Andrew Hind, Maria Da Silva

Ghost Towns of Muskoka (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Ghost Towns of Muskoka explores the tragic history of a collection of communities from across Muskoka whose stars have long since faded. Today, these ghost towns are merely a shadow - or spectre - of what they once were. Some have disappeared entirely, having been swallowed by regenerating forests, while others have been reduced to foundations, forlorn buildings, and silent ruins. A few support a handful of inhabitants, but even these towns are wrapped in a ghostly shroud.

But this book isnt only about communities that have died. Rather it is about communities that lived, vibrantly at that, if only for a brief time. Its about the people whose dreams for a better life these villages represented; the people who lived, loved, laboured, and ultimately died in these small wilderness settlements. And its about an era in history, those early heady days of Muskoka settlement when the forests were flooded with loggers and land-hungry settlers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459712287
• Artikelnr.: 37933960

Autorenporträt

Andrew Hind is the author of over twenty-five books on local history, travel, and more. He writes regularly on Ontario's cottage country and has columns in Muskoka Life and Parry Sound Life. He lives in Bradford, Ontario.