The Story of Canadian Roads / / Edwin Guillet.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Guillet, Edwin,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©1968
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; 1. Canoe Routes and Portage Roads --; 2. Along the St. Lawrence --; 3. The Atlantic Provinces --; 4. Upper Canada --; 5. Early Road Construction --; 6. Travelling in Early Canada --; 7. Brigade Trails and Gold Rush Roads --; 8. Prairie Trails --; 9. Developments in Street Paving --; 10. The Railway and the Buggy --; 11. Advent of the Automobile --; 12. A New Day for Roads --; 13. Opening the Last Frontiers --; 14. Canada Drives Ahead --; 15. A Mari Usque Ad Mare --; For Further Reading and Research --; Picture Credits --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442654082; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442654082
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Edwin Guillet.

From the portage trails snaking their way through the wilderness to superhighways carrying the raw materials and produce of an industrial nation, Canada's roads have had a romantic but long-neglected history. For the first time their development is described in this handsomely illustrated volume by a distinguished Canadian historian. Mr. Guillet has written a book which is often humorous and always human, to be enjoyed by readers of many ages. It contains nearly two hundred sketches, engravings, paintings, and photographs, most of them contemporary, gathered from archives and libraries across the country and well displayed in the specially chosen large format. Few are generally available elsewhere. For school and public libraries, as well as the general reader, this book documents a fascinating aspect of Canada's social history.