Pakenham, Ottawa Valley Village 1823-1860

By Verna Ross McGiffin

This is the first volume of a two volume local history of Pakenham, Ontario that focuses on the early history of Pakenham, covering the settlement years 1823 to 1860. Volume Two continues the history from 1860 to 1900 

The first volume begins with the indigenous tribes encountered by the early European explorers, and continues by describing the various groups of European immigrants, including the Irish settlers brought out by Honorable Peter Robinson, and the difficulties encountered by these early pioneers in a township deeply penetrated by the Canadian Shield and heavily wooded with pine.

Contents include: 

• Preface
• Prelude to Settlement
  • The Village Pattern
  • Physical Features of Pakenham Township
  • Geological History of the Area
  • The Aborigines
• Days of Settlement
  • The Background of Settlement
  • The Military Settlements
  • Early Travelers and Settlers
  • The Settlement around Little Falls
• The Robinson Settlers
  • Choosing the Settlers
  • The Ocean Voyage 
  • Lachine to Ramsay
  • Robinson's Settlers in the Township
  • Trouble with Robinson's Settlers
• The Laird of McNab's Settlers
• Days of Adjustment
  • Problems in the Young Settlement
  • Pakenham Settlers Petition the Governor
  • The Harvey-Frizell Land Dispute
  • Judith Dougherty's Petition
  • The Plight of Robinson's Settlers
• Early Missionaries in Pakenham Township
  • Social and Religious Climate in Upper Canada
  • The Coming of the Methodists
  • The Early Anglican Mission
  • Presbyterianism Reaches Pakenham
  • Roman Catholic Missionaries 
• Enlarging Horizons
  • The Valley in the 1820's and 1830's
  • Andrew Dickson and Pakenham Mills
  • The Birth of Municipal Government
  • The Rebellion of 1837 and the Battle of Pakenham 
• Andrew Dickson's Village
  • The Village Tradesmen
  • The Timber Trade in the Valley
  • Political and Municipal Affairs
  • The Clergymen and the Churches
  • The Schools and the School Commissioners
  • Lawbreakers and Lawmakers
  • Life in the 1840's
  • Official Visitors
• Years of Growth
  • Changes in the Village
  • Township Council Government
  • Religious and Social Life
  • Mr. Dickson's Activities
  • Railroad Fever
• The Village at the Zenith 
• Notes

Details

224 Pages
5.5 X 8.75
Hardcover (with original printed dust jacket)
Illustrations
Bibliography
Printed in 1963 - These books new old stock (original and new)
ISBN: (none)