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• Dominion of Canada route book from Philadelphia, centennial, to Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Hamilton, Toronto, Port Hope, Kingston, Thousand Islands, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, St. Johns, N. B., Fredericton, and Halifax : containing sketches of the scenery, lakes, rivers, railways, and leading hotels. (W.H. Tapson, 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Special excursions (s.n., 1897), by British Association for the Advancement of Science (page images at HathiTrust)
• Henry Irving's impressions of America narrated in a series of sketches, chronicles and conversations (J.R. Osgood, 1884), by Joseph Hatton and Henry Irving (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)
• Canada; from the lakes to the gulf the country, its people, religions, politics, rulers, and its apparent future : being a compendium of travel through the Upper and Lower provinces, together with a description of their resources and enterprises, trade, statistics, etc., viewed both in its business, social and political aspects : its various cities and summer resorts, salmon rivers, etc., together with the legends of the Lower St. Lawrence and the cities on the coast : in fact, a valuable and interesting book for both travellers and home folks (J.T. McAdam, 1881), by Captain Mac (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lake Superior guide, giving a description of all the objects of interest and places of resort on this great inland sea with an account of the cities, villages and mineral locations on the south and north shores, iron, copper, and silver mines, steamboat excursions, &c. (J. Disturnell, 1874), by John Disturnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nipissing & James' Bay Railway a description of the country traversed by this railway between Lake Nipissing & James' Bay : giving the resources of the same as well as the districts adjacent thereto, together with other useful information relating to Hudson's Bay and Strait. (s.n.], 1884), by Nipissing & James' Bay Railway (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our Dominion mercantile and manufacturing interests, historical and commercial sketches of Ottawa and environs, prominent places and people, representative merchants and manufacturers, improvements, progress and enterprise. (Historical Pub. Co. of Canada, 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canadian summer resorts illustrated souvenir and guide book of some of the principal resorts of Ontario, with maps and tables of railway and steamboat fares and connections, hotel rates, etc. : including official maps and synopsis of the Trent canal system (F. Smily, 1895), by Frederick Smily (page images at HathiTrust)
• The tourist's pleasure book, or, The water falls of Canada its lakes and rivers illustrated (s.n.], 1874), by J. Douglas Borthwick (page images at HathiTrust)
• By northern lakes reminiscences of life in Ontario mission fields (W. Briggs;, 1896), by W. W. Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Souvenir Canada's cities, lakes and rivers : World's Columbian Exposition. (s.n., 1893), by Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes of a short visit to Canada and the States, in August and September, 1885 (s.n.], 1886), by Thos. M. Rickman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life in the clearings versus the bush (De Witt & Davenport, 1892), by Susanna Moodie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Province of Ontario its soil, climate, resources, institutions, free grant lands, &c., &c. : for the information of intending emigrants (s.n.], 1889), by John Carling (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canada meine Reise an den Nipissing (Ontario) und die Schweizercolonie (s.n.], 1878), by Otto Hahn (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Windsor hotel guide to the city of Montreal with a shopping index and directory. (Printed and published for the Windsor Hotel by the International Railway Pub. Co., 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hunter's panoramic guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec (Hunter & Pickup, 1860), by William S. Hunter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Itinéraire de Québec à Chicago (Beauchemin & Valois, 1868), by A. G. Gérard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters from John Gwynn Swain to his mother written on his entrance into life: aged seventeen : giving a description of his voyage to Canada and adventures at Lake Superior. (s.n.], 1869), by John Gwynn Swain (page images at HathiTrust)

• The "Phat Boy's" 16 years on the St. Lawrence the people met and the things seen : a guide for tourists and travelers. (E.F. Babbage, 1889), by E. F. Babbage (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Phat boy's delineations of the St. Lawrence River and its environs a guide for the tourist and traveler, from Niagara Falls, through Lake Ontario, Thousand Islands and rapids of the St. Lawrence River to Montreal, Quebec, Saguenay River, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Saratoga, Albany, New York, and Boston (E.F. Babbage, 1883), by E. F. Babbage (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Phat boy's delineations of the St. Lawrence River and its environs a guide for tourist and traveler, making a round trip from New York, via N.Y.W.S. & B.R.R., the Ontario and Western R.R. and N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R., to Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and Niagara Falls and Toronto, through Lake Ontario, Thousand Islands and rapids of the St. Lawrence River, to Montreal, Quebec, Saguenay River, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Saratoga, Albany, New York and Boston (E.F. Babbage, 1885), by E. F. Babbage (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Phat boy's racy description of the St. Lawrence River and its environs a guide for the tourist and traveler, making a round trip from New York, via N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R., N.Y.W.S. & B.R.R. and the Ontario and Western R.R. to Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Toronto, through Lake Ontario, Thousand Islands and rapids of the St. Lawrence River to Montreal, Quebec, Saguenay River, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Saratoga, Albany, New York and Boston (E.F. Babbage, 1886), by E. F. Babbage (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our vacations where to go, how to go, and how to enjoy them (Estes and Lauriat, 1874), by Francis E. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
• A trip through the lakes of North America embracing a full description of the St. Lawrence River, together with all the principal places on its banks, from its source to its mouth : commerce of the lakes, etc. forming altogether a complete guide for the pleasure traveler and emigrant (J. Disturnell, 1857), by John Disturnell (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The Backwoods of Canada: Being Letters From the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America (London: C. Knight, 1836), by Catherine Parr Strickland Traill
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • Gutenberg text
• A Brief Account, Together With Observations, Made During a Visit in the West Indies, and a Tour Through the United States of America, in Parts of the Years 1832-3; Together With a Statistical Account of Upper Canada (Dundas, ON: G. H. Hackstaff, 1836), by Thomas Rolph
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Diary of Gov. Simcoe's Journey from Humber Bay to Matchetache Bay, 1793 (extracted from Transactions of the Canadian Institute, 1890), by Alexander Macdonell
  • HTML at Gutenberg Canada
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Hints to Emigrants, in a Series of Letters From Upper Canada (Edinburgh: Printed for Waugh and Innes, 1824), by William Bell (HTML at globalgenealogy.com)
• Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush (London: R. Bentley, 1853), by Susanna Moodie (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush, by Susanna Moodie (Gutenberg text and audio)
• Roughing It in the Bush (second edition, with additions, 2 volumes; London: R. Bentley, 1852), by Susanna Moodie
  • HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • Volume I: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume II: multiple formats at Google
• Roughing It in the Bush, by Susanna Moodie, ed. by Andrew Sly (Gutenberg text)
• Roughing It in the Bush, Or, Life in Canada (first edition; London: R. Bentley, 1852), by Susanna Moodie
  • volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Roughing It in the Bush; or, Life in Canada (2 volumes; New York: G. P. Putnam, 1854), by Susanna Moodie
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA
• Roughing It in the Bush, Or, Life in Canada (new and revised edition; Toronto and Montreal: Hunter, Rose and Co.; Montreal: Dawson Bros., 1871), by Susanna Moodie (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Sketches in Canada, and Rambles Among the Red Men (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852), by Mrs. Jameson
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Sketches of Upper Canada, Domestic, Local, and Characteristic: to Which Are Added, Practical Details for the Information of Emigrants of Every Class: and Some Recollections of the United States of America (Edinburgh; London: Oliver & Boyd ... ;G. & W.B. Whittaker ... , 1821), by John Howison (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada (3 volumes; London: Saunders and Otley, 1838), by Mrs. Jameson
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
• Winterstudien und Sommerstreifereien in Canada (3 volumes in German; Braunschweig: F. Vieweg und Sohn, 1839), by Mrs. Jameson
  • Volume 1: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3: multiple formats at archive.org
• Crazy-White-Man (Sha-ga-na-she Wa-du-kee) (Chicago et al.: Rand McNally, c1952), by Richard Morenus, illust. by William Lackey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Canadas in 1841 (London: H. Colburn, 1841-1842), by Richard Henry Bonnycastle
  • volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• The Georgian Bay: An Account of its Position, Inhabitants, Mineral Interests, Fish, Timber and Other Resources (Toronto: The Carswell Co., ca. 1893), by James Cleland Hamilton, illust. by Mrs. Jameson, R. S. Cassels, and H. J. Browne (illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
• Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West, Or, The Experience of an Early Settler (London: R. Bentley, 1853), by Samuel Strickland, ed. by Agnes Strickland
  • volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• A Plea for Emigration, or, Notes of Canada West, in Its Moral, Social, and Political Aspect, With Suggestions Respecting Mexico, West Indies, and Vancouver's Island, For the Information of Colored Emigrants (1852), by Mary Ann Shadd Cary (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The beauty, history, romance & mystery of the Canadian lake region. (Musson, 1910), by Wilfred Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canada and the Canadians, in 1846. (Colburn, 1846), by Richard Henry Bonnycastle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Au lac Abbitibi; visite pastorale de mgr. J. Thomas Duhamel dans le haut de l'Ottawa. (Cadieux & Derome, 1885), by Jean Baptiste Proulx (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches of upper Canada ... to which are added, practical details for the information of emigrants of every class; and some recollections of the United States of America. (Oliver & Boyd; [etc., etc.], 1822), by John Howison (page images at HathiTrust)
• C. G. Klinckhardt's reise nach Nord-Amerika und dessen erste ansiedelung daselbst, aus briefen von demselben gezogen (C. Andrä, 1833), by Christian Gottlieb Klinckhardt and C. G. Temper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Authentic letters from upper Canada : with an account of Canadian field sports (W. Curry Jun. and Company [etc., etc.], 1833), by T. W. Magrath, Samuel Lover, and Thomas Radcliff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Twenty-seven years in Canada west (R. Bentley, 1853), by Samuel Strickland (page images at HathiTrust)
• The emigrant's guide to Upper Canada ; or, Sketches of the present state of that province, collected from a residence therein during the years 1817, 1818, 1819. Interspersed with reflections (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820), by C. Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inquiries of an emigrant. The narrative of an English farmer, who traversed the United States of America, and the British province of Canada, with a view to settle as an emigrant ... (E. Wilson, 1836), by Joseph Pickering (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travels in the United States of America, and part of Upper Canada. (Printed for the author, by R. Bateman, 1821), by William Dalton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inquiries of an emigrant: being the narrative of an English farmer from the year 1824 to 1830; ... during which period he traversed the United States and Canada, with a view to settle as an emigrant: containing observations on the manners, soil, climate, and husbandry of the Americans; estimates of outfit, charges of voyage, and travelling expenses. (E. Wilson, 1832), by Joseph Pickering (page images at HathiTrust)
• The log of the North shore club ; paddle and portage on the hundred trout rivers of Lake Superior. (P. Putnam's sons, 1911), by Kirkland Barker Alexander (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A topographical description of the province of Lower Canada : with remarks upon Upper Canada : and on the relative connexion of both provinces with the United States of America (Printed for the author and published by W. Faden, 1815), by Joseph Bouchette (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recreations of a long vacation (J. Burns, 1846), by James Beaven (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures in Canada; or, Life in the woods. (Porter & Coates, 1882), by Cunningham Geike (page images at HathiTrust)
• Winter studies and summer rambles in Canada. (Wiley and Putnam, 1839), by Mrs. Jameson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The backwoods of Canada : being letters from the wife of an emigrant officer, illustrative of the domestic economy of British America. (C. Knight, 1836), by Catherine Parr Strickland Traill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the exploration of the country between Lake Superior and the Red River settlement and between the latter place and the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan. (Greenwood Press, 1968), by S. J. Dawson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Life in the clearings versus the bush. (J. W. Lovell company, 1887), by Susanna Moodie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The emigrant. (Harper and brothers..., 1847), by Francis Bond Head (page images at HathiTrust)
• Statistical sketches of Upper Canada for the use of emigrants (J. Murray, 1833), by William Dunlop (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Algoma district, and that part of the Nipissing district north of the Mattawan River, Lake Nipissing and French River, their resources, agricultural and mining capabilities. Prepared under instructions from the commissioner of crown lands. ("Grip" printing and publishing co., 1884), by Ontario. Department of Crown Lands (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lake Superior country (McClelland and Stewart, 1924), by T. Morris Longstreth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Diary of a journey through Upper Canada and some of the New England states, 1819. (W. Tyrrell, 1897), by John Goldie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Georgian Bay ; an account of its position, inhabitants, mineral interests, fish, timber and other resources... (The Carswell company, limited, 1893), by James Cleland Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks on Upper Canada surveys, and extracts from the surveyors' reports containing a description of the soil and timber of the townships in the Huron and Ottawa Territory, and on the north shore of Lake Huron. Appendix no. 26, to the report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, for 1861. (Printed by Hunter, Rose & Lemieux, 1862), by Canada. Dept. of Crown Lands (page images at HathiTrust)
• Winter studies and summer rambles in Canada. (Saunders and Otley, 1838), by Mrs. Jameson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ontario, premier province of Canada. Description of the province--political institutions--natural resources--attractions for tourist, sportsman and settler. (Warwick bro's. & Ruter, 1897), by Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shanty, forest and river life in the backwoods of Canada. (Printed by J. Lovell & Son, 1883), by Joshua Fraser (page images at HathiTrust)
• Roughing it in the bush : or, Forest life in Canada (T.N. Foulis, 1913), by Susanna Moodie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Life in Canada (W. Briggs, 1903), by Thomas Conant (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Emigration. The British farmer's and farm labourers' guide to Ontario, the premier province of the Dominion of Canada. (Printed by C.B. Robinson, 1880), by Ontario. Immigration Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Roughing it in the bush (Bell & Cockburn, 1913), by Susanna Moodie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The emigrant's informant, or, A guide to Upper Canada : containing reasons for emigration, who should emigrate, necessaries for outfit, and charges of voyage, travelling expences [sic], manners of the Americans : qualities, and capabilities, of the soil, price current of the country for 1833, rates of wages ... (G. Cowie ;, 1834), by Canadian settler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of a wanderer; being a residence of India, and six weeks in North America. (Simpkin, Marshall, 1844) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The backwoods of Canada: being letters from the wife of an emigrant officer, illustrative of the domestic economy of British America. (Charles Knight & co., 1846), by Catherine Parr Strickland Traill (page images at HathiTrust)
• The backwoods of Canada: being letters from the wife of an emigrant officer, illustrative of the domestic economy of British America (Nattali and Bond), by Catherine Parr Strickland Traill (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Upper Canada sketches (W. Briggs, 1898), by Thomas Conant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life in the clearings versus the bush. (R. Bentley, 1853), by Susanna Moodie (page images at HathiTrust)
• 6 years in the bush (Simpkin, Marshall, 1838), by Susanna Moodie and Thomas Need (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short topographical description of His Majesty's province of Upper Canada, in North America : to which is annexed, a provincial gazetteer. (W. Faden, 1813), by David William Smyth and Francis Gore (page images at HathiTrust)
• A visit to the province of Upper Canada, in 1819. (Printed by D. Chalmers & co. for J. Strachan. [etc.], 1820), by James Strachan and Joseph Brant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches in Canada ; and rambles among the red men (Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852), by Mrs. Jameson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Winterstudien und Sommerstreifereien in Canada. Ein Tagebuch (F. Vieweg und Sohn, 1839), by Mrs. Jameson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The underdeveloped lands in northern & western Ontario. Information regarding resources, products and suitability for settlement -- collected and compiled from reports of serveyors, crown land agents, and others, with the sanction of the ... Commissioner of Crown Lands. (Hunter, Rose & Co., 1878), by A. Kirkwood and J. J. Murphy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reisen durch die Vereinigten Staaten und Ober-Canada. (C. Scheld & co.; [etc., etc.], 1834), by Traugott Bromme (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lone life: a year in the wilderness (Chapman and Hall, 1875), by Parker Gillmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• North western Ontario: its boundaries, resources and communications. (Printed by Hunter, Rose & co., 1879), by Ontario (page images at HathiTrust)
• Industries of Canada. Historical and descriptive review. Kingston, Ottawa, Cobourg, Brockville, Port Hope, Belleville, Napanee, Prescott, Cornwall. (Historical Publishing Company, 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The backwoods of Canada: being letters from the wife of an emigrant officer, illustrative of the domestic economy of British America. (C. Knight, 1839), by Catherine Parr Strickland Traill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Northern Ontario. (Travel and publicity bureau, 1935), by Ont. Travel and publicity bureau Toronto (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sportsman's paradise; or, The lake lands of Canada. (J.B. Lippincott company, 1888), by B. A. Watson, Harry Beard, and Daniel Carter Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The North country (The R. Clarke Company, 1906), by Harry Anton Auer (page images at HathiTrust)
• In quest of the quaint (Ferris & Leach, 1902), by Eliza B. Chase (page images at HathiTrust)
• Whither away. ([St. Paul, 1949), by E. F. Cary (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sketches of Upper Canada ... to which are added, practical details for the information of emigrants of every class; and some recollections of the United States of America. (Olivers & Boyd, 1825), by John Howison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Present state of the Canadas : containing practical and statistical information respecting the climate, soil, produce, agriculture, trade, currency, banking, &c., of upper and lower Canada, useful for the emigrant, merchant and tourist. (G. Hebert, 1833) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hudson's Bay railway route via Missanabie and valley of Moose River. (Warwick Bro's & Rutter, Printers, etc., 1898), by W. A. Charlton and Charles T. Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
• A trip through the lakes of North America : embracing a full description of the St. Lawrence River, together with all the principal places on its banks, from its source to its mouth ; commerce of the lakes, etc. ; forming altogether a complete guide for the pleasure traveler and emigrant ; with maps and embellishments. (Published by J. Disturnell, 1857), by John Disturnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Roughing it in the bush, or, Life in Canada (G.P. Putnam, 1852), by Susanna Moodie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Papers relative to the exploration of the country between Lake Superior and the Red River settlement. (Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for H.M. Stationery off., 1859), by Canada. Provincial Secretary's Office, Joseph T. Tower, Arthur W. Wells, Henry Youle Hind, S. J. Dawson, and George Gladman (page images at HathiTrust)
• All round route and panoramic guide of the St. Lawrence. (Chisholm, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Frontenac, Lennox & Addington : an essay, to which was awarded a prize of £100 (s.n.], 1856), by C. W. Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Georgian Bay : an account of its position, inhabitants, mineral interests, fish, timber and other resources ... (J. Bain & Son, 1893), by James Cleland Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the line of route between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement (Printed by Hunter, Rose & Company, 1868), by S. J. Dawson, Joseph T. Tower, and Canada House of Commons (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the exploration of the country between Lake Superior and the Red River settlement (John Lovell, printer, 1858), by Canada. Provincial Secretary's Office, Joseph T. Tower, George Gladman, Henry Youle Hind, and Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
• The emigrant. (J. Murray, 1852), by Francis Bond Head (page images at HathiTrust)
• It blows, it snows : a winter's rambles through Canada (s.n.], 1846), by Charlotte H. Coursen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter on Canada in 1806 and 1817 : during the administration of Governor Gore. For private circulation. (Savill and Edwards, printers], 1853), by E. Magrath (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emigrant's friend and guide to Upper Canada. (W.E. Painter ;, 1847), by G. W. Warr (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journey to Niagara. (Printed by William W. Osborn, 1846), by Ralph Izard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Committee on Ottawa and Georgian Bay territory. (Printed by Hunter, Rose & Lemieux, 1864), by Canada. Parliament. Legislative assembly. Committee on Ottawa and Georgian Bay territory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Possessions anglaises de l'Amérique du Nord (F. Didot, in the 1840s), by Frédéric Lacroix (page images at HathiTrust)
• The beauty, history, romance & mystery of the Canadian lake region (Mission Book Co., 1914), by Wilfred Campbell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lone life: a year in the wilderness (Chapman and Hall, 1875), by Parker Gillmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Roughing it in the bush; or, Life in Canada (DeWitt & Davenport, 1852), by Susanna Moodie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preliminary report on an exploration of country between Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay (Dawson Bros., 1887), by A. P. Low (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to Muskoka Lakes, upper Maganetawan & the inside channel of the Georgian Bay : the famous fishing, hunting & pleasure resorts of Ontario. (Williamson, 1888), by Muskoka & Nipissing Navigation Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Gold fields of New Ontario comprising the Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake, Seine River, the Manitou and Michipicoton districts : reached only by the Canadian Pacific Railway. (C.P.R.?], 1899), by Canadian Pacific Railway Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The newer districts of Ontario information for prospective settlers : Rainy River valley, Wabigoon country, Temiscamingue, Algoma (s.n.], 1898), by Duncan Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Last two reports] on the line of route between Lake Superior and the Red River settlement (s.n., 1869), by S. J. Dawson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pioneers of Beverly, series of sketches (Printed by R. Somerville at the office of the True Banner, 1889), by John A. Cornell, Robert McQueen, Wallace McDonald, and David Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boyd's combined business directory for 1875-6 containing an alphabetical list of all the merchants, manufacturers, tradesmen, &c. of Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, London & Kingston arranged under their proper headings, also, a complete appendix of the government historical sketch of each city, &c. (W. Boyd, 1875), by W. Andrew Boyd (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diary of Gov. Simcoe's journey from Humber Bay to Matchetache Bay, 1793 (s.n., 1890), by Alexander Macdonell and John Graves Simcoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lake Temiscamingue district, province of Ontario, Canada a description of its soil, climate, products, area, agricultural capabilities and other resources, together with information pertaining to the sale of public lands ([s.n.], 1893), by C. C. Farr (page images at HathiTrust)
• Four years on the Georgian Bay life among the rocks, information for tourists, campers, and prospective settlers : portraying the fishing and hunting grounds, island and summer resorts, to French river, with scenic views & descriptions. (s.n., 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ontario, Canada its present positon, resources and prospects as a field for settlement ("Labour News" Pub. Office, 1874), by Samuel Phillips Day (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to Muskoka Lakes, [up]per Maganetawan [sic] & inside channel of the Georgian Bay (Williamson?, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Industries of Canada historical and commercial sketches, Peterboro', Lindsay, Gravenhurst, Orillia, Millbrook, Uxbridge, Markham and environs : its prominient places and people, representative merchants and manufacturers, its improvements, progress and enterprise. (M.G. Bixby, 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chisholm's panoramic guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec (C.R. Chisholm, 1868), by William S. Hunter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sport and pleasure in the virgin wilds of Canada, on Lakes Temiskaming, Temagaming (s.n., 1899), by W. M. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• The undeveloped lands in northern and western Ontario information regarding resources, products and suitability for settlement -collected and compiled from reports of surveyors, crown land agents, and others, with the sanction of the honourable the Commissioner of Crown Lands (s.n.], 1878), by Alexander Kirkwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tourist's and sportsman's guide to eastern Canada and Newfoundland. (W. Heinemann, 1892), by Charles G. D. Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Canadian guide-book part II Western Canada : including the peninsular and northern regions of Ontario, the Canadian shores of the Great Lakes, the lake of the woods region, Manitoba and the "Great Northwest", the Canadian Rocky Mountains and national park, British Columbia, and Vancouver's Island (W. Heinemann, 1892), by Ernest Ingersoll (page images at HathiTrust)
• Down the river to the sea (Home Book Co., 1894), by Agnes Maule Machar (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lone life, a year in the wilderness (Chapman and Hall, 1875), by Parker Gillmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Land in Algoma and western Ontario (Issued by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An autumn tour in the United States and Canada (H.S. King, 1873), by J. G. Medley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Out and home again by way of Canada and the United States, or, What a summer trip told me of the people and the country of the great West (F. Warne;, 1875), by William Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thunder Bay, Nipigon & St. Joe Railway dairy lands, sheep lands, spruce lands, grazing lands, farming lands, gold, silver, iron, copper, limestone, marble, fish, etc. (s.n., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pen and sunlight sketches of scenery reached by the Grand Trunk Railway and connections including Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, rapids of the St. Lawrence, Montreal, Quebec and the mountains of New England. (s.n.], 1892), by Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• A scamper through some cities of America being a record of a three months' tour in the United States and Canada (D. Bryce, 1890), by Archibald Porteous (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Beauty spots of Canada description of that delightful trip down the river St. Lawrence and up the world-famed Saguenay : official guide, 1895 (The Company, 1895), by Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thunder Bay, Nipigon & St. Joe Railway farms! homes! farming lands, grazing lands, dairy lands, sheep lands, spruce lands, gold, silver, iron, copper, limestone and marble. (s.n., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The St. Lawrence Hall guide from Niagara Falls to the Saguenay (s.n.], 1874), by F. Geriken (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches of Upper Canada, domestic, local, and characteristic to which are added practical details for the information of emigrants of every class, and some recollections of the United States of America (Oliver & Boyd;, 1822), by John Howison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on a topographical & geological exploration of the canoe route between Fort William, Lake Superior, and Fort Garry, Red River, and also of the valley of Red River, north of the 49th parallel, during the summer of 1857 made under instructions from the provincial secretary of Canada (S. Derbishire & G. Desbarats, 1858), by Henry Youle Hind (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hunter and Chisholm's panoramic guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec (C.R. Chisholm, 1867), by William S. Hunter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canada, the province of Ontario as a field for emigration a lecture : delivered in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, Plymouth, May 6th, 1870, presided over by Colonel Palmer, R. A. (s.n., 1870), by Thomas White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rupland, our northern empire how to reach our vast possessions : the different routes analysed and described : the Canada Pacific railway necessary for the development of our resources. (s.n.], 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sportsman's paradise, or, The lake lands of Canada (J.B. Lippincott, 1888), by B. A. Watson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. Haddock's narrative of his hazardous and exciting voyage in the balloon "Atlantic", with Prof. Jno. LaMountain (s.n.], 1872), by John A. Haddock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recreations of a long vacation, or, A visit to Indian missions in Upper Canada (J. Burns;, 1846), by James Beaven (page images at HathiTrust)
• The shoe and canoe, or, Pictures of travel in the Canadas illustrative of their scenery and of colonial life : with facts and opinions on emigration, state policy, and other points of public interest (Chapman and Hall, 1850), by John J. Bigsby (page images at HathiTrust)
• The northern lakes of Canada the Niagara River and Toronto, Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching, the lakes of Muskoka, the Georgian Bay, great Manitoulin channel, Mackinac, Sault Ste. Marie, Lake Superior : a guide to the best spots for waterside resorts, hotels, camping outfit, fishing and shooting, distances and cost of travel : with sectional maps of the lakes and illustrations (s.n., 1886), by Barlow Cumberland (page images at HathiTrust)
• The province of Ontario its soil, climate, resources, institutions, free grant lands, &c., &c., for the information of intending emigrants. (s.n.], 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short American tramp in the fall of 1864 (Edmonston and Douglas, 1865), by J. F. Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emigration the advantages of emigration to Canada : being the substance of two lectures delivered at the Town-Hall, Colchester, and the Mechanics' Institution, Ipswich (Simpkin and Marshall;, 1831), by William Cattermole (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canadian local history the first gazetteer of Upper Canada, with annotations (s.n., 1875), by Henry Scadding and David William Smyth (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Canadas, as they at present commend themselves to the enterprize of emigrants, colonists, and capitalists comprehending a variety of topographical reports concerning the quality of the land, etc. in different districts and the fullest general information (E. Wilson, 1852), by Andrew Picken and John Galt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travels in the United States of America, and part of Upper Canada (Printed for the author, by R. Bateman, 1821), by William Dalton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hints of emigration to Upper Canada especially addressed to the lower classes in Great Britain and Ireland (W. Curry, Jun.;, 1831), by Martin Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hints on emigration to Upper Canada especially addressed to the middle and lower classes in Great Britain and Ireland (W. Curry, Jun.;, 1832), by Martin Doyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• A tour from the city of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan Territory, made between the 2d of May and the 23d of September, 1818 the tour extends from New-York, by Albany, Schenectady, and Utica, to Sacket's Harbor, and thence through Lake Ontario, to St. Lawrence river, and down that stream to Hamilton village; thence along both banks of the St. Lawrence, from Hamilton to the Thousand Islands; thence to Sacket's Harbour by water; from that place by the route of great Sodus, Geneva, Canandaigua, and Eatavia, to Buffalo; and from thence to Black Rock, Fort Erie, the Falls of Niagara, Queenstown, Lewiston, and the memorable fields of Bridgewater and Chippewa. After viewing the interesting pass of Niagara, the author traversed the south shore of Lake Erie to the city of Detroit, and visited in the latter range Dunkirk, Erie, Cleveland, Sandusky, and other places of less note : the tour contains notices of what fell under the author's observation concerning the natural history and geography of the region over which his travels extended with brief remarks upon such remarkable events and characters as have contributed to give interest to different places (Published for the author, by Kirk & Mercein, and sold by Kirk & Mercein, A.T. Goodrich & Co. James Eastburn & Co., W.B. Gilley, Charles Wiley & Co., R. M'Dermut, William Hooker, andd Collins & Co. New York, and by some others of the principal booksellers in the United States, 1819), by William 1775-1854 Darby (page images at HathiTrust)
• The falls of Niagara, or, Tourist's guide to this wonder of nature including notices of the whirlpool, islands, &c and a complete guide thro' the Canadas (W.B. Hayden, 1839), by S. De Veaux (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches of Upper Canada, domestic, local, and characteristic to which are added, practical details for the information of emigrants of every class : and some recollections of the United States of America (Oliver & Boyd ...;, 1821), by John Howison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hunter's panoramic guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec (B. Dawson;, 1857), by William S. Hunter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on North America agricultural, economical and social (W. Blackwood, 1851), by James F. W. Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Statistical account of Upper Canada compiled with a view to a grand system of emigration (Simpkin & Marshall, 1822), by Robert Gourlay (page images at HathiTrust)
• A geographical view of the province of Upper Canada and promiscuous remarks of the government in two parts with an appendix containing a complete description of the Niagara Falls and remarks relative to the situation of the inhabitants respecting the war, and a concise history of its progress to the present date (Printed for the author by Pelsue & Gould, 1813) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A topographical description of the province of Lower Canada with remarks upon Upper Canada, and on the relative connexion of both provinces with the United States of America (Printed for the author, and published by W. Faden ..., 1815), by Joseph Bouchette (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conférence donnée par M. le recorder de Montigny à la dernière séance du Congrès de colonisation, tenue à Montréal, le 24 novembre 1898 (s.n., 1898), by B. A. Testard de Montigny and Québec) Congrès de la colonisation (1898 : Montréal (page images at HathiTrust)
• A la baie d'Hudson ou Récit de la première visite pastorale de Mgr. N. Z. Lorrain evêque de Cythère et vicaire apostolique de Pontiac, dans ses missions sauvages de Témiscamingue, d'Additibi, de New-Port, de Moose et d'Albany (Libraire Saint-Joseph, 1886), by J.-B. Proulx (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyage au lac Abbitibi [i.e. Abitibi] ou Visite pastorale de Mgr J. Th. Duhamel, dans le haut de l'Ottawa (s.n., 1882), by J.-B. Proulx (page images at HathiTrust)
• Visite pastorale de Mgr. J. Thomas Duhamel dans le haut de l'Ottawa (Cadieux & Derome, 1885), by J.-B. Proulx (page images at HathiTrust)
• Description topographique de la province du Bas Canada avec des remarques sur le Haut Canada et sur les relations des deux provinces avec les Etats Unis de l'Amérique (Imprimée pour l'auteur, et publiée par W. Faden ..., 1815), by Joseph Bouchette (page images at HathiTrust)
• A six weeks' tour in Western Canada (s.n.], 1865), by Jane Porter (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sportsman's paradise, or, The lake lands of Canada (J. Bumpus;, 1889), by B. A. Watson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Windsor Hotel guide to the city of Montreal and for the Dominion of Canada (s.n.], 1890) (page images at HathiTrust)
• All round route and panoramic guide of the St. Lawrence (Chisholm, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Townships of Ontario (s.n., 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bryan's steamboat and railway time tables, to and from Toronto, and summer resort guide (Bryan Pub. Co., 1904), by Bryan Pub. Co (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Canadian tours (s.n.], 1919) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The heart of Canada being the orchard and dairy region of Lake Ontario (Dept. of the Interior, 1915), by Howard Angus Kennedy and Canada. Dept. of the Interior (page images at HathiTrust)
• Forest life in Canada (Bell & Cockburn, 1913), by Susanna Moodie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A railway trip to the sunny south from notes by a railroad conductor, December 1881. (s.n.], 1881), by Eugene McKenna (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Nipissing guide and holiday companion the shortest, cheapest and most direct route to Markham, Uxbridge, Sunderland, Cannington and to Lindsay, Beaverton and Orillia, via the Midland Railway, also to Coboconk and all points north-east of Toronto. (s.n.], 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Algoma and western Ontario an account of lands, timber and mineral resources along the lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway between Ottawa and Lake Superior, and upon the north shore of Lake Huron. (Canadian Pacific Railway, 1888), by Canadian Pacific Railway Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the country traversed by the Quebec & Lake Huron Railway (s.n., 1900), by Geological Survey of Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pictorial Ontario the premier province of the Dominion, as pourtrayed [sic] with pen and pencil. (C.B. Robinson, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sport and pleasure in the virgin wilds of Canada on Lakes Temiskaming, Temagaming, Kippewa (s.n., 1900), by W. M. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• A few of the many points of interest noted in a tour of Canada over the system of the Grand Trunk Railway Co (A.H. Dixon, 1889), by Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journey to Depot Harbor, Saturday, September 15th, 1900 (s.n., 1900), by Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Forest life in Canada. (Dodge, 1913), by Susanna Moodie (page images at HathiTrust)
• À la Baie d'Hudson, ou Récit de la première visite pastorale de N.Z. Lorrain, évêque de Cythère, dans ses missions sauvages de Témiscamingue, d'Abbitibi, de New-Port, de Moose et d'Albany. (Cadieux & Derome, 1886), by Jean Baptiste Proulx (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tour through Canada of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. (Grand Trunk Railway System, 1901), by Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lake Temiscamingue district, province of Ontario, Canada a description of its soil, climate, products, area, agricultural capabilities and other resources, together with information pertaining to the sale of public lands ([s.n.], 1893), by Charles Cobbold Farr (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ontario as a home for the British tenant farmer who desires to become his own landlord. (Printed by Warwick & Sons, 1886), by Arthur S. Hardy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Snap shots on the Ottawa River and Rideau Lakes : with many illustrations of interesting places and scenes : also, a short description of the Ottawa River & points of interest to the tourist who may make the trip via the Grand River and Rideau Lakes through the most charming scenery in America between Montreal, Ottawa and Kingston (s.n.], 1899), by Ottawa River Navigation Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lost in the backwoods : a tale of the Canadian forest (T. Nelson, 1884), by Catherine Parr Strickland Traill and Thomas Nelson & Son (page images at HathiTrust)
• By northern lakes; reminiscences of life in Ontario mission fields (W. Briggs; [etc., etc.], 1896), by W. W. Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rainy River district, province of Ontario, Canada. An illustrated description of its soil, climate, products, area, agricultural capabilities and timber and mineral resources ... (Printed by Warwick & Sons, 1892), by Frank Yeigh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Survey and exploration of northern Ontario, Report of. (L. K. Cameron, 1901), by Ontario. Department of Crown Lands (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)
• Nepigon trout; an Ottawa canoeist's experience on the northern shore of lake Superior. (Passenger dept. Canadian Pacific railway, 1888), by W F of Ottawa Whitcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Afar in the forest : or, Pictures of life and scenery in the wilds of Canada. (T. Nelson and sons, 1873), by Catherine Parr Strickland Traill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emigration. (Printed by C. B. Robinson, 1880), by Ontario. Immigration Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Georgian Bay. (James Bain & son, 1893), by James Cleland Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A trip to the United States and Canada: in a series of letters. (W.H. Smith and Son, 1852), by E. W. Watkin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canada as it is; or The emigrant's friend and guide to Upper Canada; being a sketch of the country, climate, inhabitants, professions, trades, etc. Taken during a residence of four years, together with important instructions to persons of all classes who purpose becoming inhabitants of the colony. (J. Robertson; [etc., etc.], 1847), by G. W. Warr (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canada and the Canadians. (Canadiana House, 1969), by Richard Henry Bonnycastle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Letters from Perth, Upper Canada (Printed for Waugh and Innes, 1824), by William Bell and Andrew Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Canada Company, having had numerous inquiries from various parts of British North America, and especially from the United States, upon Canada West, (late Upper Canada) by settlers who are anxious to migrate to this section of the province, have been induced to arrange those questions with the respective answers, and to print them in a form for general circulation. (s.n., 1843), by Canada Company (1824-1953) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Roughing it in the bush; or, Life in Canada. (R. M. Dewitt, 1854), by Susanna Moodie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Backwoods of Canada (Charles Knight & Co., 1846), by Catherine Parr Strickland Traill and C. G. Nicolay (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inquiries of an emigrant : being the narrative of an English farmer from the year 1824 to 1830; with the author's additions, to March, 1832; during which period he traversed the United States and Canada, with a view to settle as an emigrant: containing observations on the manners, soil, climate, and husbandry of the Americans; estimates of outfit, charges of voyage, and travelling expenses (E. Wilson, 1832), by Joseph Pickering (page images at HathiTrust)
• Perham's pictorial voyage known as the seven mile mirror to Canada, American frontier, and the Saguenay, embracing full and accurate views and descriptions of the of the monuments, cities, ruins, lakes, falls and rapids, of British America; also, views of the republican border along the shores of Lake Erie and both banks of the Niagara River, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence: likewise a picturesque pilgrimage up the remote and sublime Saguenay river, situated in the Hudson's Bay territory ([s.n.], 1854), by Josiah Perham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Burr's pictorial voyage to Canada, to the American frontier and the Saguenay : embracing full and accurate views and descriptions of all the monuments, cities, ruins, lakes, falls, rapids, and territorial dependencies to the crown of Great Britain, also a view of the American border along the shores of Lake Erie and both banks of the Niagara River, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence, likewise, a picturesque pilgrimage up the remote and sublime Saguenay River situated in the Hudson's Bay territory ([s.n.], 1850), by Josiah Perham and William Burr (page images at HathiTrust)
• Perham's pictorial voyage known as the seven mile mirror to Canada, American frontier, and the Saguenay, embracing full and accurate views and descriptions of the of the monuments, cities, ruins, lakes, falls and rapids, of British America; also, views of the republican border along the shores of Lake Erie and both banks of the Niagara River, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence: likewise a picturesque pilgrimage up the remote and sublime Saguenay river, situated in the Hudson's Bay territory ([s.n.], 1854), by Josiah Perham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tour of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur of Connaught through the provinces of Ontario and Quebec (The Company, 1906), by Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rest and sport among the Rideau Lakes : illustrating and describing the charming scenery of the Rideau chain, with information for sportsman and tourist, and the steamer service between Clayton, Kingston, Smith's Falls, and Ottawa, on the picturesque Rideau route. (Rideau Lakes Navigation Co., 1904), by Rideau Lakes Navigation Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lake Superior country (The Century co., 1924), by Thomas Morris Longstreth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Description topographique de la province du Bas Canada : avec des remarques sur le Haut Canada, et sur les relations des deux provinces avec les États Unis de l'Amérique (Imprimeé pour l'auteur et publieé par W. Faden ..., 1815), by Joseph Bouchette (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life in the clearing versus the bush (DeWitt & Davenport, 1854), by Susanna Moodie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life in Canada, by Thomas Conant (Gutenberg ebook)
• Upper Canada Sketches, by Thomas Conant (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ansiedlungen in den Urwäldern von Canada.: Ein Wegweiser für Auswandrer nach Amerika von einer Emigrantin. (in German), by Catharine Parr Strickland Traill, trans. by Friedrich Adolph Wiese (Gutenberg ebook)
• Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men, by Mrs. Jameson (Gutenberg ebook)
• Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2, by Richard Henry Bonnycastle (Gutenberg ebook)
• Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1, by Richard Henry Bonnycastle (Gutenberg ebook)
• Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West: The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I), by Samuel Strickland (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Letter from a gentleman to his friend, in England, descriptive of the different settlements in the province of Upper Canada. (Philadelphia: : Printed by W.W. Woodward, Franklin's Head, new sign, south side Chesnut Street., 1795), by John Cosens Ogden (HTML at Evans TCP)

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