With the Free Lands and Homestead Act of 1868, the rush was on to settle the Northern reaches of Ontario.  Colonization roads were pushed through and settlers were offered hundreds of acres of free land – provided they could survive there for five years. Includes the Free Lands and Homestead Act, Colonization Roads, the Parry Sound Road, & the Great North Road, Farming on the Canadian Shield, The lumberman farmer & lumber camps and Britt & Byng Inlet mills.

With the Free Lands and Homestead Act of 1868, the rush was on to settle the Northern reaches of Ontario. Colonization roads were pushed through and settlers were offered hundreds of acres of free land – provided they could survive there for five years. Includes the Free Lands and Homestead Act, Colonization Roads, the Parry Sound Road, & the Great North Road, Farming on the Canadian Shield, The lumberman farmer & lumber camps and Britt & Byng Inlet mills.

With the Free Lands and Homestead Act of 1868, the rush was on to settle the Northern reaches of Ontario.  Colonization roads were pushed through and settlers were offered hundreds of acres of free land – provided they could survive there for five years. Includes the Free Lands and Homestead Act, Colonization Roads, the Parry Sound Road, &amp; the Great North Road, Farming on the Canadian Shield, The lumberman farmer &amp; lumber camps and Britt &amp; Byng Inlet mills.

7. Settling the North

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7. Settling the North

7. Settling the North