The Valley of the Trent / / ed. by Edwin Guillet.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Frost, Leslie M.,
• HerausgeberIn: Guillet, Edwin,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1957
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (564 p.)

The Trent system of lakes, rivers, and canals occupies a considerable part of the counties of Hastings, Durham, Northumberland, Peterborough, Haliburton, and Victoria, in the province of Ontario. This volume of documents, records, and early writings covers the discovery and settlement of the valley, development and decline of the lumber trade, the Trent Canal and community life, and is abundantly illustrated in gravure and line from source materials. The Times Literary Supplement says of this first volume that is "raised high hopes of an important contribution to Canadian social and economic history." British Book News says that the "excerpts from manuscripts, newspapers, old and rare books and pamphlets, with the excellent contemporary illustrations, give a vivid and valuable account of early life in this interesting area."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. DISCOVERY OF THE TRENT VALLEY, AND ITS NATIVE INHABITANTS -- II. PREPARATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT -- III. SETTLEMENT AND PIONEER LIFE -- IV. SETTLEMENT: THE PETER ROBINSON EMIGRATION, 1825 -- V. TRANSPORTATION: THE TRENT CANAL -- VI. GENERAL TRANSPORTATION -- VII. INDUSTRY: LUMBERING -- VIII. COMMUNITY LIFE: LAND BOARDS, QUARTER SESSIONS, POLITICAL LIFE -- IX. COMMUNITY LIFE: RELIGION -- X. COMMUNITY LIFE: EDUCATION -- XI. SELECTIONS FROM WRITINGS DESCRIPTIVE OF THE REGION -- XII. POETICAL PRODUCTIONS OF THE INHABITANTS -- INDEX