Adventures on the Great Lakes

202 pp. "This book is primarily a history of the Great Lakes and surrounding areas. It begins with a brief historical review from the days of French discovery to the end of the War of 1812 fought between Great Britain and the United States, and then details the events, from 1815-1898, which shaped the Great Lakes, as well as North American history. Events, such as the opening of the Erie, Welland and Sault Canals, the Canadian Rebellions of 1837 and 1838, the Buffalo flood, the financial panic of 1857, the great 1871 Chicago Fire, and descriptions of the ships that visited the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, are all reported with a nineteenth-century viewpoint. As well, there are gripping stories of disaster, fires, cholera epidemics, collisions, rescues, floods and other crises that our ancestors endured."--foreword