From Queenston to Kingston

Submitted by dmacdonell on Sun, 2009-10-04 14:59

From Queenston to Kingston

The Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario's Shoreline

By Ron Brown

978-1-55488-716-3
May 2010
288pp, Paperback
$26.99 CAD

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The result [of author Ron Brown’s efforts] is a book offering many tantalizing details of interest to anyone with an historical-geographical imagination and an attachment to the locality.

Ontario History magazine

Whether you hike, bike, ride the rails, or drive, the shore of Lake Ontario can yield a treasure trove of heritage sites and natural beauty -- if you know where to look.

Travel with Ron Brown as he probes the shoreline of the Canadian side of Lake Ontario to discover its hidden heritage. Explore "ghost ports," forgotten coves, historical lighthouses, rumrunning lore, and even the location of a top-secret spy camp. The area also contains some unusual natural features, including a mysterious mountain-top lake, sand dunes, and the rare albars of Prince Edward County.

From small communities to the megacity of Toronto, history lives on in the buildings, bridges, canals, rail lines, and homes that have survived, and in the stories, both well-known and long-forgotten, of the people and places no longer here. In From Queenston to Kingston, Ron Brown provides today's explorer's with a window into Ontario's not so distant past and shares a hope that, in future, progress and historical preservation go hand in hand.