Edwin C. Guillet (1898-1975) was educated at the University of Toronto (B.A. 1922) and at McMaster University (B.A. 1926; M.A. 1927). He joined the staff of Lindsay Collegiate in 1923 and the Central Technical School in Toronto in 1926, remaining until 1934. From 1958 to 1962 he served as research historian with the Ontario Department of Public Records and Archives. In 1963 he was appointed consultant on Canadiana to the Library of Trent University. He was the author of Early Life in Upper Canada and many other books, was noted especially for his works on social and local history.

'Here's a patchwork of history and travellers' tales to divert and inform a schoolboy or a company president. From a monumental pile of facts and figures, writings and reminiscences emerges an account of the birth of industrial Canada. The author follows the grave-dotted routes of the voyageurs, the Temiscouta Trail between the Atlantic Provinces, the infamous corduroy roads and bridges that, in 1842, gave Charles Dickens such a bruisingly unfavorable impression of Canada, the cart tracks carved across the prairies by the Métis and, finally, sweeps down the Trans-Canada Highway. It is a fascinating work ... rich in personal accounts ... it is a perfect gift.' - J.W. Daly (Globe and Mail)

Edwin C. Guillet (1898-1975) was educated at the University of Toronto (B.A. 1922) and at McMaster University (B.A. 1926; M.A. 1927). He joined the staff of Lindsay Collegiate in 1923 and the Central Technical School in Toronto in 1926, remaining until 1934. From 1958 to 1962 he served as research historian with the Ontario Department of Public Records and Archives. In 1963 he was appointed consultant on Canadiana to the Library of Trent University. He was the author of Early Life in Upper Canada and many other books, was noted especially for his works on social and local history.

'Here's a patchwork of history and travellers' tales to divert and inform a schoolboy or a company president. From a monumental pile of facts and figures, writings and reminiscences emerges an account of the birth of industrial Canada. The author follows the grave-dotted routes of the voyageurs, the Temiscouta Trail between the Atlantic Provinces, the infamous corduroy roads and bridges that, in 1842, gave Charles Dickens such a bruisingly unfavorable impression of Canada, the cart tracks carved across the prairies by the Métis and, finally, sweeps down the Trans-Canada Highway. It is a fascinating work ... rich in personal accounts ... it is a perfect gift.' - J.W. Daly (Globe and Mail)

Edwin C. Guillet (1898-1975) was educated at the University of Toronto (B.A. 1922) and at McMaster University (B.A. 1926; M.A. 1927). He joined the staff of Lindsay Collegiate in 1923 and the Central Technical School in Toronto in 1926, remaining until 1934. From 1958 to 1962 he served as research historian with the Ontario Department of Public Records and Archives. In 1963 he was appointed consultant on Canadiana to the Library of Trent University. He was the author of Early Life in Upper Canada and many other books, was noted especially for his works on social and local history.

'Here's a patchwork of history and travellers' tales to divert and inform a schoolboy or a company president. From a monumental pile of facts and figures, writings and reminiscences emerges an account of the birth of industrial Canada. The author follows the grave-dotted routes of the voyageurs, the Temiscouta Trail between the Atlantic Provinces, the infamous corduroy roads and bridges that, in 1842, gave Charles Dickens such a bruisingly unfavorable impression of Canada, the cart tracks carved across the prairies by the Métis and, finally, sweeps down the Trans-Canada Highway. It is a fascinating work ... rich in personal accounts ... it is a perfect gift.' - J.W. Daly (Globe and Mail)