Report on a tour of Western Canada
- CA ON00156 2023-043
- Item
- 1920
Report on a tour of Western Canada to study what the author describes as "the Oriental problem in Canada."
Smith, W. G. [William George]
Report on a tour of Western Canada
Report on a tour of Western Canada to study what the author describes as "the Oriental problem in Canada."
Smith, W. G. [William George]
The fonds consists of 633 photographs, 23 negatives, letters, sympathy cards, business cards, newspaper clippings, genealogy and family history and a few business papers belonging to the Smith family, primarily Frank Smith of Madoc. The photographs found in this fonds mainly depict the area around Madoc, with some from Bancroft, Maynooth and other places in Hastings County. A large number of the photographs were taken on vacation or while travelling through Canada and the United States. The photographs were taken in Florida, Atlantic City, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Healy Falls, Shaw Falls, Coppercliffe, Ottawa, Port Carling, Gaspe, Napanee, Madoc, Bancroft, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.
The families primarily depicted in the photographs are the Smith family, McCaw family, Swayne family and Cassidy family. Many of the photographs have names and places written on the back of them. Other people mentioned on the photographs include: Jean Phillips Thompson, Mary Smith Barton, Aunt Vera, Muriel Smith, George Wright, Hugh Pepper, Frank Smith, Frank and Jane Packer Ingersoll, Elizabeth Baker, Martin Porter, Kay Seaton, Helen Whycock, Bessie Woods, Tom Ross, Jack and Ann Yonkers.
There are 3 letters from Henry and Eliza Smith between 1872 and 1874; a birth certificate for Frank Smith, news clippings on the Smith and McCaw families and events in Madoc. There are also family trees and other genealogical information connecting the Smith, McCaw and other families. Much of the information appears to have been gathered by Mary Elizabeth Barton (born Smith: lived from 1921 to 2017).
Smith (family)
Road Map of the Province of Ontario 1967
Part of Map collection
A road map of the northern and southern portions of the Province of Ontario. Published by the Ontario Department of Highways in 1967 for the Centennial Year. Various indexes and legends are located on the map.
Ontario. Department of Highways
Road Map of the Province of Ontario 1956
Part of Map collection
A road map of the northern and southern portions of the Province of Ontario. Published by the Ontario Department of Highways in 1956. Various indexes and legends are located on the map.
Ontario. Department of Highways
Road Map of the Province of Ontario 1953
Part of Map collection
A road map of the northern and southern portions of the Province of Ontario. Published by the Ontario Department of Highways in 1953. Various indexes and legends are located on the map.
Ontario. Department of Highways
Road Map of Hastings County 1953
Part of Map collection
A road map of Hastings County in 1953. Portions of adjoining counties are also pictured. Boundaries are yellow, while roads are blue and red. Published by the Ontario Department of Highways. Scale: 1 inch = 4 miles.
Ontario. Department of Highways
Geography of the Heavens - a Celestial Atlas
Part of Map collection
A "Celestial Atlas designed to illustrate the Geography of the Heavens" by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, an American astronomer and mathematician. This second edition was published in 1833 by F. J. Huntingdon in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. The pages are as follows:
Burritt, Elijah Hinsdale
Road Map of Hastings County 1956
Part of Map collection
A road map of Hastings County in 1956. Portions of adjoining counties are also pictured. Boundaries are yellow, while roads are blue and red. Published by the Ontario Department of Highways. Scale: 1 inch = 4 miles. Dimensions: 72cm x 46.5cm.
Donated by Vera Crabbe in 2008.
Ontario. Department of Highways
Resources Map of Hastings County
Part of Map collection
Resources map of Hastings County, Ontario, showing agricultural activity and natural resources.
Map of Hastings County and Road Changes
Part of Map collection
A map of Hastings County in 1914. Roads to be removed are highlighted in red colour. Published by the Office of Public Roads and Highways. Scale: 2 miles = 1". Dimensions: 54cm x 87cm.
Donated by Eric Jones, accession #2015-49.
Office of Public Roads and Highways
Map of the Great Lakes with French Missionary notes
Part of Map collection
A map of Lake Ontario and the land surrounding it, with notes, presumably written by French explorers. Original date 1670, reprinted July 7, 1882.
Part of the Mika collection.
An Accurate Map of Canada with the adjacent Countries
Part of Map collection
A reproduction by the Canadian Department of Energy, Mines and Resources of "An Accurate Map of Canada with the adjacent Countries Exhibiting the late Seat of War between the English & French in those parts." Original map was issued in 1761 at London. Includes the areas named; New South Wales, New Britain, Canada, south Louisiana, Virginia, "Pennsilvania," New York and New England. The names and location of Indigenous peoples are also featured on the map.
Donated by Gerry Boyce.
Canada. Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
Part of Map collection
A reproduction by the Canadian Department of Energy, Mines and Resources of "British North America by Permission dedicated to The Honorable Hudsons Bay Company containing the latest information which their documents furnish by their obedient servants." The map was originally composed by John Arrowsmith in 1834.
Donated by Gerry Boyce.
Arrowsmith, John
Road Map of Hastings County 1959
Part of Map collection
A road map of Hastings County in 1959. Portions of adjoining counties are also pictured. Boundaries are yellow, while roads are blue and red. Published by the Ontario Department of Highways. Scale: 1 inch = 4 miles.
Fulton, W. J.
File contains two copies of “The Kilties: Souvenir Route Book” from 1910 when the Kilties toured the world, a postcard of the Kilties on tour, and paper with the Kilties of Belleville, Ontario letter head. There is also a newspaper article written in 2010 about the history of the Kilties and their tour.
Kilties
Road Map of Central Canada 1939
Part of Map collection
A map of Central Canada detailing various roads, towns and cities. The total area extends from west Sarnia to east Prescott and north Algonquin Park to south Lake Ontario. Map dated 1939. Published by Imperial Oil Limited. Scale: 15 miles to 1 inch.
Imperial Oil Limited
"Things to see and do in Ontario" Map
Part of Map collection
A map of Ontario detailing sports and activities located within the "Heart of Canada - Ontario - [an] easy to reach vacation land!" The "things to see & do" are located at different stops along the Trans-Canada Highway. Map dated 1961. Published for free distribution by the Department of Travel & Publicity of the Province of Ontario.
Ontario. Department of Travel and Publicity
Part of Map collection
Ontario. Department of Highways
Canadian National Railway System Map
Part of Map collection
"The Only Railway Serving All Ten Provinces of Canada:" a map showing the Canadian National Railway System in 1952. The map includes: Canadian National Railways, Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, Central Vermont Railway Inc., Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company. Composed by C.N.R. Montreal. Scale 10/16 of an inch to 50 miles.
Donated by Bruce Polmanter.
C.N.R. Montreal
Information Guide Map of Belleville
Part of Map collection
An information guide map of Belleville for visitors to the area. Map features points of interest within the southern part of the city. Circa 1961.
Belleville Chamber of Commerce