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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Memoranda of a settler in Lower Canada;
Type: BookAbstract: A guide for emigrants to Canada, in two parts. The second describes Upper Canada through letters by an Ayrshire emigrant to his brother in Glasgow. Letter five contains an optimistic account of the ...Keywords: ImmigrationTravellers' guidesSettlers GermanSettlers ScottishFarmersDamsFlora and faunaIndigenous peoplesSoilsClimateYear of publication: 1843Historical Period: 1842-1843Export options:Narrative of a voyage, with a party of emigrants, sent out from Sussex, in 1834, by the Petworth Emigration Committee, to Montreal, thence up the River Ottawa and through the Rideau Canal, to Toronto, Upper Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A reprint by Kelvinprint of James Marr Brydone's account of his expedition with British emigrants through Upper Canada, including a trek through the Waterloo area described on pages 31-33 and 42. He ...Keywords: DiariesSettlement processSettlement DirectedSettlers EnglishEmigrationEmigration agentsWeatherRivers and streamsSoilsMillsYear of publication: 1834Historical Period: 1833-1834Export options:The rural-urban fringe with comparative reference to London, Kitchener-Waterloo and Sarnia
Type: ThesisAbstract: An analysis of the relationship between the rural-urban fringe and the factors of physiography and soils, city site, situation and shape, and location of industrial areas. The author discusses ...Keywords: UrbanizationLandscape RuralZoningLand developmentLand useRural-urban fringeLandscape UrbanEnvironment PhysicalFarmersPopulationYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: c1930-1961Export options: