Mud, Muskeg & Mosquitoes

The Life and Legacy of a Northern Ontario Pioneer

Biography & Memoir, Historical
Cover of the book Mud, Muskeg & Mosquitoes by Diane Armstrong, White Mountain Publications
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Author: Diane Armstrong ISBN: 9781894747981
Publisher: White Mountain Publications Publication: February 19, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Diane Armstrong
ISBN: 9781894747981
Publisher: White Mountain Publications
Publication: February 19, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

This historically factual creative non-fiction book concerns a remarkable woman who married and moved to ‘New Ontario’ in 1907 to become an outstanding community member, one of the first women elected to a School Board in Ontario, and mother to eight children.More than mere history, this story recounts the difficulties with the mud, muskeg, mosquitoes and many other situations she dealt with to become a part of our history here in north-eastern Ontario. Diane Armstrong has taken her years of writing, researching and interviewing skills to write this compelling and factual account of her grandmother's life as it coincides with the development of the T&NO Railway in Northern Ontario and we share her life in great detail from 1900 to 1942.

In the format of a journal written through the eyes of Juliette Rose Ann Dawson Bélanger, the lady known as ‘Dollie’ comes to life and brings with her, a unique view of what it was like in the early days of ‘New’ Ontario.

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This historically factual creative non-fiction book concerns a remarkable woman who married and moved to ‘New Ontario’ in 1907 to become an outstanding community member, one of the first women elected to a School Board in Ontario, and mother to eight children.More than mere history, this story recounts the difficulties with the mud, muskeg, mosquitoes and many other situations she dealt with to become a part of our history here in north-eastern Ontario. Diane Armstrong has taken her years of writing, researching and interviewing skills to write this compelling and factual account of her grandmother's life as it coincides with the development of the T&NO Railway in Northern Ontario and we share her life in great detail from 1900 to 1942.

In the format of a journal written through the eyes of Juliette Rose Ann Dawson Bélanger, the lady known as ‘Dollie’ comes to life and brings with her, a unique view of what it was like in the early days of ‘New’ Ontario.

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