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Ghost Towns of Muskokaby Maria Da Silva and Andrew Hind |
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Ghost Towns of MuskokaGhost Towns of Muskoka explores the history of a collection of communities from across Muskoka whose stars have long since faded. Today, these ghost towns are merely a shadow — or spectre — of what they once were. Some have disappeared entirely, having been swallowed by regenerating forests, while others have been reduced to foundations, forlorn buildings, and silent ruins. A few support a handful of inhabitants, but even these towns are wrapped in a ghostly shroud. But this book isn’t only about communities that have died. Rather it is about communities that lived, vibrantly at that, if only for a brief time. It’s about the people whose dreams for a better life these villages represented; the people who lived, loved, laboured, and ultimately died in these small wilderness settlements. And it’s about an era in history, those early heady days of Muskoka settlement when the forests were flooded with loggers and land-hungry settlers. AUTHORMaria Da Silva is the co-author of Strange Events of Ontario. with Andrew Hind. Maria is a contributor to the Muskoka Sun and North Bay Sideroads. They live in Bradford, Ontario. DETAILSPublisher: Dundurn Press, 2008 |
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