Ross Fair
@rossfair.bsky.social
Historian of Upper Canadian settlement and agriculture; Public Historian.
Improving Upper Canada: Agricultural Societies and State Formation, 1791-1852 (UTP, 2024) https://utorontopress.com/9781487553531/improving-upper-canada/
Improving Upper Canada: Agricultural Societies and State Formation, 1791-1852 (UTP, 2024) https://utorontopress.com/9781487553531/improving-upper-canada/
Wm Mills and Wm Gilkison built a ropewalk at Amherstburg, UC in 1804. It operated until Amherstburg was torched by retreating British forces in Sept. 1813. Surving equipment was sold off in 1816. See 1804 plan in LAC collections: tinyurl.com/5dtfkzd2
Sketch of the Military Post at Amherstburg shewing the situation of the Rope Ground applied for by Messrs. Mills & Gilkison 1804. [with references & remarks by Ph. Hughes, Capt. R. Engr.] [cartographi...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Wm Mills and Wm Gilkison built a ropewalk at Amherstburg, UC in 1804. It operated until Amherstburg was torched by retreating British forces in Sept. 1813. Surving equipment was sold off in 1816. See 1804 plan in LAC collections: tinyurl.com/5dtfkzd2
The taste of my childhood summers! Every year my mom would order 2 bushels of Niagara peaches for canning and pies. Note to self: make peach pie this summer…
April 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The taste of my childhood summers! Every year my mom would order 2 bushels of Niagara peaches for canning and pies. Note to self: make peach pie this summer…