Beginning with a look at native groups within these systems and their use of lakes and rivers for hunting and transportation along with their sense of land stewardship, the paper moves on to the early exploration of the waterways by Europeans as they sought a practical military route between Georgian Bay and Ottawa. With the development of colonization roads, settlement moved forward. The importance of the waterways to the logging industry, which followed, is documented. Concluding that the waterways played a crucial role in the historical development of the region, the paper presents ideas for possible future research.]]>
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In Part Two, the logging of the pine forests in Haliburton in the 1850s is outlined with specific reference to the role of government in this expansion of logging and settlement into the area and the story of the Canadian Land and Emigration Company with its goal of promoting and selling lots for settlement. In less than 30 years, the land was virtually depleted of this valuable resource with little interest being shown by government in reforestation efforts until 1913 when the report titled the Trent Watershed Survey presented the devastation of the land and recommended solutions. The conclusion to the paper proposes a look at the role society's structure and values play in such environmental catastrophes and presents suggestions for further research.]]>
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Wadland, John; Whillans, Tom 
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