Vanished Villages: Discover Whistletops, Old Mills, Lost Hamlets, Relics and Ruins of Ontario

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Vanished Villages: Discover Whistletops, Old Mills, Lost Hamlets, Relics and Ruins of Ontario

Entry/Object ID

2022.102.01

Tags

Ontario History, Ghost Towns, Colonialism, Fur Trade, Hunting and Trapping, Prospecting History, Mining History, Railway History, Indigenous History

Scope and Content

Book discussing the history of ghost towns in the Province of Ontario.

Context

The book discusses the history, development, and reasons for abandonment of the ghost towns discussed. The book is broken down into chapters, they are as follows: 1. Fur Forts and Musket Balls 2. The Lost Lake Ports 3. Crossroads Hamlets 4. By the Old Mill Stream 5. The Dreamers 6. Ghosts of the Bay 7. Great Colonization Road Scheme 8. Whistlestops 9. Gold Seekers and Silver Linings 10. The Drowned Villages 11. Steel Rail Blues: The Railside Ghosts of The North 12. All That Glistens Is Not Gold: Ontario's Industrial Minerals

Collection

Ontario History Collection

Cataloged By

Matthew Gill

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Polar Bear Press

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1980

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Vanished Villages: Discover Whistletops, Old Mills, Lost Hamlets, Relics and Ruins of Ontario

Description

Book discussing the history of ghost towns in the Province of Ontario.

Creator

Ron Brown

Date(s) of Creation

1996

Subjects

History, Gold mining, Silver mining, Mining, Prospecting, Trapping, Hunting, Fur trade, Indigenous peoples, Ghost towns, Abandoned towns, Villages, Railways

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Toronto, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

13805

Number Type

ISBN Number

Other Number

1-896757-00-6

Dimensions

Width

6-1/4 in

Length

9 in

Location

Location

Shelf

Ontario History Section (General)

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

January 28, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Jan 28, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, plastic, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Ontario History (General)

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged on February 26th, 2015 by Matthew Gill, re-cataloged on January 28th, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

January 28, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

January 28, 2022