Item – Thèses Canada

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Numéro d'OCLC
870983107
Lien(s) vers le texte intégral
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Auteur
Walker, Glenn,
Titre
The changing face of the Kawarthas : land use and environment in nineteenth century Ontario
Diplôme
Ph. D. -- McGill University, 2013
Éditeur
[Montréal] : McGill University Libraries, [2013]
Description
1 online resource
Notes
Thesis supervisor: Colin A M Duncan (Supervisor2).
Thesis supervisor: Elsbeth Anne Heaman (Supervisor1).
Includes bibliographical references.
Résumé
"This dissertation examines how changes in material culture and patterns of land use recreated the landscape of Fenelon and Verulam Townships, Ontario, between 1820 and 1900. Immigrants brought new visions of the landscape, productive techniques and forms of recreation. Though they had a clear understanding of the landscape they wanted to fashion, it was largely based on experience in Britain. As settlers and Ojibwas transformed the Kawarthas, they had to adapt this foreign culture to the conditions they found. This study explores processes of planning, surveying and distributing land; the establishment and operation of farms; manufacture of timber, lumber and other forest produce; the construction of canals and railways; hunting, trapping, fishing, recreation and tourism. A generation or two after resettlement began, the nascent communities finally created an agricultural landscape, prosperous villages, large-scale forest production, improved transportation networks and infrastructure for leisure. The emerging economies, cultures, societies and ecological relationships represented ways of life that had evolved to suit the Kawartha Lakes region."--
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digitool.Library.McGill.CA
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Sujet
History Canadian