Noël - Nipissing

Copyright Franoise Nol, 2015

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Project editor: Jennifer McKnight

Copy editor: Britanie Wilson

Design: Janette Thompson (Jansom)

Cover design: Laura Boyle

Cover image: John Elliott Woolford, Parisien Rapids. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library, TPL 902-1-10 .

Epub Design: Carmen Giraudy

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Nol, Franoise, 1952, author
Nipissing : historic waterway, wilderness playground / Franoise Nol.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-4597-2439-6 (pbk.).ISBN 978-1-4597-2440-2 (pdf).ISBN 978-1-4597-2441-9 (epub)

1. Nipissing, Lake (Ont.)History. I. Title.

FC3099.N67N63 2015 971.3'147 C2014-907099-3 C2014-907100-0

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The research and writing of this book was made possible by a sabbatical leave from my regular teaching duties at Nipissing University and I gratefully acknowledge the support of Nipissing University for this project.

I owe a special debt to Odwa Atari, whose workshop for faculty on the use of mapping software provided me with a sufficient start to be able to develop my own maps for this project. Both he and Chin in the geomatics lab were always willing to help when I ran into trouble. Unless otherwise noted, the maps in this book are based on the CanVec digital topographical dataset provided by the Government of Canada, Department of Natural Resources Canada a much-appreciated service.

Research has changed dramatically in the last decade. This project required few trips to the archives and many of the people who made it possible are unknown to me: they are the staff of various libraries and archives who have made resources available online at internet.org, the David Rumsey Map Collection, Library and Archives Canada, the Toronto Public Library, the National Gallery of Canada, and others. I am particularly grateful to those who answered my emails and met my various requests for images in a friendly and timely manner. While much of the visual material included in this study is in the public domain, some is provided with the permission of the copyright holder. I am grateful to all those who have provided me with permission to use their material. I am particularly happy to be able to include the watercolour art of Hope Rathnam, whose family has been visiting the French River for six generations.

I would like to acknowledge the efforts of my editor, Jennifer McKnight, copyeditor, Britanie Wilson, the design staff, and others at Dundurn who have worked hard to make this project a success. I am especially grateful to Barry Penhale and Jane Gibson at Natural Heritage Books who believed in this book from its inception, and for their support and encouragement throughout the process.

Finally, I would like to thank the many colleagues, friends, community members, and family members who have supported me in various ways. In particular, I am greatly saddened that my friend and colleague, Anne Clendinning, who was always so encouraging of my writing, is not here to see the final product. A special thank-you goes to Martha Gould and to my sister Denise Touchette.