Lake of the Woods, Yesterday and Today
Name/Title
Lake of the Woods, Yesterday and TodayEntry/Object ID
2022.94.01Tags
Northern Ontario, Kenora, Ontario, Fur Trade, Fort Frances, Ontario, Northwestern Ontario, International Falls, Ontario, Baudette, Minnesota, Nestor Falls, Ontario, Rainy River, Ontario, Sioux Narrows, Ontario, Warroad, Minnesota, Keewatin, Ontario, Canadian Northern, Indigenous History, Hunting and Trapping, Logging History, Lumber History, Steamships, Prospecting History, Hudson's Bay Company, The American Fur CompanyScope and Content
Book describing the history of the Lake of the Woods in Northwestern Ontario.Context
The book discusses both the geographical history as well as Indigenous history and European settlement history. The book is broken down into chapters, they are as follows: 1. The Age of Discovery and Exploration: - Perspective - The Lake's First Residents - For St. Charles... Pierre La Verendrye - Father Alneau ... Massacre Island 2. Lake of Woods Under a New Master - England: - The Hudson's Bay Company - Fort Frances Trading Post - Hudson's Bay Post at the Mouth of Rainy River - Fort Alexander (Winnipeg River at Lake Winnipeg) - The Voyageurs - John Tanner - The White Indian - The American Fur Company 3. Rat Portage 4. The Northwest Angle: - Garden Island - The Dawson Trail - The Town of "Nor'west Angle" 5. The Wolseley Expedition 6. The Indian Treaty of 1873 7. Logging and Lumbering, a New Era 8. Gold! 9. Canadian Northern Railway Opens South End of Lake 10. The Steamboat Era 11. The Economics of the Lake: - Tourism, Hunting, Sport Fishing, and Trapping - Wood Products - Minerals - Commercial Fishing - Wild Rice 12. Communities of the Lake: -Baudette - Fort Francis - International Falls - Kenora - Morson - Nestor Falls - Rainy River - Sioux Narrows - Warroad - Keewatin 13. Suggestions for Fishing Lake of the Woods 14. Some Final Facts About Our LakeCollection
Northern Ontario HistoryCataloged By
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