Glenn Turner

The Toronto Carrying Place

Rediscovering Toronto's Most Ancient Trail

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Produktbeschreibung

The Toronto Carrying Place trail linked Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe, and helped shape the development of Ontario. Its influence is still felt today, though much of the original trail is obscured. Glenn Turner guides readers on a three-day journey that reconnects modern-day Toronto with its history, Native heritage, and the natural world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 213mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781459730465
• ISBN-10: 1459730461
• Artikelnr.: 41854281

Autorenporträt

Glenn Turner is a teacher-librarian with a career spanning three decades. His writing has appeared in numerous magazines including School Libraries in Canada and Preview. His interest in the Toronto Carrying Place trail stretches back to teenage summers on the banks of the Humber. He lives in Ottawa.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Maps
Introduction
One: Trails and Portages
Two: The Mouth of the Humber
Three: The Carrying Place
Four: Rousseau House to Teiaiagon
Five: Through City Streets: From Dundas to Steeles
Six: Town and Country: From Woodbridge to Nobleton
Seven: "In the Parts North of Toronto ..."
Eight: Trail's End
Nine: Leaving the Trail
Appendix: Walking the Toronto Carrying Place
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author