River of destiny : the Saint Marys / by Joseph E. and Estelle L. Bayliss, in collaboration with Lilia M. Qualfe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bayliss, Joseph E.
Other Authors: Bayliss, Estelle L.
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Wayne Univ. Press, [1955], [©1955]
Subjects:
Saint Marys River (Mich. and Ont.)
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.)
Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)
Local Note:
Archives of Michigan copy gift of Ingham County Genealogical Society.
Physical Description:328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part 1.
  • The history of the River / by Milo M. Quaife
  • Discovery
  • The Lilies of France [Jesuits, explorers, Indians [Aboriginal or Native peoples]
  • Missions and imperial expansion
  • A half century of decline
  • A feudal seigniory on the Saint Marys [St. Marys]
  • Under the banner of Britain
  • The Saint Marys becomes international
  • Defining the International boundary
  • American rule established
  • Outskirt of the world
  • The perfect crime [career of John Tanner, murder of James L. Schoolcraft]
  • Conquering the rapids [building of canal, locks]
  • From bark canoe to modern freighter
  • Saint Joseph Island
  • Drummond : Island of Legend and frustration
  • Twin Saintes.
  • Part 2
  • Local history with recollections of persons places and events
  • The River and its Islands [shipping, Sugar Island [Maple Sugar Island], Neebish Island, St. Joseph Island, Drummond Island, Lime and Cockburn Islands]
  • Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
  • Chippewa County
  • Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario [Sault Ste. Marie]
  • Along the North Channel
  • Some leading citizens [Jean Baptiste Cadotte, Peter B. Barbeau, Samuel Ashmun, Frederic Baraga (Father), Louis P. Trempe, Peter Trimble Rowe, Joseph Hall Steere, James W. Curran, Charles H. Chapman, Frank Knox, Stanley Newton, Guy H. Carleton, Ottow Fowle, Chase S. Osborn,
  • Some historical fragments [Nanabushoo legend (Nanabush, Nanabozho), Mystery of James Ord, Klondike Gold Rush of 1898 by Joseph E. Bayliss].