Library Record

Metadata

Item ID#

A2012.125.052

Title

Georgian Bay : the sixth great lake

Object Name

Book

Author

Barry, James P.

Publisher

Clarke, Irwin & Company LImited

Published Date

1968

Description

"Georgian Bay : the sixth great lake" by James Barry includes a description of the breadth and shoreline geography as well as the history of Georgian Bay.

Table of Contents include:
- Huron harvest
- Highway to the west
- Penetanguishene
- Red land and white
- The bay develops
- The failing of the pine
- Canoes, sails and fishing craft
- The first steamers
- The fleets come and go
- The pleasure seekers
- Today

Physical Description

190 p. : ill. ; 23.5 x 14.5 cm (dark brown hard cover)

Places

Big Tub Harbour
Bruce Peninsula
Cabot Head
Collingwood
Cove Island
Fitzwilliam Island
Georgian Bay
Gillies Lake
Great Lakes
Grey County
Lake Huron
Little Tub Harbour
Lonely Island
Manitoulin Island
Michigan
Owen Sound
Queen's Bush
Simcoe County
Tobermory
Whiskey Island
Wiarton

People

Gilchrist, Alexander
Lymburner, Robert
Rankin, Charles

Search Terms & Subjects

Business
Disasters
Early conflicts - Fenian Raids
Early conflicts - War of 1812
First Nations of Canada
Fishing
Fishing industry & commercial fishing
Flowerpots (sea stacks)
Fur trade
Geography
Lumber industry
Marine
Missionaries & missions
Museums
Organizations
Railway companies (railroad companies)
Railways (railroads)
Recreation
Shipbuilding
Ships
Shipwrecks
Steamboats
Transportation
Treaties