Rideau waterway / / Robert Legget

• Autore: Legget Robert Ferguson
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001; ©1986
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (323 p.)
• Disciplina: 386/.48/097137
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Canada / General
• Soggetto geografico: Rideau Canal (Ont.) History; Rideau Canal (Ont.) Description and travel
• Soggetto genere / forma: History; Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-285) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Millennium Reprint -- Rideau Waterway -- The Setting -- Why the Canal Was Built -- Building the Canal -- Financial Worries -- John By -- Down the Years -- Cruising the Canal -- Cruising the Rideau Lakes -- Down the Rideau -- The Canal in Ottawa -- Bytown and Ottawa -- APPENDIX A. References -- APPENDIX B. The Superintending Engineers and (under Parks Canada) The Superintendents -- APPENDIX C. Information, Charts, and Maps -- APPENDIX D. Fishing on the Rideau Waterway -- APPENDIX E. Table of Mileages, Lifts, and Clearances -- Note on the 1986 edition -- Acknowledgments from the 1955 edition -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the publication of the first edition in 1955, Rideau Waterway has informed and delighted readers, among them historians, engineers, and vacationers. First revised in 1972, this classic guide has once again been brought up to date in a new edition.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rideau waterway
• ISBN: 1-4426-5872-X; 1-4426-2781-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826836003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II