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Library Record
Metadata
Item ID# |
A2018.054.004 |
Title |
The Bruce |
Object Name |
Book |
Author |
Hilborn, Robin R. |
Publisher |
Bruce County Historical Society |
Published Date |
May 2018 |
Description |
This book, "The Bruce", was created as a companion book to the three-part film documentary series, also entitled "The Bruce" directed and produced by Zach Melnick and Yvonne Drebert. The topics in the book reflect those in the film, with more historical background. Table of Contents: Part One: The Fishing Chiefs 1. Victory of the Three Fires 2. Saugeen Ojibway homeland 3. European and Metis traders 4. Arrival of the missionaries 5. Commercial fishing 6. Treaties with the Crown Part Two: The Last Frontier 7. A diverse county 8. Survey and land sale 9. Settling the Queen's Bush 10. Farms, the basis of prosperity 11. Life on the farm 12. A social life 13. Powering a county 14. Business advances 15. From trail to rail 16. Religion and education 17. The lumber business 18. When furniture was king 19. Tales from a stormy coast 20. Migration and celebration 21. Defending the homeland Part Three: The Peaceful Path 22. Tourism in the Bruce 23. The Bruce goes nuclear [Bruce Power] 24. Nature conserved 25. National parks 26. The Ojibway path forward 27. Metis rediscover their past 28. Challenge and vision Appendices: A. Making "The Bruce" B. Bruce County Historical Society C. The Bruce Krug manuscripts D. Leaders E. Bruce County townships, towns and villages F. Documentary sponsors This item is part of the Bruce County Historical Society fonds, series 6 (publications), file 3 (publications). |
Physical Description |
236 p. : ill. ; 21 x 26 cm |
Collection |
Bruce County Historical Society fonds |
Places |
Albemarle Township Amabel Township Arran Township Brant Township Bruce County Bruce Peninsula Bruce Township Carrick Township Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation Culross Township Eastnor Township Elderslie Township Greenock Swamp Greenock Township Huron Township Kincardine Township Kinloss Township Lindsay Township Neyaashiinigamiing Saugeen First Nation Saugeen Township St. Edmunds Township Bruce Peninsula National Park Fathom Five National Marine Park Chantry Island |
Search Terms & Subjects |
Agricultural machinery & implements Agriculture Automobiles Birds Black history Brewing industry Brick industry Business Conservation of natural resources Dairy industry Domestic life Early conflicts - Fenian Raids Early conflicts - North West Rebellion Early conflicts - Red River Rebellion Electric power Emigration & immigration Farming First Nations - Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation First Nations - Saugeen First Nation First World War Fishing Fishing industry & commercial fishing Forestry Fur trade Furniture factories Furniture industry Hydroelectric power Land grants Logging Lumber industry Metis Military Mills Mineral waters Missionaries & missions Nuclear power Parks Pioneers Railways (railroads) Reunions & homecomings Road construction Rural life Salt industry Sawmills Second World War Shipwrecks Social life Storms Surveying Tanneries Taverns & bars Telephone industry Temperance & prohibition Tourism Trails & paths Transportation Treaties Weather Wetlands Woollen mills |