Author: Roberta M. Styran
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773586903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Making extensive use of the National Archives and the Archives of Ontario, Styran and Taylor unveil previously unpublished information about the construction of the canals, including technical plans and drawings from a wide variety of sources. They illustrate the technical and management intricacies of building a navigational trade and commerce lifeline while also revealing the vivid characters - from businessman William Hamilton Merritt to engineer John Page - who inspired the project and drove it to completion. The history of the Welland Canals is a gripping tale of epic proportions. Given the ongoing importance of the Great Lakes in the North American economy, interest in the St. Lawrence Seaway - of which the Welland is "the Great Swivel Link" - and the relevance of labour history, This Great National Object will be of interest to enthusiasts and historians alike.
This Great National Object
Author: Roberta M. Styran
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773586903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Making extensive use of the National Archives and the Archives of Ontario, Styran and Taylor unveil previously unpublished information about the construction of the canals, including technical plans and drawings from a wide variety of sources. They illustrate the technical and management intricacies of building a navigational trade and commerce lifeline while also revealing the vivid characters - from businessman William Hamilton Merritt to engineer John Page - who inspired the project and drove it to completion. The history of the Welland Canals is a gripping tale of epic proportions. Given the ongoing importance of the Great Lakes in the North American economy, interest in the St. Lawrence Seaway - of which the Welland is "the Great Swivel Link" - and the relevance of labour history, This Great National Object will be of interest to enthusiasts and historians alike.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773586903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Making extensive use of the National Archives and the Archives of Ontario, Styran and Taylor unveil previously unpublished information about the construction of the canals, including technical plans and drawings from a wide variety of sources. They illustrate the technical and management intricacies of building a navigational trade and commerce lifeline while also revealing the vivid characters - from businessman William Hamilton Merritt to engineer John Page - who inspired the project and drove it to completion. The history of the Welland Canals is a gripping tale of epic proportions. Given the ongoing importance of the Great Lakes in the North American economy, interest in the St. Lawrence Seaway - of which the Welland is "the Great Swivel Link" - and the relevance of labour history, This Great National Object will be of interest to enthusiasts and historians alike.
The Welland Canals and Their Communities
Author: John N. Jackson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802009333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
An examination of the role and contributions of the four Welland Canals to the development of Niagara Peninsula communities.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802009333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
An examination of the role and contributions of the four Welland Canals to the development of Niagara Peninsula communities.
The Emerald Key
Author: Christopher Dinsdale
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 145970536X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Emerald Key is lost, and James must leave Ireland for Canada to rescue his brother and the treasure. In 1847, after a confrontation with British soldiers, Jamie Galway awakens from a coma to find his brother, Ryan, and the ancient Irish text they had sworn to protect are missing. Jamie learns that his brother has been forced onto a ship bound for Canada. The ancient script, one of the keys to the secret location of a priceless treasure, has gone with him. On the advice of a secretive band of priests called the Brotherhood, Jamie crosses the Atlantic to find his brother and the lost key. Unaware that Jonathon Wilkes, a ruthless treasure hunter is also on the trail, Jamie must find Ryan first, before Wilkes, in his desperation to find the elusive treasure, resorts to murder. Jamie, followed by Wilkes, must race across an ocean and throughout Canada to see who will be the one to claim the Emerald Key.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 145970536X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Emerald Key is lost, and James must leave Ireland for Canada to rescue his brother and the treasure. In 1847, after a confrontation with British soldiers, Jamie Galway awakens from a coma to find his brother, Ryan, and the ancient Irish text they had sworn to protect are missing. Jamie learns that his brother has been forced onto a ship bound for Canada. The ancient script, one of the keys to the secret location of a priceless treasure, has gone with him. On the advice of a secretive band of priests called the Brotherhood, Jamie crosses the Atlantic to find his brother and the lost key. Unaware that Jonathon Wilkes, a ruthless treasure hunter is also on the trail, Jamie must find Ryan first, before Wilkes, in his desperation to find the elusive treasure, resorts to murder. Jamie, followed by Wilkes, must race across an ocean and throughout Canada to see who will be the one to claim the Emerald Key.
Transatlantic Sketches
Author: Sir James Edward Alexander
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The author visited British Guiana, Barbados, Tobago, Trinidad, Grenada, St. Vincents, Jamaica, and Cuba; thence up the Mississippi, through Canada and the eastern United States.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The author visited British Guiana, Barbados, Tobago, Trinidad, Grenada, St. Vincents, Jamaica, and Cuba; thence up the Mississippi, through Canada and the eastern United States.
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Author: Dan Egan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393246442
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award "Nimbly splices together history, science, reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative.… Egan’s book is bursting with life (and yes, death)." —Robert Moor, New York Times Book Review The Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior—hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work, and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan’s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393246442
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award "Nimbly splices together history, science, reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative.… Egan’s book is bursting with life (and yes, death)." —Robert Moor, New York Times Book Review The Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior—hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work, and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan’s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.
Sketch of the Civil Engineering of North America
Author: David Stevenson
Publisher: London : J. Weale
ISBN:
Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher: London : J. Weale
ISBN:
Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Sketches of Celebrated Canadians
Author: Henry James Morgan
Publisher: Hunter, Rose
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Publisher: Hunter, Rose
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Sketch of the Civil Engineering of North America by David Stevenson
Author: David Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
History of Chicago Historical and Commercial Statistics, Sketches, Facts and Figures
Author: William Bross
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385508630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385508630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Picturesque Sketches of American Progress
Author: Joseph Henry Beale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description