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• The Rapids (Toronto: Copp Clark Co., c1922), by Alan Sullivan (Gutenberg text)
• The Building of Jalna (c1944), by Mazo De la Roche (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• Young Renny (c1935), by Mazo De la Roche (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The Champlain Road (The Bruce publishing company, 1939), by Franklin Davey McDowell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dick's desertion : a boy's adventures in Canadian forests. A tale of the early settlement of Ontario (Toronto : b Musson, 1905), by Marjorie L. C. Pickthall and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers. Canadian Writers (page images at HathiTrust)

• Perth-on-the-Tay, a tale of the transplanted Highlanders ([Mortimer Co., Printers], 1901), by Josephine Smith (page images at HathiTrust)

• The sergeant of Fort Toronto (Copp, Clark, 1914), by George F. Millner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Sergeant of Fort Toronto (Copp, Clark, 1914), by George F. Millner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sergeant of Fort Toronto (Copp, Clark, 1914), by George F. Millner (page images at HathiTrust)

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• 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
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • 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 (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; US access only)
• 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; US access only)
• 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; US access only)
• 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; US access only)
• 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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