Oakville and the Sixteen : : The History of an Ontario Port /

Oakville and the Sixteen : : The History of an Ontario Port / / Hazel Matthews.

Mrs. Mathews, descendant of a pioneer Oakville family, traces the development of a typical Ontario lake port and pictures social life at the various stages of the town’s development. The history is complete, beginning with the earliest settlement and ending at a period in which Oakville has changed...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Matthews, Hazel,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1953
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (586 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • PLATES
  • LINE DRAWINGS
  • PROLOGUE
  • I. THE BEGINNING
  • CHAPTER ONE. THE PORT TAKES FORM
  • CHAPTER TWO. "A PLACE OF SOME IMPORTANCE"
  • CHAPTER THREE. THE MISSIONS AND THE SCHOOL
  • CHAPTER FOUR. CONTACTS WITH THE WORLD BEYOND
  • CHAPTER FIVE. A MERCHANT POLITICIAN
  • II. WHEAT
  • CHAPTER SIX. THE RISING TIDE
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. PROSPERITY
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. NEW CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS
  • CHAPTER NINE. A MUNICIPALITY IN CANADA WEST
  • III. SOMBRE YEARS
  • CHAPTER TEN. THE TURN OF THE TIDE
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. "BEAUTIFUL OAKVILLE"
  • CHAPTER TWELVE. "A SMALL SLEEPY TOWN"
  • EPILOGUE
  • APPENDIXES
  • ADDENDUM to "OAKVILLE AND THE SIXTEEN"
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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