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Title The Capital years : Niagara-on-the Lake, 1792-1796 / Richard Merritt, Nancy Butler, and Michael Power, editors
Published Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1991

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Preface; Foreword; 1 Building a Town: Plans, Surveys, and the Early Years of Niagara-on-the-Lake; 2 Patronage and Power: The Early Political Culture of the Niagara Peninsula; 3 Military Life at Niagara, 1792-1796; 4 Religion and Community; 5 Muslin Gowns and Moccasins; 6 Victuals and Viands in the New Province of Upper Canada; 7 At Home in Early Niagara Township; 8 Early Inns and Taverns: Accommodation, Fellowship, and Good Cheer; 9 Health, Disease, and Treatment in Early Upper Canada; Contributors and Editors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V
Summary A detailed look at how the people of the Niagara area lived 200 years ago
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- Ontario -- Niagara-on-the-Lake
HISTORY -- General.
Frontier and pioneer life
Manners and customs
SUBJECT Niagara-on-the-Lake (Ont.) -- History
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Ont.) -- Social life and customs
Subject Ontario -- Niagara-on-the-Lake
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Merritt, Richard
Butler, Nancy
Power, Michael, 1953-
Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Communications.
Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation (Ont.)
LC no. 92241062
ISBN 9781554883189
1554883180