Ontario History

Ontario History
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 636
Release: 1914
Genre: Ontario
ISBN:

Vols. 29- include the society's Report, 1931/32- except 1938/39-1939/40 which were issued separately.

A History of Simcoe County

A History of Simcoe County
Author: Andrew Frederick Hunter
Publisher: Barrie, Ont. : The County Council
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1909
Genre: Simcoe (Ont. : County)
ISBN:

The Eagle of Thunder Cape

The Eagle of Thunder Cape
Author: William Samuel Piper
Publisher: New York : The Knickerbocker Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1924
Genre: Indians of North America
ISBN:

We are just beginning to realize the charm and importance of Indian legends. "Too late, perhaps," wrote W.S. Piper when he first published this book in 1924, as many of the old-time Ojibways, who translated freely, had passed away. By pen and camera the author tried to preserve some of the stories told to him years ago by his Indian friends, Chief Skeet, Luke Bushy, Chief Penassie, Chief Blackstone, and Joe Turtle, among others. There is an unmistakable fascination about Indian legends which is greatly increased when they are heard amidst the surroundings that gave them birth.--Thunder Bay Historical Socierty website

King's Men

King's Men
Author: Mary Beacock Fryer
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 395
Release: 1980-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1554882052

King’s Men is the story of the Loyalist regiments who became the soldier founders of the Province of Ontario, the Loyal Colonials who joined the Provincial Corps of the British Army, Canadian Command, during the American revolution. Mythology on the United Empire Loyalists who founded two Canadian provinces is ingrained. We often envisage loyal families marching out of the victorious United States at the close of the American Revolution. But these myths lead us to overlook a fascinating period in the lives of one group of Loyalists – the soldiers who became Ontario’s founders. By the time the Treaty of Separation was signed in 1783, four full strength corps were serving in Canada. These were the Royal Highland Emigrants (placed on the regular establishment in 1778, as the 84th Foot), the King’s Royal Regiment of New York, Butler’s Rangers, and the Loyal Rangers. A fifth corps, the King’s rangers amounted to three full companies. A detailed study on what these Provincials achieved is long overdue. King’s Men fills a gap in tracing the lives of these United Empire Loyalists who first fought under British command, and spent a difficult period as displaced persons in Canada (people whose only desire was to return to their homes in Britain’s older colonies) till the time when they accepted Canada as a new homeland.