Industry in the Wilderness
The People, the Buildings, the Machines -- Heritage in Northwestern Ontario
by Frank Rasky
Description
Filled with photographs, both historic and contemporary, this engaging book looks at the industrial pioneers of northwestern Ontario, and the activites which brought themt o the wildnerness: surveying, railroading, lumber, gold, bush piloting, transportation, and hydro power.
Rasky lets the pioneers tell their own story, through their own reminiscences, and by the monuments they have left behind.
Published with the assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, and the Ontario Ministry of Northern Affairs.
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Contributor notes
Well-known journalist and editor, Frank Rasky is the author of The North Pole Or Bust, The Polar Voyagers, The Taming of the Great Canadian West, and Great Canadian Disasters.
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Industry in the Wilderness
