Drawing of James Hope's Book Store, 22 Sparks Street at Elgin Street in 1879
Drawing Source: McGill University Digital Atlas Project




Native Canadian History in the Ottawa Area

Since Time Immemorial: "Our Story", by Stephen McGregor, 
The Story of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinàbeg,
Kitigan Zibi Education Council, 2004, ISBN 0-9734910-1-9,
Research Team: Sandra Diabo Decontie and James Odjick, 344 pages.
This is an amazing book describing the history of the Algonquin Nation
in the Ottawa River Valley and it's watershed, mainly in the River Desert 
region at Maniwaki.

The Algonkin Tribe: The Algonkins of the Ottawa Valley, An Historical Outline, 
by Peter Hessel, Kichesippi Books, Arnprior, ISBN 0-921082-01-0

Ireland / Canada

Irish Migrants in the Canadas: A New Approach, by Dr. Bruce Elliott (Carleton University), 
McGill/Queen's Press, 1988, ISBN 0-7735-0607-I  (HIST 3500) 
Searchable Digital Version

The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada, edited by Robert O'Driscoll and Lorna Reynolds,
Celtic Arts of Canada, Toronto, 1988, ISBN 0-921745-00-1 

The Rebellion in Wicklow, 1798, by Ruan O'Donnell, Irish Academic Press, 
1998, ISBN 0-7165-2694-8

Memoirs of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, Sir Richard Musgraves, 1802, Fourth Edition,
Duffry Press, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland, ISBN 0-9643925-0-X 
(borrowed from David Nolan)

Small Differences: Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants, 1815-1922, by Donald H. Akenson, 
McGill - Queen's University Press, Kingston and Montreal, 1988, ISBN 0-7735-0636-5
Kanata (Beaverbrook) Library Call # 941.508 Ake

Being Had - Historians, Evidence and the Irish in North America, by Donald H. Akenson, (HIST 3500)
P.D. Meany Publishers, 1985, ISBN 0-88835-014-7, Carleton Library Call Number FC106 I6 A39, Fifth Floor

The Irish in Ontario: A Study in Rural History, by Donald H. Akenson, (HIST 3500)
McGill - Queen's University Press, Kingston and Montreal, 1984 and 1999, ISBN 0-7735-2029-5.

Emigration from South Leinster to Eastern Upper Canada, Bruce Elliott, in Kevin Whelan, ed. 
Wexford: History and Society (Dublin: Geography Publications, 1987) pp. 422-446
(Carleton University Library DA990.W5W49 - 5th Floor) ISBN 0 906602 0 68 (HIST 3500)

The Irishman in Canada, by Nicholas Flood Davin, 1843-1901, Carleton Library,
FC106 I6 D38 (Fifth Floor) See some nice images from this rare book.

From Ireland They Came, By Neil Patterson
A Good Summary of Irish Immigration and the Rideau Canal Workers.

Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlements: Patterns, Links and Letters, 
Cecil Houston and William J. Smyth, Toronto  - University of Toronto Press, 1991
ISBN 080206910X (paperback) or 0802058299 (hard cover)  HIST 3500
(note: this classic book contains a case study and emigrant letters concerning
a Nathaniel Carruthers who was connected to our Noble Carruthers)

The Making of Nations: The Irish Question in Canada, 1830-1925, 
by Dr. David Shanahan, Historical Consultant, formerly of Carleton University

The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-49, by Cecil Woodham-Smith, 1962
Hardcover Hamish Hamilton edition, also in Paperback from Penguin Books

The McCabe List: Early Irish in the Ottawa Valley, by Dr. Bruce Elliott, 
Ontario Genealogical Society, ISBN 1-55075-048-8

Valley Irish, by Carol Bennett and D.W. McCuaig, Juniper Books, 1983,
ISBN 0-919137-07-5

"Regionalized Migration and Settlement Patterns of the Irish in Upper Canada", by Bruce Elliott in
The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada, edited by Robert O'Driscoll and Lorna Reynolds,
Celtic Arts of Canada, Toronto, 1988, pages 309-318

THE EMIGRANT'S DIRECTORY AND GUIDE TO OBTAIN LANDS AND EFFECT A SETTLEMENT IN THE CANADAS.
by FRANCIS A. EVANS, ESQ., late agent for the Eastern Townships to the 
Legislature of Lower Canada, 1833 

Flight From Famine - The Coming of the Irish to Canada, by Donald MacKay,
McClelland and Stewart, 1990, ISBN 0-7710-5445-9

The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America, 1846-1851, by Edward Laxton, 
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, ISBN 0-7475-2535-8

Surplus People: The Fitzwilliam Clearances, 1847-1856 (County Wicklow)
by Jim Rees, Collins Press, Cork, 2000, ISBN 1-898256-93-4

Great Britain and the Colonies, 1815-1865, edited by A.G.L. Shaw,
Published 1970 by Methuen

Company of Adventurers, by Peter C. Newman, 1985, Viking Press, 
ISBN 0-670-80379-0

Canadian Economic History, by W.T. Easterbrook and Hugh G.J. Aitken, 1956,
Macmillan Company of Canada

History of the Canadian Peoples, by Margaret Conrad, Alvin Finkel and 
Cornelius Jaenen, Copp Clark Pitman Ltd., 1993, ISBN 0-7730-4843-X

Approaches to Canadian Economic History, Edited by W.T. Easterbrook and 
M.H. Watkins, 1967, McClelland and Stewart, Carleton Library Series Number 31

A History of Transportation in Canada, by G.P. deT. Glazebrook, 2 Volumes,
1938, McClelland and Stewart 1970, Carleton Library Series Numbers 11 and 12

1881 Canadian Census, CD ROM Family History Resource File,
produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS)
also searchable online.

Northern Ireland

The Birth of Ulster, by Cyril Falls, 1936, ISBN 0-09-478400-0
Constable and Company (1996 reprint)

A History of Northern Ireland, by Thomas Hennessey, 1997, St. Martin's Press,
ISBN 0-312-21112-0

Scotland / Canada

The Highland Clearances, by John Prebble, Penguin Books, 1963

How the Scots Invented the Modern World, by Arthur Herman, 
Three Rivers Press, New York, 2001, ISBN 0-609-80999-7 

The Invention of Tradition: The Highland Tradition of Scotland, by Hugh Trevor-Roper, 
in Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger, The Invention of Tradition, 
(Cambridge, 1983) 15-42. (History 3500)

The Scottish Tradition in Canada, edited by W. Stanford Reid, 
McClelland and Stewart, 1976, ISBN 0-7710-7443-3 

The Lochaber Emigrants to Glengarry, by Rae Fleming, Editor, 
ISBN 0-920474-96-9

"Peopling Glengarry County: The Scottish Origins of a Canadian County" by
Marianne McLean in D.H. Akenson, ed., Canadian Historical Association Historical Papers 
(1982): pages 156-71

The Man from Glengarry, Ralph Connor, first published in 1901 by The Westminster
Company, Toronto. Latest version printed 1993 by McClelland and Stewart,
ISBN 0-7710-9890-1

The Lanark Society Settlers, 1820-21, by Carol Bennett, Juniper Books, 1991, 
ISBN 0-919137-24-5, available from Juniper Books

"The Role of Shipping from Scottish Ports in Emigration to the Canadas, 1815-1855" by
James M. Cameron in D.H. Akenson, ed., Canadian Papers in Rural History II (1980): 135-54

Wales / Canada

 July 25, 2010:
In Search of the Red Dragon: The Welsh in Canada, by Carol Bennett, Juniper Books, 1985,
ISBN 0-919137-13-X

Upper Canada

The Backwoods of Canada, Catherine Parr Traill, 
Hard Cover Reprint by Prospero, ISBN 1-55267-143-7

Roughing It In The Bush, Susanna Moodie, 
Hard Cover Reprint by Prospero, ISBN 1-55267-140-2

Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catherine Parr Traill, 
Charlotte Gray, Penguin Books, 1999, ISBN 0-14-027674-2

Early Life in Upper Canada, Edwin C. Guillet, 1933, 
University of Toronto Press

Men of Upper Canada, Nominal Militia Rolls 1828-29, Bruce S. Elliott, 
Carleton University Library, Call # FC 3055 M45, ISBN 0777901889, also at Centrepointe
Library in Reference Room

The Settlement of Upper Canada, by William Canniff, originally published in 1869, 
c. 700 pages, Re-printed 1971 by Mika Press, Belleville, ON. Online Version.

Three years in Canada: an account of the actual state of the country in 1826-7-8, 
Comprehending its resources, productions, improvements and capabilities, and including 
sketches of the state of society, advice to emigrants, &c. 
MacTaggart, John, 1791-1830. (McTaggart)
362 pages, (London : H. Colburn, 1829.)

Political Unrest in Upper Canada - 1815-1836, by Aileen Dunham, 1927, 
McLelland & Stewart, Carleton Library #10

Statistical Account of Upper Canada, by Robert Gourlay, 1822,
Carleton Library #75, c. 400 pages

Upper Canada: The Formative Years, 1784-1841, by Gerald M. Craig
McClelland and Stewart, ISBN 0-7710-2311-1

Country Tales by Stittsville Women’s Institute, Tweedsmuir History Committee at Stittsville Library

Farms and Families: reflections from the changing countryside by Stittsville Women’s Institute, Tweedsmuir History Committee





Bytown and Ottawa area, including western Quebec

Bytown .. The Early Days of Ottawa, by Nick and Helma Mika, Mika Publishing Company,
Belleville, 1982, ISBN 0-919302-60-9 

The Hub and the Spokes, 1904, by Anson A. Gard

The Ottawa Sports Book, by Jim McAuley, General Store Publishing House Inc.
December 1987, ISBN 0-919431-22-4

The Upper Ottawa Valley to 1855, Edited by Richard Reid, Carleton University Press,
1990, ISBN 0-88629-100-3 

How Quyon Came to Be: A History of Quyon and Onslow in the Ottawa Valley, 
by James Robinson, March 2006 

Pioneer Sketches in the District of Bathurst, by Andrew Haydon, Centrepointe Library,
Reference area, Call # 971.38 Hay

In Search of the K & P: The Story of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway, by Carol Bennett and
D.W. McCuaig, ISBN 0-919137-04-0, Juniper Books, 1981

Cities and Urbanization, Edited by Gilbert A. Stelter, Copp Clark Pitman Ltd, 1990,
ISBN 0-7730-4764-6, Carleton University Library HT 127 C56

Capital Walks, by Kathryn Fletcher, McClelland and Stewart, 1993,
ISBN 0-7710-3151-3, Ottawa Public Library 917.13 FLE (Manotick Branch)

Exploring Ottawa, An Architectural Guide to the Nations Capital, by Harold Kalman and John Roaf, 
University of Toronto Press, 1983,
ISBN 0-8020-6395-0

Daniel O'Connor - Papers, (His diaries), 
National Archives of Canada, RG ?? (wait for it, on the third floor) 

The Bytown Gazette, (Weekly Newspaper), June 1836 to November 1845,
National Library of Canada, Microfilm Reel Number NJ.FM.1144 (on the second floor)

Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Carleton, Including Ottawa, 
1879, H. Belden and Company, Toronto

Recollections of Old Bytown, by W.P. Lett, Historical Society of Ottawa, 1979

National Capital Region Heritage, undated booklet published by the National Capital Commission

A History of Ottawa East, Old Ottawa East Community Association, 2004,
Rick Wallace and David Walker, ISBN 0-9735110-0-1. (This is a CD)

Pioneer Sketches in the District of Bathurst, by Andrew Haydon,
Reference Section of CentrePointe Library, Call number 971.38 Hay

An Acre of Time, by Phil Jenkins, 1996, Published by Macfarlane Walter and Ross,
ISBN 1-55199-002-4. A History of LeBreton Flats, 243 pages

The Mile of History / Le mille historique, Dr. Lucien Brault, 1981 (2nd edition), published by 
The National Capital Commission, bilingual.
(The history of the route from Barrack's Hill, along Sussex Drive to Government House)

National Capital Region Heritage, published (undated) by the National Capital Commission

Ottawa Old and New, Dr. Lucien Brault, 1946 (2nd edition), published by 
The Ottawa Historical Information Institute.

The Hill: Past, Present, Future, Parliamentary Buildings Advisory Council Report, 2001

Being Poor in Ottawa in the Winter of 1891, by James McCrostie, 
Historical Society of Ottawa, 
Carleton University Library, 5th Floor, Call # FC 3096.35.B96 N.57

Elizabeth Bruyere's Great Legacy: Health Care and Education in Bytown, 
Historical Society of Ottawa, Carleton University Library, 5th Floor, 
Call # FC 3096.35.B96 N.27


The Welfare of Irish Catholics in Ottawa, 1820-1900 by Allan W. Lewis,

Ottawa, An Illustrated History, John H. Taylor, 1986, James Lorimer and Company, 
Publishers, ISBN 0-88862-981-8

(Thanks to Mary Cox for this link):
Records Of The Rise And Progress Of The City Of Ottawa, From The Foundation
Of The Rideau Canal To The Present Time by Gertrude Van Cortlandt, printed
at the office of The Ottawa Citizen, Rideau Street, 1858.

Engineering, Audit and Fire: Government and Modernity in Depression Ottawa,
by John Taylor in Keshen and St. Onge, eds, Ottawa: Making a Capital,
Ottawa, University of Ottawa Press, 2001, pp 333-347

City on the Ottawa, by Courtney C. J. Bond, National Capital Commission, c. 1964

Ottawa: The Capital of Canada, Shirley E. Woods Jr., Doubleday, 1980, 
ISBN 0-385-14722-8

Our Times: A Pictorial Memoir of Ottawa's Past, 2000, Published by the Ottawa Citizen,
ISBN 0-9698908-5-0

The City Beyond (Nepean) 1792-1990, Bruce S. Elliott, 1986, Corporation of the City of 
Nepean, ISBN 1-55036-258-5

Hello Nepean, by Sara B. Craig, 1974, published by authority of the Merivale
Pioneer Historians, Printed by Mortimer, Limited, Ottawa. Digital Version.

Carleton Saga, Harry and Olive Walker, 1968, 
Published by Carleton County Council 1968

Where Rivers Meet: An Illustrated History of Ottawa, Courtney C.J. Bond, 1984, Windsor 
Publications, ISBN 0-89781-111-9, 191 pages, Hard Cover

"'The Famous Township of Hull': Image and Aspirations of a Pioneer Quebec
Community", Histoire sociale/Social History XII, No. 24 (November l979),
339-67, by Professor Bruce Elliott

The Shiners' War: Social Violence in the Ottawa Valley in the 1830's, article by 
Michael Cross, in Canadian Historical Review (1973?) (at National Archives)

Dark Druidical Groves; the Lumber Community and the Commercial Frontier 
in British North America, to 1854., 1968, by Michael S. Cross, University of Toronto 
Thesis, on microform at Carleton University Library, Call Number HD9764.C3C7

The Lumber Community in Upper Canada, 1815-1867, article by Michael Cross in
Ontario History, LII, December 1960, 213-233.

A Life in the Bush -- Lessons from my father, Roy MacGregor, 1999, 
Penguin Books, ISBN 0-670-88082-5.
This book is about Mr. MacGregor's father Duncan MacGregor who lived and
worked in the Whitney, Ontario and Algonquin Park area. Good information about 
lumbering in the Valley.

The Age of Gentility: The Formation of an Aristocracy in the Ottawa Valley, article by 
Michael Cross, in Canadian Historical Association, Historical Papers, 1967, pages 105-117

Ottawa: City of Big Ears, by Robert Haig, 1969, Haig and Haig Publishing Company

Records of the Rise and Progress of the City of Ottawa, The Historical Society of Ottawa
by Gertrude Van Cortlandt, Bytown Pamphlet Series, Number 33
Carleton University Library Call Number FC 3095.35 B96 N.33

History of the Ottawa Valley, by John Lowrey Gourlay, 1896

Bytown and the Cholera Epidemic of 1832, The Historical Society of Ottawa
by Linda A. Tresham, Bytown Pamphlet Series, Number 44
Carleton University Library Call Number FC 3096.35 B96 N.44

The History of the Ottawa Police, 1826-1993, Gilles M. Larochelle, 1994,
Limited Edition, Published by Tyrell Press Ltd., 326 pages.

History of the Ottawa Fire Department, 1838-1988, David R. Fitzsimmons and J. Bernard Matheson, 1988,
Limited Edition, Love Printing, 268 pages, (borrowed a copy from Bill Richardson)

Law and Order in the Early Days of Bytown / Ottawa, The Historical Society of Ottawa
Peter Craske, Bytown Pamphlet Series, Number 41
Carleton University Library Call Number FC 3096.35 B96 N.41

Some Notes on Bytown and the Fur Trade, The Historical Society of Ottawa
by Michael Newton, Bytown Pamphlet Series, Number 14
Carleton University Library Call Number FC 3096.35 B96 N.14

Carleton County Marriages: marriage registrations for Carleton County from 1869 to 1873 
compiled by Jeff Stewart & Beverly Lee Winfield, published 2000

The Upper Ottawa Timber Trade: A Sketch, The Historical Society of Ottawa
by R. Forbes Hirsch, Bytown Pamphlet Series, Number 35
Carleton University Library Call Number FC 3096.35 B96 N.35

Lower Town Ottawa, Michael Newton in National Capital Commission, Ottawa,
1979, Vol. 1, Ch. 6.

Archivist, City of Ottawa (Serge Barbe)

Canada and its capital : with sketches of political and social life at Ottawa,
by Edgar, J. D. (James David), 1898

Local Ottawa Valley History

Pioneer Sketches in the District of Bathurst, by the Honourable Andrew Haydon, 1925,
Ryerson Press, Toronto

April 23, 2010:
Where the Heck is Balaheck? - Unusual Place names from Eastern Ontario, by Michael Dawber, General Store Publishing House, 1995,
ISBN 1-896182-16-X 

Torbolton Township: Its Earliest History, Doris Grierson Hope, 
Reprinted in 1998, ISBN 0-9680132-0-1

BECKWITH: Irish and Scottish Identities in a Canadian Community, 1816-1991
Glenn J. Lockwood, ISBN 0-9695758-0-7, Corporation of the Township of Beckwith

SMITHS FALLS: A Social History of the Men and Women in a Rideau Canal 
Community, 1794-1994
 2047-1-X, Corporation of the Town of Smiths Falls
by Glenn Lockwood

Montague - A Social History Of An Irish Ontario Township, 1783-1980 
(ISBN: 0969028911 / 0-9690289-1-1) by Lockwood, Glenn J. 

Building an Empire: "Big Pants" Harry F. McLean and his Sons of Martha
by Teresa Charland, ISBN 978-0-9689929-2-0, Riparian House Publishers, 2007
(contains info about Merrickville, Ontario)

Built on a Rock, by Louis J. Flynn, Published by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario,
1976, Printed by Brown and Martin, Kingston.  

Lanark Legacy: Nineteenth Century Glimpses of an Ontario County
by Howard Morton Brown and Glenn J. Lockwood, 1984, ISBN 0-9690289-2-X

Founding Families of Beckwith Township 1816-1846, by Carol Bennett McCuaig,
see http:/www.nrtco.net/~juniper2/

White Lake - The Early Years, 2000, by the White Lake Property Owners

The Upper Ottawa Valley, A Glimpse of History, by Clyde C. Kennedy, published by the Renfrew County Council,
Pembroke, Ontario, 1970 (no ISBN)

Early Families ... Our Lady of the Angels Parish, Brudenell, Ontario, 150th Anniversary, 1858-2008
by Berbnadette Burbage, Renfrew Printing, 2008, ISBN 978-0-9809716-0-6

Beyond Our Memory ... A History of Fitzroy Township, 1989, 
ISBN 0-969-4250-0-7, Edited by Karen Lewis Runtz
Thanks to Linda Falls for pointing out the online version.

The Chronicles of Carlsbad Springs, 2003, by Kevin Collins
ISBN 0-9733240-0-7 

Reflections of the South Nation Watershed / Histoire Illustrée de la Nation Sud
South Nation Conservation Authority, General Store Publishing, Burnstown, Ontario,
2001, ISBN 1-894263-34-0

Early Days in the Ottawa Country, Stittsville Public Library #971-3

The Ottawa Country, by Courtney C.J. Bond, Queen's Printer, 1968

Hurling Down the Pine, by Courtney C.J. Bond, 1964, Historical Society of
the Gatineau, 130 pages

Historical Walks, The Gatineau Park Story, by Katharine Fletcher, Chesley House
Publications, Ottawa, 1988, ISBN 0-9693580-0-8

Ottawa Waterway: Gateway to a Continent, by Robert Legget, UTP, 
ISBN 0-8020-2189-I

Bowesville: A Place to Remember, by Grace Johnston, 
Gloucester Historical Society, Publication #3, 1988

Gloucester Roots, 1991, Gloucester Historical Society, 
Publication #1, 1991, Edited by Lois Kemp

Richmond Sesquicentennial 1818-1968, 
Bought at Used Book Store, also available from the Ottawa Public Library,
Stittsville Branch

Farms and Families: Reflections from the changing countryside,  was published by 
the Stittsville Women's Institute, Tweedsmuir History Committee, ca 1980

Early Freemasonry in Richmond and Goodwood Lodge (No. 159), 1819-1989,
Compiled by A.E. Harrington, P.G.S.

For King and Canada: The Story of the 100th Regiment of Foot During the War of 1812,
by A. Barry Roberts, Goulbourn Township Historical Society and Museum, 2004,
ISBN 1-55036-683-1

Land patent holders (Goulbourn township and village of Richmond) by Jim Stanzell OGS, 2001

Founded Upon a Rock - Carleton Place Recollections, 
by Howard Morton Brown, 1969 (150 Years)

Once Upon a Country Lane, by Garfield Ogilvie, published by House of Airlie, 
1992, 386 pages, ISBN 0-9695864-0-X
May 7, 2005: Thanks to Linda Falls for letting us know that 
this book is now online.

Pakenham, Ottawa Valley Village, 1823-1860, by Verna Ross McGiffin, 
Mississippi Publishers - Pakenham, Ontario, 1967.
Also, Volume Two, same title except 1860-1900.

Genealogical Extracts from the Eganville Leader, 1902-1913
Juniper Books, ISBN 0-919137-21-0 ... Mike Daley has this

Death Notices and Obituaries from the Eganville Leader, Juniper Books,
(1914-1921 ISBN 0-919137-22-9) and (1922-1927 ISBN 0-919137-25-3) ... Mike Daley has these

Peter Robinson's Settlers, by Carol Bennett, Juniper Books, 1987, 
ISBN 0-919137-16-4

Selecting Peter Robinson's Irish Emigrants, by Wendy Cameron, in Histoire Sociale / Social History, 
Volume IX, no. 17 (May 1976): 29-46

"Peter Robinson's Settlers in Peterborough", by Wendy Cameron, in The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada,
edited by Robert O'Driscoll and Lorna Reynolds, Celtic Arts of Canada: Toronto, 1988, pages 343-353

People of St. Patrick's, by Carol Bennett, Juniper Books, 1993, 
ISBN 0-919137-29-6

The Kerry Chain - The Limerick Link, by Carol McCuaig, Juniper Books, 2003, 
ISBN 0-919137-36-9 

Family ,Friends & Neighbours of Sgt. William Shea, 41st British Regiment of Foot, by Alexa Pritchard,
ISBN 0-9682818-3-4, August 2004, Ottawa, Intrepid Communications or by e-mail from Alexa Pritchard

Stittsville: A Sense of Place, by Barbara Bottreil, ISBN 0-9695006-1-0, 1998

Harvests Past ... Rural Life in the Ottawa Valley, 1860-1875,
by Pat and Frances Patterson, ISBN 1-55046-020-X

The Romance of Fitzroy Harbour, by Fred Sadler,  ISBN 0-919431-08-9
General Store Publishing House, Burnstown, Ontario

The Manotick Station Story, by the Osgoode Township Historical Society
ISBN 1-895638-19-4

Glimpses of Osgoode Township - 150 Years, 1827-1977,
Osgoode Township Historical Society, 1977

King of the Rideau: Moss Kent Dickinson, by Catherine L. Carroll
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, Manotick (may be available at Watson's Mills)

Fournier 125, Copyright 1992 by St. Bernard's Parish, ISBN 0-969-5824-0-4,
1000 pages of histories of Irish, French, English and Scottish families in the 
townships of North and South Plantagenet.

The Origins and Early History of Carp Village, by Bruce Elliott,
published by the Huntley Township Historical Society.

Heritage Revisited: a pictorial history of Huntley township by David G Whiteman, publ Huntley Historical Society 2004

Lest we forget:  the veterans of Huntley township by Ella Blair  publ Huntley Historical Society 2005

Church Histories

A Concise History of Christianity in Canada, edited by Terrence Murphy and Roberto Perin, 1996,
Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-540758-X

The Democratization of American Christianity by Nathan O. Hatch, Yale University Press, 1989, ISBN  0-300-05060-7, Read Review

Faith of Our Fathers: The Story of the (Anglican) Diocese of Ottawa, by the Right Reverend
Robert Jefferson, 1956, Ottawa, The Anglican Book Society 

Anglicanism in the Ottawa Valley, edited by Frank A. Peake,
Carleton University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-88629-334-0

"Ritualism and the Beginnings of the Reformed Epispocal Movement in Ottawa", 
by Bruce S. Elliott, Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society XXVII, No.1 ,
(April 1985): 18-41 

Enduring Faith: a History of St. Patrick's Basilica Parish 1855-2005, 
ISBN 0-9782285-0-2. Available from the Church web site at www.basilica.org.

Planted by Flowing Water, The Diocese (Roman Catholic) of Ottawa 1847-1997, 
by Pierre Hurtubise, Mark G. McGowan and Pierre Savard, 1998 Novalis Publishing, 
Saint Paul University, Ottawa, ON ISBN 2-89088-978-5

Presbyterianism in Carleton County to 1867, Phd Thesis by Calvin Glenn Lucas, 
Published by Carleton University, 1973, AMICUS No. 4163415, DESCRIPTION: vii, 407l,
Available on Inter-Library Loan from the National Library of Canada.
(Thanks to Linda Falls for this one!)

History of Dominion Chalmers United Church

100th Anniversary of St. Michael's Parish, Corkery, 1824-1924, by Dr. J.F. Dunn
(received copy from his grandson, Michael Dunn)

St. Patrick's Parish - Fallowfield, 125th Anniversary, 1866-1991
ISBN 0-9695193-0-3

Where the Spirit Lives, A History of St. Joseph's Parish, Ottawa, Ontario 1856 - 2006,
by Terry Byrne, ISBN 978-0-9782822-0-2, Publisher: St. Joseph's Church

St. John the Evangelist and St. Brigid's 125th Anniversary Commerorative 
Booklet 1854-1979, (Osgoode Township) by Michael Daley

Our Lady of the Visitation (was St. Mary's) Parish, South Gloucester, Ontario
140th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet, 1845-1985, by Michael Daley

Mariages de L'Outouais, (1829-1880) , Notre Dame Cathedral
The National Archives call number for this 5 volume set is: PAAP CS 88 08P7 Vol. 4

Cathedral in the Capital: A Short History of Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa, 
by R. H. Hubbard, 1972

A History of Bell’s Corners United Church by Douglas H. Ross

The Church Agent’s Diary , 1866-67 by James Croil (Presbyterian chruch of Canada)

Wesleyan Methodist baptismal register, Carleton County, 1830-1899 Ontario Geneaological Society

Munster Union Cemetery, W1/2 lot 11, concession VI, Goulbourn Township by Gordon, Elizabeth M. by OGS, Ottawa Branch

Martindale Pioneer Cemetery, 1874-1900, from "A Little Memorandum for 1900" by 
Father Blondin to commemorate the Famine Immigrants. Details how the French-Canadian Clergy
went to Grosse Isle and co-ordinated the re-union of Famine immigrants with their friends and 
relatives already in Canada.

Rideau Canal
For King and Country: Lieutenant Colonel John By, R.E., by Mark Andrews, 1998,
ISBN 0-9684014-0-6
  
Col. By's Friends Stood Up, Forward by Dr. Lucien Brault, 1979, A defence of the expenses incurred in building the Rideau Canal

John By and the Rideau Canal, by J. Dwight Purdy, Irwin Publishing, ISBN 0-7725-1604-9

Poverty, Distress and Disease: Labour and the Construction of the Rideau Canal, 1826-1832, 
by William N.T. Wylie, Labour / Le Travailleur, 11 (Spring 1983), pages 7-29

Rideau Waterway, Revised Edition, by Robert Legget, ISBN 0-8020-1904-8, 
1955, University of Toronto Press

Building The Rideau Canal: A Pictorial History, by Robert W. Passfield, 1982
ISBN 0-88902-706-4

A History of the Rideau Lockstations, by Ken W. Watson, ISBN 0-9696052-1-8

Sights and Surveys, Two Diarists on the Rideau Canal in 1832, Historical Society of Ottawa, 1979

History of the Family in Canada

The Canadian Family, edited by K. Ishwaran, 1976, Holt, Rinehart and Winston Company,
ISBN 0-03-923373-1 (Hardbound Version)

Family Matters: Papers in Post-Confederation Canadian Family History, 
edited by Lori Chambers and Edgar-Andre Montigny, 1998,
Canadian Scholars' Press, ISBN 1-55130-095-8, (History 362, Winter 2003)

The Infinite Bonds of Family: Domesticity in Canada, 1850-1940, by Cynthia R. Comacchio, 1999,
University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0-8020-7929-6, (History 362, Winter 2003)

Social Welfare Policy in Canada: Historical Readings, edited by Raymond B. Blake and Jeff Keshen, 
1995, Copp Clark Ltd., ISBN 0-7730-5448-0 (History 356, Winter 2001)

The Emergence of Social Security in Canada, by Dennis Guest, 1985, UBC Press,
ISBN 0-7748-0551-X (History 356, Winter 2001)

Histories of Individual Families

John Heney & Son - The Saga of an Ottawa Irish Family

The William Kelly Story, 1802-1870, from County Kilkenny to Osgoode
Township, by Lorne Kelly (also available at Kelly Funeral Homes)

The Kennedy Story, by Desmond B. Kennedy, A history of the pioneer Kennedy family
in Nepean Township - many Nepean families mentioned
E-Mail Taylor Kennedy for information or look-ups.

Celtic Connections, 1822, see Anslem Maxwell of Chelsea, QC.

George Argue and Mary Wilson, by Debbie Coxon Prince, A history of the pioneer Argue family
in Goulbourn Township
See the George ARGUE page for information regarding this book.

Memoirs of Reverend J. Samuel Schwerdtfeger, by Hazel Mae Schwerdtfeger,
Carlton Press, New York, 1961

Sgt. William SHEA, 41st British Regiment of Foot 1770: Pioneer families of 
Richmond, Ontario and Petersville, Iowa, USA

Pioneer Families of Osgoode Township, Osgoode Township Historical Society and Museum 

Emigrant Fathers Native Sons: The Shane Family of Prescott County,Ontario, Canada 1817-1990  
Author,Publisher: Katherine Madden Adamson holds copyright
available from Kathy Adamson or O.G.S. Ottawa

The James Sullivan Family - Emigrants from Lisready Cripps, Loughill, County Limerick and their Descendants 
Published in 1999 by Rita Meistrell

Nethercott, Barbara Balch, ELLA'S ANCESTORS AND KIN: FOSTER - BENNETT  GARLAND - FLEMING, 
London, ON 1997, ISBN 0-9691843-1-X (See Foster family)

The Fur Trade and Voyageurs

The Fur Trade in Canada, by Harold A. Innis, 1930, Yale University Press

The Voyageur, by Grace Lee Nute, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1931, 
ISBN 0-87351-213-8

Freshwater Saga: Memoirs of a Lifetime of Wilderness Canoeing in Canada, by Eric Morse,
University of Toronto Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8020-2610-9

Birchbark Canoe, by David Gidmark, General Store Publishing House, Burnstown, Ontario,
1989, ISBN 0-919431-44-5 (Author builds birch bark canoe with Algonquins in Maniwaki)

Miscellaneous

An Irish Heart: How a Small Immigrant Community Shaped Canada, by Sharon Doyle Driedger,
HarperCollins Publishers, 2010, ISBN 978-0-00-200784-9
This book is about the settlement and growth of the Irish Neighbourhood of Griffintown in Montreal, Quebec.

Orangeism: The Canadian Phase by Hereward Senior, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, 1972,
ISBN 0-07-092998-X. Carleton University Library Call Number FC106 I6 S45 (Fifth Floor) 

The Political Standing of Irish Catholics in Canada by J.L.P. O'Hanly, Ottawa, 1872.
John Laurence P. O'Hanly was a civil engineer in Ottawa. His book refers to a lot of events
and conditions in Ottawa. Carleton University Library Call Number FC106 I6 O33 (Fifth Floor)

On The Move: French Canadian and Italian Migrants in the North Atlantic Economy, 1860-1914,
Bruno Ramirez, McClelland and Stewart, Inc., 1991, ISBN 0-7710-7283-X

Labouring Children: British Immigrant Apprentices to Canada, 1869-1924,
Joy Parr, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1980, ISBN 0-85664-898-1 
(British Home Children)

Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution,
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986), ISBN 0-394-51569-2
 
On a Sunday Afternoon: Classic Boats on the Rideau Canal, copyright by the
Manotick Classic Boat Club, 1989, ISBN 1-55046-026-9

The Significance of the Frontier in American History, by Frederick Jackson Turner, 
University of Wisconsin, 1893, reprinted in 1976 by Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company,
Huntington, New York, ISBN 0-88275-347-9, Carleton University Call Number E179.5 T956 1926 (Floor 5)

Index to Upper Canada Land Grants (Gaelynn Wall's site)

The Pioneer Years, by Dave Broadfoot, T.H. Best Printing Company Limited, ISBN 0-385-09983-5, 1979

Terra Nostra, 1550-1950, The Stories Behind Canada's Maps, by Jeffrey S. Murray, McGill-Queen's University Press,
ISBN 0-660-19496-1. Beautiful maps from the Library and Archives, Canada, Collection

The Frontier and Canadian Letters, by Wilfrid Eggleston, Director of the Department of Journalism at
Carleton University, Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1957 (no ISBN)

Alligators of the North - The Story of the West and Peachey Steam Warping Tugs,
by Clarence Coons and Harry Barrett. See picture of an amphibious Alligator Steam Tug in Arnprior in 1907.

Colonial Identities - Canada from 1760 to 1815, by Bruce G. Wilson, National Archives of Canada, 1988, ISBN 0-660-12666-4


 
And, finally, here are John Robson's top 100 books ever, to take with you to a deserted island.

Back to Bytown or Bust - History and Genealogy in the Ottawa, Canada area