The Chronicles of Canada Series

Now available at the Hart House Library, the Chronicles of Canada Series was intended as a collection of books on Canadian history for popular reading. Notable contributors to the series include Stephen Leacock and William Stewart Wallace, among others, and the series begins from the history of Aboriginals in Canada and ends with the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. While not regarded as fiction, the prose used throughout most of the books is quite captivating, especially in The Cariboo Trail, a work about the Gold Rush that took place in British Columbian fields, and The War Chief of the Six Nations. Each book can be read in just a few hours, as there are few words per page and many illustrations, so what better way to satiate your curiosity about Canada’s past than to dip into this wonderful series. The books are bound in a decorative cover, which fits perfectly with the library’s historic character.


The series includes:

1 - The Dawn of Canadian History - A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada
2 - The Mariner of St Malo - A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier
3 - The Founder of New France - A Chronicle of Champlain
4 - The Jesuit Missions - A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness
5 - The Seigneurs of Old Canada - A Chronicle of New-World Feudalism
6 - The Great Intendant - A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada 1665-1672
7 - The Fighting Governor - A Chronicle of Frontenac
8 - The Great Fortress - A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760
9 - The Acadian Exiles - A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline
10 - The Passing of New France - A Chronicle of Montcalm
11 - The Winning of Canada - A Chronicle of Wolf
12 - The Father of British Canada - A Chronicle of Carleton
13 - The United Empire Loyalists - A Chronicle of the Great Migration
14 - The War with the United States - A Chronicle of 1812
15 - The War Chief of the Ottawas - A Chronicle of the Pontiac War
16 - The War Chief of the Six Nations - A Chronicle of Joseph Brant
17 - Tecumseh - A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People
18 - The ''Adventurers of England'' on Hudson Bay - A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North
19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains - A Chronicle of La Vérendrye and his Sons
20 - Adventurers of the Far North - A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas
21 - The Red River Colony - A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba
22 - Pioneers of the Pacific Coast - A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters
23 - The Cariboo Trail - A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia
25 - The 'Patriotes' of '37 - A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion
26 - The Tribune of Nova Scotia - A Chronicle of Joseph Howe
27 - The Winning of Popular Government - A Chronicle of the Union of 1841
28 - The Fathers of Confederation - A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion
29 - The Day of Sir John Macdonald - A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion
30 - The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier - A Chronicle of Our Own Time
31 - All Afloat - A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways
32 - The Railway Builders - A Chronicle of Overland Highways