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• 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)

• 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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• Life in the woods : a boy's narrative of the adventures of a settler's family in Canada. (Crosby and Ainsworth, 1865), by Cunningham Geike (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)
• Opportunities along the Canadian Northern in New Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan ([s.n., 1903), by Canadian Northern Railway Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A statement concerning the extent, resources, climate and industrial development of the Province of Ontario Canada (L.K. Cameron, 1903), by Richard Harcourt (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)
• Emigration to Canada. The Province of Ontario; its soil, climate, resources, institutions, free grant lands, &c., &c., for the information of intending emigrants. (Hunter, Rose & Co., 1871), by Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (page images at HathiTrust)

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