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  • Découvrons Notre Patrimoine

    Guide des plaques historiques de l'Ontario

    Edited by Mary Ellen Perkins ...
    Depuis que le programme de commémoration historique a été inauguré par le gouvernement de l’Ontario en 1956, plus de 1 000 plaques ont été érigées d’un bout à l’autre de la province.La variété des sujets commémorés est étonnante, qu’il s’agisse de ruées vers les mines du nord de l’Ontario ou de l’invention de la vis à tête creuse … de Harold Innis ou de Stephen Leacock … de l’épidemie de typhus de ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Discover Your Heritage

    A Guide to Provincial Plaques in Ontario

    Edited by Mary Ellen Perkins ...
    Since 1956 when Ontario’s historical plaquing program was begun, more than 1,000 markers have been erected throughout the province.The range of subjects commemorated is astonishing – from mining rushes in northern Ontario to the invention of the socket-head screw … from Harold Innis to Stephen Leacock … from the typhus epidemic of 1847 to the discovery of insulin. Popular culture is also well ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Foundations of Faith

    Historic Religious Buildings of Ontario

    The Ontario landscape is dotted with places of worship, from the simple log cabin to lofty cathedrals. Behind each lie personal stories of exceptional individuals and historical events, all of which have helped shape our lives.The lovers of Anne of Green Gables may be pleasantly surprised by Lucy Maud Montgomery’s long association with the Leaksdale Manse just north of Toronto. From the James Bay ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • East/West

    A Guide to Where People Live in Downtown Toronto

    Let's say you want to know which famous Canadian poet lived in the Waverley Hotel for seven years, constantly changing rooms in fear of RCMP bugs. Or you live at 44 Walmer and want to know what on earth they were thinking with those balconies. Or you want to know what's behind (or underneath!) that giant O hanging over Harbord at Spadina. These things were troubling us, too, so we assembled East ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • See You Next Summer

    Postcard Memories of Sparrow Lake

    by Bruce McCraw ...
    Bustling station platforms, with quaint steamers nearby, often appear on early Sparrow Lake postcards. It was at the station that rail passengers were met and taken by boat to one of the over 20 hotels that once flourished in this holiday area. Such a trip could take about three hours on this roughly three-mile lake, bordering the southern Muskoka arm of the Canadian Shield. Upon arrival, the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Bruce Beckons

    The Story of Lake Huron's Great Peninsula

    by William Fox ...
    First published in 1952, The Bruce Beckons was immediately acclaimed as a delightful guide to a uniquely beautiful and fascinating part of Ontario. Separating Georgian Bay from Lake Huron, the Bruce Peninsula's remarkable natural history and richly varied wildlife today continue to draw thousands of visitors every year. W. Sherwood Fox, a distinguished scholar who was for twenty years president of ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Ottawa Book of Everything

    Series series Book of Everything
    From lumber town and G-town to capital city and the Byward Market, and from Rideau Canal and the Beaver Tail to profiles of Colonel By, Alanis Morissette, Michael Cowpland, and the Stopwatch Gang, there is no book on Ottawa as comprehensive and as fun. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Vanished Villages of Elgin

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    Located on the scenic north shore of Lake Erie, Elgin County was once home to over 40 vanished communities - filled with steam trains, ghosts, one-room schoolhouses, rowdy taverns, War of 1812 skirmishes and colourful characters, like Thomas Talbot.Jennifer Grainger chronicles the rise and fall of Elgin's crossroad hamlets, lakeports and rail depots with contemporary photos, archival shots, and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ghost Towns of Muskoka

    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 ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Toronto Book of Everything

    Series series Book of Everything
    From Hogtown to capital city and Leafs Nation, from cold wet winters to desperately humid summers, from Blackberry-addicted Bay Street financiers to profiles of Ed Mirvish, Glenn Gould, David Cronenberg and Rush, no book is more comprehensive than the Toronto Book of Everything. No book is more fun!Well-known Torontonians weigh in on what they love about their city. Linda Leatherdale reveals her ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Stroll

    Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto

    What is the 'Toronto look'? Glass skyscrapers rise beside Victorian homes, and Brutalist apartment buildings often mark the edge of leafy ravines, creating a city of contrasts whose architectural look can only be defined by telling the story of how it came together and how it works, today, as an imperfect machine.Shawn Micallef has been examining Toronto’s streetscapes for a decade. His ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Villages Within

    An Irreverent History of Toronto and a Respectful Guide to the St. Andrew's Market, the Kings West District, the Kensington Market, and Queen Street West

    by Doug Taylor ...
    The Villages Within is an irreverent version of Torontos past that will not improve anyones knowledge of history, but its fabrications and exaggerations may provide an amusing insight into the lives of those who built the town of York. It is an expos of historical untruths, a book that no school should ever permit its students to read.Discover Lord Dorchesters unusual method of staying warm while ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Niagara Companion

    Explorers, Artists, and Writers at the Falls, from Discovery through the Twentieth Century

    What is it about Niagara Falls that fascinates people?What draws them to it? Is it love, obsession, or fear?In The Niagara Companion, Linda Revie searches for an answer to these questions by examining the paintings and writings about the Falls from the late seventeenth century, when the first Europeans discovered Niagara, to the early twentieth century.Linda Revie’s study considers how three ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Toronto's Many Faces

    by Tony Ruprecht ...
    Toronto is truly a city of communities. Designed for tourists and for residents, Toronto’s Many Faces is the one and only guide to the multicultural character of the city, featuring profiles of more than 60 ethnic communities, including local histories, festivals, food, and art. The book identifies each community - where its people come from, why, when, and where they settled in Toronto. The ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hidden Ontario

    Secrets from Ontario’s Past

    by Terry Boyle ...
    Terry Boyle unveils the eccentric and bizarre in these mini-histories of Ontario's towns and cities: the imposter who ran the Rockwood Asylum in Kingston; Ian Fleming's inspiration for James Bond; the Prince of Wales's undignified crossing of Rice Lake; the tragic life of Joseph Brant; the man who advertised his wife's death before poisoning her; as well as Ontario's first bullfight and the answer ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Day Trips® from Toronto

    Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveller

    by Barbara Orr ...
    Series series Day Trips Series
    Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Toronto. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover most within a two- to three-hour drive of the Toronto metro area. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • NIAGARA FALLS VACATION: plan your perfect visit

    by Eric Nicolas ...
    Are you interested in visiting Niagara Falls?If so, it's a good idea to prepare yourself with first-hand information. In other words...Plan Ahead!In addition to being one of the most stunning geological features in North America, Niagara Falls offers plenty for tourists throughout the year. You may be visiting to celebrate your honeymoon, or taking your family on a trip to see the waterfalls, or ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sanctuary Line

    by Jane Urquhart ...
    Solitary, nostalgic Liz Crane returns to her family's now-deserted farmhouse to study the migratory habits of the Monarch butterfly.A rich family history - all the anecdotes and blarney of successful Irish immigrants - is now tainted with sadness. Her cousin Amanda, a gifted military strategist, has been killed in Afghanistan, a loss foreshadowed by the earlier disappearance of her charismatic ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Toronto

    by Holiday FM ...
    This is the official Holiday FM Guide to Toronto. This handy bitesize guide gives you everything you might want for the ideal trip to the big city. Background information about the history of the City will hopefully give you a better understanding of its origins and make your visit more enjoyable. Get local information about the must see sightseeing places to visit to help make your trip ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Idée d'itinéraire au Canada - Le Groupe des Sept

    Idée d'itinéraire au Canada - Le Groupe des Sept est un court extrait du beau livre Ulysse Les 50 plus beaux itinéraires autour du monde. Il suggère brièvement un itinéraire de 8 jours au mois de septembre. La nature ontarienne est alors à son apogée. Il fait encore chaud, on évite les grosses canicules d’été, l’eau des lacs a eu le temps de se réchauffer. De plus, Toronto accueille chaque année ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Cooking with Giovanni Caboto

    Regional Italian Cuisine

    A cookbook unlike any other. Featuring ten recipes from each of Italy's twenty regions, Cooking with Giovanni Caboto is an exhaustive tour of traditional Italian cuisine, with all two hundred dishes tested and approved by the chefs at the Club's famous kitchen. An invaluable resource for experts and beginners alike. ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Going to Town

    Architectural Walking Tours in Southern Ontario

    Winner of The Ontario Historical Society’s Fred Landon Award for Best Regional History.With 300 photos and 11 maps.A work of unexpected delights and surprises: here is a one-of-a-kind guidebook that pinpoints the best of Ontario’s architectural heritage in its most charming towns, offers tantalizing and informative details of provincial history, indulges the near universal vice of real-estate ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Ontario

    Ce chapitre numérique consacré à l'Ontario est un extrait du guide Ulysse Québec et Ontario. Les Grands Lacs, ces formidables nappes d’eau douce bordées d’une nature généreuse et indomptée, forment la première image qui se présente à l’esprit quand on évoque l’Ontario. Puis ce sont les vastes champs fertiles, au bout desquels se dressent les maisons de ferme coquettement ornées de fleurs. Enfin, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Québec et Ontario

    Le Québec et l'Ontario offrent aux voyageurs des paysages aux horizons illimités, des métropoles passionnantes, un patrimoine culturel unique et un accueil authentique et chaleureux. Avec le guide Ulysse Québec et Ontario, découvrez la vibrante métropole de Montréal et la fière ville de Québec, laissez-vous charmer par les paysages romantiques de la région de Charlevoix, naviguez sur le Saint ... Read more

    $23.99 USD