CHAPTER TWO. "A PLACE OF SOME IMPORTANCE"

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. CONTENTS xiii
5. PLATES xix
6. LINE DRAWINGS xxiii
7. PROLOGUE 1
8. I. THE BEGINNING
9. CHAPTER ONE. THE PORT TAKES FORM 17
10. CHAPTER TWO. "A PLACE OF SOME IMPORTANCE" 51
11. CHAPTER THREE. THE MISSIONS AND THE SCHOOL 91
12. CHAPTER FOUR. CONTACTS WITH THE WORLD BEYOND 116
13. CHAPTER FIVE. A MERCHANT POLITICIAN 133
14. II. WHEAT
15. CHAPTER SIX. THE RISING TIDE 177
16. CHAPTER SEVEN. PROSPERITY 222
17. CHAPTER EIGHT. NEW CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS 266
18. CHAPTER NINE. A MUNICIPALITY IN CANADA WEST 289
19. III. SOMBRE YEARS
20. CHAPTER TEN. THE TURN OF THE TIDE 333
21. CHAPTER ELEVEN. "BEAUTIFUL OAKVILLE" 376
22. CHAPTER TWELVE. "A SMALL SLEEPY TOWN" 411
23. EPILOGUE 451
24. APPENDIXES 459
25. ADDENDUM to "OAKVILLE AND THE SIXTEEN" 473
26. NOTES 477
27. INDEX 507