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Freshwater Heritage - A History of Sail on the Great Lakes, 1670-1918 (Paperback)
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Freshwater Heritage - A History of Sail on the Great Lakes, 1670-1918 (Paperback)
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Freshwater Heritage: A History of Sail on the Great Lakes,
1670-1918 represents the culmination of a lifelong passion for
sailing and for the history of sail as it applies to Canada.
Author/sailor/boat builder Don Bamford takes us deep into the
psyche of sailing as it applies to historical events on the Great
Lakes and to stories of the people and places there at the time.
His extensive historical research takes us back to the time of
European contact, through the fate of the luckless Griffon and the
achievements of the French in the era of sail. From the 1760s
through to 1815, Bamford chronicles the glory years of the brigs,
the schooners, the snows and the warships that dominated the lakes
during the war years, with a particular emphasis on the War of 1812
and the race for naval domination of the Great Lakes. Much
deserving attention is given to the shipbuilders and to the
challenges of constructing these vessels in the wilderness of the
colonies, all supported by carefully researched detail. Bamford
also documents the critical role played by sailing vessels in the
settlement process as newly arrived immigrants struggled to
establish a home in a new land. The commercial role of sail on the
Great Lakes is captured through the refinements to the schooners,
the place of ships in the fur trade, the early days of fishing the
lakes as an industry, the role of the timber droghers, the stone
hookers and the first ore carriers of the first part of the 20th
century. Never before has the place of sailing vessels in the early
history of Canadas Great Lakes been so inclusive, and made so
accessible to the general reader. Richly illustrated with archival
visuals and photographs of significant works of art, and supported
by a full index and extensive end matter, Freshwater Heritage is a
must for both the armchair historian and those who love to sail.
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