Wood traces the various threads that went into creating a successful farming colony while documenting the sacrifice of the forest ecosystem to the demands of progress, progress that prepared the ground for the railway. Ontario was a going concern before the railway came - the railway simply streamlined the increasing trade with an international market that drew on Ontario for a multitude of farm products and a continuing output from the woods. Making Ontario provides a detailed focus on the theme of environmental modification at a time of great changes, liberally illustrated with analytical maps based on archival research.
| ISBN: | 9780773520486 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 2000 |
| Author: | David Wood |
| Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas Social and cultural history Rural communities |