LEADER 03906nam 2200601 450 001 9910460665603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-5637-9 010 $a1-4426-3307-7 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442656376 035 $a(CKB)3710000000433119 035 $a(EBL)3432035 035 $a(OCoLC)929153613 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669447 035 $a(CEL)449901 035 $a(OCoLC)921534040 035 $a(CaBNVSL)kck00235877 035 $a(DE-B1597)465693 035 $a(OCoLC)944178749 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442656376 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669447 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11255980 035 $a(OCoLC)958564848 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000433119 100 $a20160920h19731973 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aThunder Bay District, 1821-1892 $ea collection of documents /$fedited with an introduction by Elizabeth Arthur 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] :$cThe Champlain Society for the Government of Ontario, University of Toronto Press,$d1973. 210 4$dİ1973 215 $a1 online resource (425 p.) 225 1 $aOntario Series ;$v9 311 $a1-4426-5148-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tForeword -- $tPreface -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tIntroduction -- $tA. The Undistributed Middle, 1821?92: A Problem of Jurisdiction -- $tB. Dreams of Power and Riches, 1821?55 -- $tC. Travellers and Residents, 1821?55 -- $tD. The Commercial Revolution and Thunder Bay, 1857?70 -- $tE. The Zone of Transit, 1870?85 -- $tF. The Economic Development of Ontario's Frontier, 1870?92 -- $tG. On the Fringes of Settlement, 1870?92 -- $tH. The Rivalry of the Port and the Fort, 1870?92 -- $tI. A Sense of Community -- $tAppendix: Original Texts of Documents -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tBackmatter 330 $aThis volume is a pioneering excursion into the documentary history of a region of northern Ontario. Previously published original documents on the history of the Thunder Bay area have been of two kinds: accounts of the fur trade before 1821, and evidence supporting rival claims in the boundary disputes of the 1870s and 1880s. Although this collection does not include some illustrative material on these topics, its main purpose is to shed light upon other aspects of northern development, including the best-known and most pervasive problem?isolation from the rest of British North America. This volume deals with events up to 1892, considerably later than any of the other volumes in the Ontario Series. The documents tell the story of the silver mines?from the first rumours of wealth, through the excitement of the Silver Islet era, to the closing down of the mines in the early 1890s?and place the era of transcontinental railway building as part of local rather than national history. The documents also treat the development of numerous communities created through mining activity and railway building, showing how precariously they were based, how jealous they were of rival towns, and how anxious for the favours they might receive from government or company decisions. This collection should provide a basis for continuing research into northwestern Ontario history. 410 0$aPublications of the Champlain Society.$pOntario series ;$v9. 606 $aHISTORY / Canada / General$2bisacsh 607 $aThunder Bay (Ont.)$xHistory$vSources 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Canada / General. 676 $a917.1312/03/2 702 $aArthur$b Elizabeth 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460665603321 996 $aThunder Bay District, 1821-1892$92027012 997 $aUNINA