Now and Then, Still More Footnotes to Parry Sound History
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Now and Then, Still More Footnotes to Parry Sound HistoryEntry/Object ID
2022.51.01Tags
Parry Sound, Ontario, District of Parry Sound, Lumber History, Logging History, Indigenous HistoryScope and Content
Book describing a general history of Parry Sound, specifically focused on the developmental history of the area. It is told from a history from below perspective, attempting to capture the daily lives of the people of Parry Sound.Context
The book is attempting to provide the reader with the experience of the people living in Parry Sound throughout its history, showcasing settlement history, industrial development, and land development. It is broken down into two parts. They are as follows: Part 1: Now and Then: The Great North Road, The Parry Sound Road, Go West!, The McKellar Moores and the Dunchurch Moores, Hard Times on the Magnetawan, The Brief History of Balaklava Township, Looking for the Promised Land, "Deacon" Jonathaon Crisp, The Sturdy Farm Wagon, The Harvest Excursion of 1907, Wild Hay, An up-to-date Neighbor, Horse-Drawn Steam Power, 1939, Royal Train Watching, Christmas Program Notes, How Loggers Drove those Creeks, A Lumber Hooker's Grave, Teamsters were Top Dogs, My Father's Lunch Box, The Open Winter of 1877-78, Stamping out Thievery, Yellow Birch, Hemlock, Peeling Bark, Robert Dollar was a Determined Man, Boom and Bust in the Lumber Woods, Keeping up with the Somervilles, A Paean to the Pig, Stump Farm, Before Television there was the Kitchen Stove, Rural Schoolteacher, McKellar's First School Lives On, The Mysterious Exploding Stove, Play Scrub, Hanging Around for the Eats, The Hoop-and-Stick, Quoth the Raven: Spring Will Come, The Miffed Trapper from Bolger Lake, We had Role Models Before Rambo, Rubbing Shoulders with Stars of Stage and Screen, Cars aren't like they used to be, The Day Ontario went Dry, The Booze Ship, Shedding Light on the Big Sound Trout, Cadging, The Chemical Works, Admiral Bayfield left his mark on Lake Huron. Part 2: Parry Sound Logging Days: Going to the Camp, Going on the Drive, Hauling LumberCollection
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