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• Thomas Bone : the sailors' friend ; the story of his work on the Welland Canal (Upper Canada Tract Society, 1908), by Jesse Gibson (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Welland Canal (s.n., 1898), by William Kingsford (page images at HathiTrust)

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• A memorial to the Legislature of the state of New York, upon the effects of the passage of the trade of the western states, through the Welland and Oswego canals, upon the income of the state and the interests of its citizens. (Press of E. Shepard, 1845), by N.Y.) Convention on Trade of the Western States through the Welland and Oswego Canals (1845 : Rochester and Frederick Whittlesey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Articles of agreement, advertisements, &c., for tenders to complete works on section 27, Welland Canal. Printed by order of Parliament. (Printed by Maclean, Roger & Co., 1882), by Canada. Department of Railways and Canals (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Committee of the Commons House of assembly of U. Canada, relative to the Welland canal, with the letter of J.B. Yates, esq. to said committee; some editorial articles from the Patriot, a newspaper ... and extracts from the speeches of members of the provincial parliament ... Also, an extract from the report of Benjamin Wright ... (Printed by I. Lyon, 1834), by Ontario. Parliament. House of assembly. Committee on the Welland canal petition (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Welland Canal Company, incorporated by acts of the Provincial Parliament, of Upper Canada, in the sessions of 1824 and 1825 ... (T. Kaye, 1828) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The annual report of the board of Directors of the Welland Canal Company. (The Board, in the 1820s), by Welland Canal Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Information relating to the proposed charter of the Ontario and Erie Ship Canal Company : comprising Walter Shanly's C.E. official report of the survey of the Niagara and Erie Ship Canal : a statement of the cost of construction, maintenance and revenue of the Welland Canal since its commencement up to 1867 : together with extracts from engineers' reports on the subject of improved inland navigation, etc., etc., etc. (Niagara Mail Office, 1869), by Ontario and Erie Ship Canal Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our canals letters addressed to the editor of the " Mail" on the subject of the Baie Verte and Welland canals (s.n.], 1874), by Samuel Keefer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Paper on the subject of the enlargement of the Welland Canal (s.n., 1875), by Board of Trade of the City of St. Catharines. Committee on Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Colonial advocate, no. 6 published Sept. 27th, 1824, containing an essay on canals and inland navigation, and the reports to the president and directors of the Welland Canal Company of Messrs. Francis Hall, James, Clowes, and Nathan Roberts, engineers employed to survey a line of canal to connect Lakes Erie and Ontario (s.n.], 1824), by William Lyon Mackenzie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Committee of the Commons House of Assembly of U. Canada, relative to the Welland Canal with the letter of J.B. Yates, Esq. to said committee; some editorial articles from the Patriot, a newspaper edited by Thomas Dalton, Esq., city of Toronto, U.C. and extracts from the speeches of members of the provincial Parliament, on the discussion of measures proposed for the completion and efficient support of that important work : also an extract from the report of Benjamin Wright, Esq. a distinguished engineer employed by the government commissioners to examine and report on the situation of the canal. (s.n.], 1834), by Upper Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Account of the Welland Canal, Upper Canada (s.n., 1828), by William Hamilton Merritt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. Merritt's review of the origin, progress, present state, and future prospects of the Welland Canal. (s.n.], 1852), by William Hamilton Merritt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Welland Canal Chap. XVII, 4th George IV, A.D. 1824 : an act to incorporate certain persons therein mentioned under the style and title of "The Welland Canada Company" : passed Jan. 19th, 1824. (s.n.], 1825), by Welland Canal Company and Upper Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• Director's report (s.n.], 1826), by Welland Canal Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• An extra report of the Board of Directors of the Welland Canal Company, June 6, 1829 (s.n.], 1829), by Welland Canal Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Committee of the Commons House of Assembly of Upper Canada, relative to the Welland Canal with the letter of J.B. Yates, Esq. to said committee; some editorial articles from the Patriot, a newspaper edited by Thomas Dalton, Esq., city of Toronto, U.C. and extracts from the speeches of members of the provincial parliament, on the discussion of measures proposed for the completion and efficient support of that important work : also an extract from the report of Benjamin Wright, Esq., a distinguished engineer employed by the government commissioners to examine and report on the situation of the canal. (s.n.], 1834), by Upper Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury transmitting in response to a resolution of the House, a report of the Commissioner of Navigation relative to the use of the Welland Canal. (s.n., 1888), by United States. Treasury Dept. Bureau of Navigation and United States House of Representatives (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copy of opinion of Judge Mason, of the Supreme Court of New York, Samuel Sherwood and Marshall S. Bidwell, Councillors, on the legal construction of the 7 Vic. Cap. 34, submitted by the shareholders of the Welland Canal Company (s.n., 1852), by Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• Second general report from Robert Randal [i.e. Randall], Esquire the commissioner appointed "under and by virtue of" an act passed in the eleventh year of His Majesty's reign entitled, "An Act to grant a further loan to the Welland Canal Company and to regulate their further operations", February 8th, 1831. (s.n.], 1831), by Robert Randall and Upper Canada. Welland Canal Commissioner (page images at HathiTrust)
• First general report from Robert Randal, [i.e. Randall], Esquire the commissioner appointed "under and by virtue of" an act passed in the eleventh year of His Majesty's reign, entitled, "An Act to grant a further loan to the Welland Canal Company and to regulate their further operations", February 8th, 1831. (s.n.], 1831), by Robert Randall and Upper Canada. Welland Canal Commissioner (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Letter] a subject has been presented for your consideration, which in some shape has occupied the attention of the Legislature of the province, a portion of each term of its session within the last six or seven years ... (s.n., 1830), by J. B. Yates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Information relating to the proposed charter of the Ontario and Erie Ship Canal Company comprising Walter Shanly's, C. E., official report of the survey of the Niagara and Erie Ship Canal, a statement of the cost of construction, maintenance and revenue of the Welland Canal since its commencement up to 1867, together with extracts from engineers' reports on the subject of improved inland navigation, etc., etc., etc. (Niagara Mail, 1869), by Ontario and Erie Ship Canal Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Specification of the manner of re-building the locks on the Welland Canal (s.n., 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pursuant to public notice, a meeting of the most respectable inhabitants of the Niagara District, was this day convened at the Beaver Dam to take into consideration and adopt measures for opening a canal between Lake Erie and Ontario .. (s.n., 1823), by George Keefer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Welland Canal in Upper Canada (s.n., 1828) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Welland Canal specification of earth work, &c. .. (s.n., 1842), by Welland Canal Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Welland Canal this canal is intended to connect Lakes Erie and Ontario by a ship navigation. (s.n., 1829) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the present state and proposed deviations and improvements of the Welland Canal (s.n.], 1838), by N. H. Baird and H. H. Killaly (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Welland Canal or Georgian Bay Canal, which? (Port Arthur Board of Trade, 1913), by Joseph Redden and Board of Trade of the City of Port Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
• Welland Canal enlargement report of the commissioners, also, report of the chief engineer thereon. (s.n.], 1873), by Canada. Dept. of Public Works (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the chief engineer of Public Works, on the enlargement of the Welland Canadal (s.n.], 1872), by John Page and Canada. Dept. of Public Works (page images at HathiTrust)
• Argument of J.C. Rykert, Esq., counsel for Mr. Ellis, supt., before A. F. Wood, commissioner, 13th Vovember [sic] 1889 (s.n., 1889), by J. C. Rykert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report to the Hon. J.H. Pope, Acting Minister, Department of Railways and Canals, on the necessity of deepening the Welland Canal, and on transportation, commerce and canal tolls affecting the St. Lawrence water-route to the seaboard (MacLean, Roger & Co., 1884), by Canada. Dept. of Railways and Canals (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the chief engineer of Public Works, on the enlargement of the Welland Canadal. (s.n.], 1872), by John Page and Canada. Dept. of Public Works (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brief review of the origin, progress, present state, and future prospects of the Welland Canal. (St. Catharines [Ont.], 1852), by William Hamilton Merritt (page images at HathiTrust)

• Loyal Canadian Society conversazione, 20th November, 1882, in Orient Hall, Welland, anniversary of the first opening of the Welland Canal ... programme .. (s.n., 1882), by Loyal Canadian Society (page images at HathiTrust)

• To the Honorable the Commons House of Assembly, the Committee to whom was referred the petition of the Welland Canal Company, beg leave to make a first report (s.n., 1834), by J. B. Yates (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the chief engineer of Public Works, on the enlargement of the Welland Canadal (s.n.], 1872), by John Page and Canada. Dept. of Public Works (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the chief engineer of Public Works, on the enlargement of the Welland Canadal. (s.n.], 1872), by John Page and Canada. Dept. of Public Works (page images at HathiTrust)

• A memorial to the legislature of the state of New York, upon the present state of the canals, the necessity of their enlargement and upon the effects of the passage of the western trade through the Welland and Oswego canals upon the state revenues and finances. ([New York State : Publisher not identified, 1857], 1857), by New York (State). Legislature (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ten Years of Upper Canada in Peace and War, 1805-1815: Being the Ridout Letters (Toronto: W. Briggs, 1890), by Thomas Ridout and Matilda Ridout Edgar
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• In the Days of the Canada Company: The Story of the Settlement of the Huron Tract and a View of the Social Life of the Period, 1825-1850 (Toronto; Montreal: W. Briggs; C.W. Coates, 1896), by Robina Lizars and Kathleen Macfarlane Lizars (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Country of the Neutrals (As Far As Comprised in the County of Elgin), From Champlain to Talbot (St. Thomas, ON: Times Print., 1895), by James H. Coyne (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Sir Oliver Mowat, a biographical sketch (Warwick bro's & Rutter, 1905), by Charles Robert Webster Biggar (page images at HathiTrust)
• A centenary study. Upper Canada. A paper read before the Lundy's Lane historical society ([Tribune print], 1892), by Elisha Joseph Fessenden and Welland Lundy's Lane historical society (page images at HathiTrust)
• War on the Detroit; the chronicles of Thomas Verchères de Boucherville and The capitulation, by an Ohio volunteer (The Lakeside Press, 1940), by René Thomas Verchères de Boucherville, Milo Milton Quaife, and James Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Minutes of evidence taken under the direction of a general commission of enquiry, for Crown lands and emigration, appointed on the 21st June, 1838, by His Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Durham, High Commissioner, and Governor General of Her Majesty's colonies of North America. (s.n., 1968), by Canada. General Commission of Enquiry for Crown Lands and Emigration and Charles Buller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pen pictures of early pioneer life in Upper Canada (William Briggs, 1905), by Michael Gonder Scherck (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief review of the settlement of Upper Canada by the U.E. loyalists and Scotch Highlanders, in 1783; and of the grievances which compelled the Canadas to have recourse to arms in defence of their rights and liberties, in 1837 and 1838: together with a brief sketch of the campaigns of 1812, '13, '14 (Printed for the author by F.B. Penniman, 1841), by Donald McLeod (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the ... annual session ([The Chapter], in the 20th century), by Order of the Eastern Star. Ontario Grand Chapter (page images at HathiTrust)
• John Graves Simcoe (Morang & Co., 1906), by Duncan Campbell Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
• John Graves Simcoe (Morang, 1910), by Duncan Campbell Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
• The province of Ontario in the war; a record of government and people (Warwick bros. & Rutter, limited, 1919), by J. Castell Hopkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pioneers of old Ontario (G. N. Morang, 1923), by William Loe Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dispatches to Sir F.B. Head, during his administration of the government of Upper Canada. (London, 1839), by Charles Grant Glenelg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Upper Canada sketches (W. Briggs, 1898), by Thomas Conant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sixty years in Upper Canada, with autobiographical recollections (W. Briggs, 1908), by Charles Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Talbot regime: or, The first half century of the Talbot settlement, (The Municipal world, limited, 1904), by C. O. Ermatinger (page images at HathiTrust)
• The centennial of the settlement of upper Canada by the United Empire Loyalists, 1784-1884. (Rose publishing company, 1885), by Toronto United Empire Loyalist Centennial Committee, Toronto (Ont.). United Empire Loyalists. Centennial celebration. 1884, and Adolphustown (Ont.). United Empire Loyalists (Centennial Celebration). 1884 (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nothing but names: an inquiry into the origin of the names of the counties and townships of Ontario (G.N. Morang and company, 1899), by Herbert Fairbairn Gardiner (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sketch of the Buxton mission and Elgin Settlement, Raleigh, Canada west. (J. S. Wilson, 1894), by A. H. Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• The first legislators of Upper Canada (For sale by J. Hope & sons; [etc., etc.], 1902), by C. C. James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our forest home : being extracts from the correspondence of the late Frances Stewart (Gazette Printing and Pub. Co., 1902), by Frances Stewart and E. S. Dunlop (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the settlement of upper Canada (Ontario) : with special reference to the bay Quinté (Dudley & Burns, 1869), by William Canniff and Great Britain. Army. King's Royal Regiment. 2d Battalion (page images at HathiTrust)
• Upper Canada sketches (W. Briggs, 1898), by Thomas Conant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Centennial of the province of Upper Canada, 1792-1892 proceedings at the gathering held at Niagara-on-the-Lake, July 16, 1892 : and also the proceedings at the meeting held in front of the new Parliament buildings, Toronto, September 17, 1892. (Printed for the Centennial Committee by Arbuthnot & Adamson, 1893) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Picturesque spots of the north historical and descriptive sketches of the scenery and life in the vicinity of Georgian Bay, the Muskoka lakes, the upper lakes, in central and eastern Ontario, and in the Niagara district (A. Bedford, 1899), by George Monro Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, from 1749 to 1879 with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers (Recorder Press, 1879), by Thad. W. H. Leavitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal written by Edward Baker Littlehales (major of brigade, etc.) of an exploratory tour partly in sleighs but chiefly on foot, from Navy Hall, Niagara, to Detroit made in the months of February and March, A.D. 1793, by His Excellency Lieut.-Gov. Simcoe (Copp, Clark, 1889), by Edward Baker Littlehales and Henry Scadding (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrated historical atlas of the counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Ontario (J.H. Meacham, 1878), by C. R. Allen and J.H. Meacham & Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annals of Niagara (Tribune, 1896), by William Kirby (page images at HathiTrust)
• A report on the boundaries of the province of Ontario (s.n.], 1873), by David Mills (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ontario county gazetteer and Canadian cyclopaedia [containing historical sketches of Ontario and the Dominion of Canada]. (J.S. Robertson, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some memories of Dundurn and Burlington Heights (s.n., 1900), by John George Bourinot and Royal Society of Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Scotch Catholic settlement in Canada (s.n., 1881) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Centennial of Upper Canada and the province of Ontario the hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the representative system, July 16, 1792 : a paper read before the Pioneer and Historical Society of the County of York, Ontario (s.n., 1892), by Henry Scadding (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early records of Ontario extracts from the record of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the district of Mecklenburgh (afterwards the Midland district) (s.n., 1899), by Adam Shortt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Oxford gazetteer containing a complete history of the county of Oxford, from its first settlement, together with a full abstract of each census, carefully copied from the original abstracts; to which is added a map of the county, compiled expressly for the work, from rough drafts, taken by the enumerators on the spot (Printed and published for the author, by Chatterton & Helliwell, 1852), by Thomas S. Shenston (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sketch of the Buxton Mission and Elgin settlement, Raleigh, Canada West (s.n., 1866), by A. H. Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Province of Ontario (Upper Canada) containing a sketch of Franco-Canadian history--the bloody battles of the French and Indians--the American Revolution--the settlement of the country by U.E. Loyalists--trials and hard-ships incident to pioneer life--thrilling narratives of adventures with Indians and wild beasts--struggles for the establishment of Christianity and schools--agriculture and manufactures--the War of 1812--battle scenes, capture of Buffalo--subsequent growth and prosperity of the country, including biographies of prominent first settlers and the census of 1871 (A.H. Hovey, 1872), by William Canniff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Constitution and bylaws of the Wentworth Pioneer and Historical Society (s.n.], 1889), by Wentworth Pioneer and Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pen pictures of early life in Upper Canada (W. Briggs, 1904), by Michael Gonder Scherck (page images at HathiTrust)
• In the days of the Canada Company : the story of the settlement of the Huron tract and a view of the social life of the period, 1825-1850 (W. Briggs, 1896), by Robina Lizars, Kathleen Macfarlane Lizars, and Kathleen Macfarlane Lizars (page images at HathiTrust)
• John Graves Simcoe (Morang & co., limited, 1905), by Duncan Campbell Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Osgoode Hall; reminiscences of the bench and bar (The Carswell company, limited, 1904), by James Cleland Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Picturesque spots of the North. Historical and descriptive sketches of the scenery and life in the vicinity of Georgian Bay, the Muskoka Lakes, the Upper Lakes, in central and eastern Ontario, and in the Niagara district. (Alexander Belford & co., 1899), by George Monro Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lunenburgh, or, The old Eastern district : its settlement and early progress : with personal recollections of the town of Cornwall, from 1824 : to which are added a history of the King's Royal Regiment of New York and other corps; the names of all those who drew lands in the counties of Stormont, Dundras, and Glengarry, up to November, 1786; and several other lists of interest to the descendants of the old settlers (Standard Print. House, 1890), by J. F. Pringle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of the counties of Ontario (Bell & Cockburn, 1913), by Emily P. Weaver (page images at HathiTrust)
• John Graves Simcoe (Oxford University Press, 1926), by Duncan Campbell Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Niagara frontier; data compiled and arranged for the Niagara Frontier Society of New York and presented to the members of of the society (Boyd Printing Co., 1923), by Katherine Courtenay Johnston, Willian P. Maloney, and Niagara Frontier Society of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Talbot papers; including those left by the Honourable Colonel Thomas Talbot at his death, his letters to the Honourable Peter Robinson, Commissioner of Crown Lands, and some letters written by him to the Hon. William Allan. (Royal Society of Canada, 1909), by Thomas Talbot and James H. Coyne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Upper Canada Sketches, by Thomas Conant (Gutenberg ebook)
• History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,): with special reference to the Bay Quinté, by William Canniff (Gutenberg ebook)

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