number of Pages:...

Almaguin Chronicles explores the relationship between lumbering and settlement in the Parry Sound District the last frontier of this part of Ontario.Author: Astrid TaimPublisher: Natural Heritage...

Travel across Ontario and visit Ontarios heritage jails, ranging in size from single cell lockups to massive monuments such as the Kingston Pen and the Don Jail.Author: Ron BrownPublisher: Natural...

This is an extraordinarily detailed account of a modern small town on the edge of a rapidly expanding metropolitan region.Author: William HumberPublisher: Natural Heritage BooksPublication Date: Jul...

This regional classic brings together a collection of stories of northwestern Ontario.Author: Charles WilkinsPublisher: Natural Heritage BooksPublication Date: Nov 15, 2001Number of Pages: 192...

A personal account of the travels of Max Finkelstein as he retraces, some 200 years later, the route of Alexander Mackenzie, the first European to cross North America.Author: Max...

W.J. Hughes "Corn Flower," produced in Canada from 1914 to 1988, is a distinctive floral design cut on glass stem and tableware, now a collectible.Author: Wayne TownsendPublisher: Natural Heritage...

The story of the opening up of the Northwest Passage and the ensuing potential risks to the Arctic environment and Canadian sovereignty are explored.Author: Gerard KenneyPublisher: Natural Heritage...

In 1857 a Toronto-to-Hamilton train crashed on the Desjardins Canal bridge. Sixty people died, making it one of the worst railway disasters in North America. These are the stories of those associated...

From Burleigh to Boschink: A Community Called Stony Lake covers over a hundred years of human history, encompassing the Aboriginal Peoples, their presence and influence, early settlement and...

A Highland soldier journeys by land and canoe in the 1830s to attend the "gift-giving" ceremony on Manitoulin Island.Author: Andrew AgnewPublisher: Natural Heritage BooksPublication Date: Jan 15,...

Between 1815 and 1832, Great Britain settled more than 3,500 individuals, mostly from the Scottish Lowlands, in the Ottawa Valley. These government-assisted emigrations, which began immediately after...

A sequel to Once Upon a Time Long, Long Ago. Eevo and Sim embark on a difficult journey to the Great River, encountering dangers and making discoveries along the way.Author: Henry ShykoffPublisher:...

Let's Dance: A Celebration of Ontario's Dance Halls and Summer Dance Pavilions is a nostalgic musical journey, recapturing the unforgettable music of youth and lasting friendships, the days when the...

Born in a tent on Bear Island, Lake Temagami, in 1908, Madeline Katt Theriault could recall an earlier independent and traditional First Nations lifestyle.Author: Madeline Katt TheriaultPublisher:...

Much To Be Done provides accounts of everyday life and special occasions in Victorian Ontario, drawn from diary accounts of both the gentry and the ordinary individual.Author: Frances...

How did we get to be US? Who are WE? This story, set some 50,000 years ago when an almost explosive change in people's behaviour occurred, addresses these questions.Author: Henry ShykoffPublisher:...

Founded by two entrepreneurs, Seneca Ketchum and Orange Lawrence, Orangeville has a history well worth exploring.Author: Wayne TownsendPublisher: Natural Heritage BooksPublication Date: Nov 21,...

Owen Sound begins with the Native Peoples of the area and moves through pioneer settlement to the creation of a city in north central Ontario.Author: Paul WhitePublisher: Natural Heritage...

The boreal forest of Quebec/Labrador has captivated avid canoeists for generations. The Canadian iron man, A.P. Low (18611942), surveyed the area.Author: Max FinkelsteinPublisher: Natural Heritage...

Parry Sound, Ontario, at the mouth of the Seguin River on Georgian Bay, traces its history back to William Beatty Jr. and the purchase of timber rights.Author: Adrian HayesPublisher: Natural Heritage...

A comprehensive look at the little-known residents of a well-known corner of rural Ontario, complete with descriptions and illustrations.Author: Peter ChristiePublisher: Natural Heritage...

This is the story of the first Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1773 aboard the brig Hector their hardships, resourcefulness, and ultimate success.Author: Donald MacKayPublisher:...

An unashamedly prejudiced account of the atmosphere of the aftermath of "the 45" the fierce loyalties and bitter hatreds, the high principles and barefaced villainy.Author: John McDonellPublisher:...

From drawing rooms of Victorian Britain to Ontario kitchens, rituals of afternoon tea have always delighted.Author: Frances HoffmanPublisher: Natural Heritage BooksPublication Date: Apr 15,...

Noted environmentalist Hap Wilson takes us along a wilderness trail replete with snags and pitfalls, through mishaps, tears, and laughter.Author: Hap WilsonPublisher: Natural Heritage...

A symbol unique to Canada, the canoe is one of the greatest gifts of First Peoples to all those who came after.Author: Bruce W. HodginsPublisher: Natural Heritage BooksPublication Date: May 15,...

The Golden Bridge documents the period of "home children" and juvenile migration to Canadian shores prior to the Second World War.Author: Marjorie KohliPublisher: Natural Heritage BooksPublication...

This is definitive history of lumbering in Canada captures the vitality of the lumber camps and documents the evolution of a major industry.Author: Donald MacKayPublisher: Natural Heritage...