Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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A selection of early northern guidebooks. Read more about these and others in McGill's library collection on the blog: news.library.mcgill.ca/fashionable-northern-tours

0:00 Introduction
0:08 Hunter's panoramic guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec
0:25 Lake Ontario
0:32 Kingston
0:39 1000 Islands
0:50 Hammond and Morristown
0:57 The Canadian Guide Book, with a Map of the Province
1:22 Close-up of guidebook
1:27 Guidebook folding

Books used, in order of appearance:

Staveley, Edward. The Canadian Guide Book, with a Map of the Province. Montreal: Armour & Ramsay, 1849.

Hunter, William S. Hunter & Chisholm's Panoramic Guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec. Montreal: Published by C.R. Chisholm, 1867.