Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD ix
3. PREFACE xiii
4. CONTENTS xvii
5. ILLUSTRATIONS xxiii
6. INTRODUCTION xxvii
7. I. DISCOVERY OF THE TRENT VALLEY, AND ITS NATIVE INHABITANTS 1
8. II. PREPARATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT 26
9. III. SETTLEMENT AND PIONEER LIFE 50
10. IV. SETTLEMENT: THE PETER ROBINSON EMIGRATION, 1825 84
11. V. TRANSPORTATION: THE TRENT CANAL 131
12. VI. GENERAL TRANSPORTATION 233
13. VII. INDUSTRY: LUMBERING 254
14. VIII. COMMUNITY LIFE: LAND BOARDS, QUARTER SESSIONS, POLITICAL LIFE 280
15. IX. COMMUNITY LIFE: RELIGION 301
16. X. COMMUNITY LIFE: EDUCATION 332
17. XI. SELECTIONS FROM WRITINGS DESCRIPTIVE OF THE REGION 341
18. XII. POETICAL PRODUCTIONS OF THE INHABITANTS 424
19. INDEX 463