A Brief History of Orillia: Ontario's Sunshine City

A Brief History of Orillia: Ontario's Sunshine City

A Brief History of Orillia: Ontario's Sunshine City

A Brief History of Orillia: Ontario's Sunshine City

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Overview

Local author Dennis Rizzo tells the fascinating and diverse history of Orillia, Ontario. First populated by the Huron, Iroquois and Chippewa Nations, Orillia is now a well-loved, year-round recreation destination. Its history is deeply tied to its water. Situated in the narrows where Lake Simcoe flows into Lake Couchiching, Orillia was a gathering place for centuries before Europeans used it to bring furs to market. Sir John Simcoe, first governor of Upper Canada, fostered permanent settlement of the area. A gateway to the Muskoka region, it has been home to lumber, manufacturing, and artistic endeavours. Today, summer cottagers and winter athletes alike enjoy the Sunshine City and its more than twenty annual festivals. Local author Dennis Rizzo tells the fascinating and diverse history of Orillia, Ontario.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626191044
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 05/27/2014
Series: Brief History
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

About The Author

Dennis Rizzo is the author of numerous books and articles. In late 2010, he moved to Orillia, Ontario, where he has joined the Mariposa Writers Group (a writing and critique group) and is their web manager. He is the chair of the Orillia Community Kitchen Resource Group and a member of the Orillia Museum of Art and History. John Forrest is a retired educator and administrator living in Severn Township, near Orillia, with his wife Carol. He is well known for his Christmas stories and his three books of anecdotes, spanning childhood to the present.

Table of Contents

Foreword John Forrest 5

Acknowledgements 7

Introduction 9

Chapter 1 Huronia 13

Chapter 2 Indigenous 23

Chapter 3 Pioneers, Missionaries and Land Speculators 33

Chapter 4 Life After Furs 45

Chapter 5 Invisibility 59

Chapter 6 The Deal 69

Chapter 7 Lumber Is King and Rides an Iron Horse 81

Chapter 8 The Heydays 95

Chapter 9 We Define Ourselves 109

Chapter 10 World War and Change 123

Chapter 11 Legacies 137

Chapter 12 The Sunshine City 149

Notes 161

Bibliography 171

Index 183

About the Author 191

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