Manitoulin Island: Hearsay and Recollections: Volume Five: "Settler Stock" - Conservation

Manitoulin Island: Hearsay and Recollections: Volume Five: "Settler Stock" - Conservation

This five volume compendium chronicles the first white settlers who came to Manitoulin Island in the latter part of the 19th century. It describes where they came from, their means of transportation, the construction of their shanties, and later their log homes and barns, their farm life, commercial fishing, and the myriad of logging operations. Volumes Four and Five concentrate on two townships, Burpee and Mills, both in Western Manitoulin. It includes the original survey notes, census data, and the family trees of many of the First White Families. It also tells the history of the conservation efforts to protect the south shore of Burpee Township, which now includes the Misery Bay Provincial Park and the Mac's Bay Conservation Reserve.