| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits |
| Contents |
The Era of French Control of the Great Lakes -- The Beginning of Sail on Lake Ontario -- The Building of the Griffon -- The Voyage of the Griffon and the Loss: Where is She Now? -- The French Era Ends -- Events from 1760 Until After the War of 1812 -- Between the Wars -- Events Leading Up to the War of 1812 -- Declaration of War -- A Shipbuilder's War -- The Lake Ontario Theatre in 1812-14 -- Comments on the Battle of Lake Erie -- Disaffection -- Negotiations for Peace -- The Saga of the Nancy -- The Story of the HMS St. Lawrence -- Shipbuilding in a Wilderness Setting -- Ship Construction in the Early 19th Century -- Commercial Sail on the Lakes Until the Early 1900s -- Schooner Days, Anecdotal Material and Commercial Sail -- Fur Trade on the Lakes -- Fishing on the Lakes -- The Timber Droghers -- Other Commercial Sail, Ore Carriers and Stone Hookers -- Brief Biographies of Featured Artists -- Chronology -- Place Names -- Selected Glossary |
| Summary |
Freshwater Heritage: A History of Sail on the Great Lakes, 1670-1918 represents the culmination of a lifelong passion for sailing and for the history of sail as it applies to Canada. Author/sailor/boat builder Don Bamford takes us deep into the psyche of sailing as it applies to historical events on the Great Lakes and to stories of the people and places there at the time. His extensive historical research takes us back to the time of European contact, through the fate of the luckless Griffon and the achievements of the French in the era of sail. From the 1760s through to 1815, Bamford chronicl |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Sailing ships -- Great Lakes (North America) -- History
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Shipbuilding -- Great Lakes (North America) -- History
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Shipbuilding -- Ontario -- History
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Shipping -- Great Lakes (North America) -- History
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Shipbuilding -- Great Lakes Region (North America) -- History
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TRANSPORTATION -- General.
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Navigation
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Sailing ships
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Shipbuilding
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Shipping
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Segelschifffahrt
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Great Lakes (North America) -- Navigation -- History
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| Subject |
Great Lakes Region
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Great Lakes
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Ontario
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Große Seen
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554881710 |
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1554881714 |
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9781935192978 |
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1935192973 |
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9781459712713 |
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1459712714 |
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9786611967918 |
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6611967915 |
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1281967912 |
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9781281967916 |
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