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001. John Burrows and Others on the Rideau Waterway

Diary excerpts from engineer John Burrows describing fact-finding canoe trips down the Rideau Canal waterway from Hog's Back to Kingston commenced on Friday, May 11, 1827. Selection and introduction by Charles Surtees.

Reprinted with permission from "Exploring our Heritage: The Ottawa Valley Experience". Being the Proceedings of a Heritage Festival sponsored by: The Ontario Heritage Foundation Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Arnprior, Ontario; October 21-22, 1978. A more complete version of "The Burrows Diary" appears in Bytown Series No. 1 "Sights and Surveys: Two Diarists on the Rideau". Published by The Historical Society of Ottawa. Identified as pamphlet #1 (Revised). 1978. 1984.

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Author: Charles Surtees
Copyright: October 1978
Pages: 14 pages
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Historical Language Advisory: Pg 1, para 6: "...American colonies, disturbed by what they considered to be excessive paternalism..." pg 3, para 4 "...boatman." pg 3, para 4 "Rum renewed the men..." pg 8, para 5 "...one of the shanty men..."