Derek Hayes
Douglas & McIntyre
2009, 192 pages
ISBN: 9781553654971
Residents of Toronto, those who have lived in this city and those interested in history are some who will enjoy perusing the more than 300 maps in the Historical Atlas of Toronto. The maps and informative text provide an entertaining look at Toronto's "evolution from a Native village to a French trading fort to York, the capital of Upper Canada, and finally to Toronto, Canada's largest and most diverse metropolis." And the illustrations and photographs are good too! Some of the topics covered include: the Canadian National Exhibition, airports, suburbia, Canada's first subway, expressways, Toronto's changing harbour and the reclamation of Ashbridge's Bay.
The Historical Atlas of Toronto is a nice visual history of Toronto which would make a nice gift for Toronto fans.
Tracing Your Scottish Family History
Anthony Adolph
Firefly Books Ltd.
2009, 224 pages
ISBN: 9781554074570
Tracing Your Irish Family History
Anthony Adolph
Firefly Books Ltd.
2009, 224 pages
ISBN: 9781554074587
Learning about your family's past is important - and very popular. Filled with lots of interesting photographs and illustrations, Tracing Your Scottish Family History covers considerable areas to help you trace your Scottish roots including: starting your family tree; archives and organizations; general registration; censuses; church registers; testaments, deeds and other records; clans and tartans; emigration; genetic evidence and the origins of Scotland's people.
Tracing Your Scottish Family History is a good guide and research tool for tracing your Scottish family tree.
If your background is Irish there is another good book - Tracing Your Irish Family History. This book is filled with lots of good information on learning about your Irish ancestry.
The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region
Wayne Grady
GreyStone Books
2007, 351 pages
ISBN: 9781553651970
I grew up in Sarnia, Ontario near Lake Huron. I've been going to my parents' cottage on Georgian Bay for the last four decades. The Great Lakes are incredibly beautiful and Wayne Grady's book The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region takes an informative look at the Great Lakes watershed including its forests and the species that live here. Grady's interesting look at these phenomenal lakes that provide much of the planet's freshwater is complemented by maps, illustrations and colour photographs.
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