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Ottawa Valley Books
The LoonsNest Book and
Gift store is an independent Bookstore in Deep River which
carries a diverse selection of books and specializing in books
Renfrew County and Ottawa Valley History.
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D.A. Adams, Proprietor
Champlain St. P.O. Box 1469
Deep River, Ontario K0J 1P0
Phone: 613-584-9532
Fax: 613-584-9531
www.loonsnest.ca |
Ottawa Valley Books
Just a sample of the books available about the Ottawa
Valley.
Know of a good one? ...let us know.
Larry Cotton has written a series of books
that tell the story of early settlement life in the
region and in particular, how important taverns were to
people
on the role of the taverns and the trouble that
often came with them. The Fourth in the series of
books is about the history of the Ottawa Valley. |
Available at the Loonsnest Book Store, Deep River,
Ontario |
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In this unusual
book Joan
Finnigan brings
to life some of
the giants, real
and metaphoric,
larger-than
-life and
legendary, who
lived their
colourful lives
and performed
their daring
deeds in the
nineteenth and
early twentieth
centuries in the
Ottawa Valley.
The result of
several years of research, fact and legend are fascinatingly interwoven
in these tales of Joseph Montferrand, the
Giant of the
Ottawa River;
Laird Archibald
MacNab, the
Giant of MacNab
Township;
Alexander
MacDonnell, King
of the Four
Rivers; Rory
MacLennan, the
Giant of
Glengarry;
Mountain Jack
Thomson, the
Giant of
Portage-du-Fort;
and Harry
McLean, the
Giant Builder
from
Merrickville. |
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Some of theses
stories of the
giants, like
that of Joseph Montferrand,
have passed
through all the
stages in the
evolution of
legend and are
firmly embedded
now in the
imagination of
Canadians of
both English and
French descent
on both sides of
the Ottawa
River; others,
like the stories
of Alexander
MacDonnell,
Mountain Jack
Thomson, Rory
MacLennan, and
Harry McLean,
for the first
time in a
cohesive manner
make their
transition from
the oral to the
written
tradition.
Illustrated with
rare archival
and contempory
photographs,
The Giants of
Canada's Ottawa
Valley adds
grist to the
mill of our
folklorists and
historians, and
will delight
young readers
and
surely captivate
the adults. |
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A history of logging and life in
the Ottawa Valley in the 19th
century. The legend of the rough
and rugged lumberjack is
familiar to nearly all
Canadians. The hardy shantyman
toiling through the harsh
winter, the powerful axeman
felling mighty trees, and the great log drives downriver are key to
Ontario's history in the 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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The Ottawa Valley was home to
one of the world's richest
coniferous forests, which gave
rise to flowing timber, lumber,
and pulp and paper industries
and a major theme in Canadian
social and cultural history.
Lumber Kings and Shantymen takes
us up the Ottawa River from the
economic hub of Montreal through
the rapidly developing cities of
Ottawa and Hull, and out to the
settlements of Arnprior, Renfrew
and Pembroke. The book
chronicles the building of
Philemon Wright's timber
fortune, the rapidly growing
pulp and paper industry, and the
towns that grew around these
industries. It also tells of the
people who built the industry
with their own hands: the French
and Irish shantymen and
lumberjacks who spent their days
weathering harsh conditions and
dangerous jobs, and their nights
drinking and brawling. David Lee
presents an in-depth history of
the region and the economy that
dominated its formative years,
as well as examining the
environmental impact on the
region's natural resources.
Exploring both the industries
and the people, from the axes
and sawmills to the brawls and
dances, Lumber Kings and
Shantymen explores a fascinating
period of Canadian history. |
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Mary Cook Short Stories about Renfrew County, Ottawa Valley, Canada Ontario
during the depression years |
Mary is a gifted storyteller, who's stories
transport readers back to the family farm in Renfrew
County, Ontario, during the Depression years. Her stories
are nostalgic, joyful, funny, poignant. The recipient of
seven Actra awards, Cook has broadcasted on CBC Radio for
many years.
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Deep Waters is an intimate
account of the principal events
and personalities involved in
the successful development of
the Canadian nuclear power
system (CANDU), an achievement
that is arguably one of Canada's
greatest scientific and
technical successes of the
twentieth century. Kim Krenz
tells the stories of the people
involved and the problems they
faced and overcame. He also
relates the history of the
development of the town of Deep
River, built exclusively for the
scientists and employees of the
Chalk River Project and
describes the impact of the
Project on the traditional
communities of the Ottawa
Valley. Public understanding of
nuclear power has remained
confused, yet decisions about
whether and how to use it are of
vital importance to Canadians
today - and will increase in
importance as we seek to
maintain our standard of living
without doing irreparable damage
to the environment around us.
Deep Waters examines the issues
involved in the use of nuclear
power without over-emphasizing
its positive aspects or avoiding
its negative aspects.
http://books.google.com/books?id=R0X4B_aoZqMC
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