The Toronto Carrying Place : Rediscovering Toronto's Most Ancient Trail
by
Glenn Turner
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1459730461
ISBN-13
9781459730465
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd
Imprint
Dundurn Group Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 30th, 2015
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
439 grams
Dimensions
21.50 x 21.50 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification:
History of the Americas
Ksh 3,600.00
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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.
2016 Heritage Toronto Book Award Nominated
Buried beneath Torontos streets is a centuries-old trail that was once the road to wealth, adventure, or violent death for thousands of travellers. Now its route lies hidden and forgotten under sidewalks and farmland, though its influence can still be seen.
The Toronto Carrying Place brings Southern Ontarios most important First Nations trail back to life. Retracing the ancient portage from Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe, Glenn Turner reveals the dramatic events and extraordinary characters that marked Torontos earliest days, and shows how the path played a crucial role in the history of the Wendat (Huron), Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), and Mississauga First Nations. Torontos French and English heritage is also explored, and reminders of the Carrying Place are discovered in unlikely places along its forty-five-kilometre route. Many photographs, maps, and reproductions offer both hikers and armchair voyageurs a look at what remains today of this fascinating portage trail, and an insight into how it has affected the growth of the Greater Toronto Area.
Buried beneath Torontos streets is a centuries-old trail that was once the road to wealth, adventure, or violent death for thousands of travellers. Now its route lies hidden and forgotten under sidewalks and farmland, though its influence can still be seen.
The Toronto Carrying Place brings Southern Ontarios most important First Nations trail back to life. Retracing the ancient portage from Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe, Glenn Turner reveals the dramatic events and extraordinary characters that marked Torontos earliest days, and shows how the path played a crucial role in the history of the Wendat (Huron), Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), and Mississauga First Nations. Torontos French and English heritage is also explored, and reminders of the Carrying Place are discovered in unlikely places along its forty-five-kilometre route. Many photographs, maps, and reproductions offer both hikers and armchair voyageurs a look at what remains today of this fascinating portage trail, and an insight into how it has affected the growth of the Greater Toronto Area.
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