cxiv, 445 p. 24 cm. 8 line drawings and 14 plates. Ontario Series VI. Red cloth hardcover in torn pictorial dustjacket. A little soiling to text block edge. Topics: travellers and missionaries on Georgian Bay and the Severn River; exploration of the waterways; Indians; settlement surveys; colonization roads; agriculture; land companies; lumber; fur; gold; stagecoaches; boats; railways; canals and locks; local government; politics; early villages; churches; schools; first tourists. Bibliography and index.