Canadiana Reprint Series Originally published in 1897. Author W.A. Calnek gathered information for this book for a least two decades, drawing heavily on government records and diaries. Chapters cover French exploration and settlement, English occupation, expulsion of the Acadians, Loyalist settlements, township inhabitants, local government, churches and buildings. Heart of the Acadian Land. This facsimile edition of the original 1910 book by Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, includes chapters detailing the beginnings and growth of each municipality and lists original grantees.
Further chapters cover education, militia, transportation, government and churches.
More than four hundred pages are devoted to biographical sketches and genealogies of early families of the province. More information . The original edition of 1906, written by Anson A. Gard and published by a small press in Ottawa, has disappeared so thoroughly that even libraries have not found copies to place in their rare book rooms. Beginning with a chapter on the Ottawa, the river that divides the two counties, Thomas continues with sketches on numerous topics including local government, militia, churches, religious and fraternal societies, business and industry, and manuscripts and oral tradition. These sketches contain a wealth of names and genealogical information.