Heart of the Country

History

Dahms, Fred

Americas

Deneau Pub & Co Ltd

Lavishly illustrated with over 100 full-color photographs, Beautiful Ontario Towns captures the unique heritage preserved in southwestern Ontario's small towns and villages. Author Fred Dahms has selected ten prosperous communities that have successfully resisted the trend to urbanization. Some are already well-known, while others, equally distinctive and charming, are an unexpected surprise. A great souvenir of a visit to any one of these communities.

Beautiful Ontario Towns

Lorimer

Fred Dahms presents ten prosperous, attractive communities with a strong sense of heritage, all located east of Toronto. They offer a welcome respite for city dwellers looking for a pleasant outing -- or a new home. Some, such as Bobcaygeon and Port Perry, are popular with visitors; while Fenelon Falls, Deseronto, and Millbrook are pleasant surprises for the curious traveler. Each of these towns make a comfortable and enjoyable day's outing for residents of Toronto and the GTA, Peterborough, Kingston, and the other urban areas of south central Ontario. Fred Dahms, who studies what makes small towns healthy and successful, shares his knowledge of each place's history, its amenities and the reasons for its success. Lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs, Picturesque Ontario Towns also includes maps for each community.

Picturesque Ontario Towns: Ten Daytrips in Eastern Ontario (Lorimer Illustrated History)

Travel

Canada

Regional history at its best. 
 One of Ontario's most beautifully pastoral counties exists just minutes from the urban sprawl of Toronto, Mississauga and Hamilton. In this lively look at historic and modern Wellington County, resident author, photographer and geographer Fred Dahms examines how an ancient legacy of water and stone has shaped its many communities -- where and how they were built, their architecture and their degree of economic success. 
 The county's remarkable landforms and waterways include such popular destinations as Rockwood's caves and potholes, the Elora Gorge, North America's largest kettle lake at Puslinch and many more. Its cities, towns and villages boast thousands of charming 19th-century limestone homes and public buildings, as well as many historic mills. 
 The book pays particular attention to the "Royal City" of Guelph and the twin tourist towns of Elora and Fergus, but it also discusses the smaller villages and hamlets and the entire county's surprising wealth of artists and artisans. 
 Included are the following communities:
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<li>Aberfoyle</li> <li>Aboyne</li> <li>Arthur</li> <li>Belwood</li> <li>Clifford</li> <li>Crieff</li> <li>Drayton</li> <li>Elora</li> <li>Erin</li> <li>Fergus</li> <li>Guelph</li> <li>Harriston</li> <li>Hillsburgh</li> <li>Minto</li> <li>Morriston</li> <li>Mount Forest</li> <li>Orton</li> <li>Palmerston</li> <li>Puslinch</li> <li>Rockwood</li> <li>Salem</li> </ul>

Wellington County

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Boston Mills Press

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