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The Western Interior of Canada by John Warkentin
The Western Interior of Canada by John Warkentin






The Western Interior of Canada by John Warkentin

Log dwellings are still numerous and widespread in Canada, but in most cases they now are based on the techniques from Pennsylvania rather than those from the St. Other ethnic groups, in the Prairie Provinces, especially, introduced distinctive log dwellings at least in their initial settlement. The same basic technique of handling logs in their dwellings was later carried westward and northward where it displaced that of the earlier fur trade. English-speaking settlers of Ontario brought with them log dwellings of Pennsylvania origin. John Warkentin is a professor emeritus of geography at York University and the author of various books on Canada, including A Regional Geography of Canada: Life. Lawrence Valley, although fur trade personnel from the latter area carried their traditional techniques of log construction westward. Stone characterizes most of the surviving early forms in the St. Expulsion of the Acadians obliterated early forms in Maritime Canada. There may have been some borrowing from Indian sources by early French-speaking settlers, but most forms seem to have been imported from the home country, with subsequent Canadian development. ABSTRACT Log dwellings provided shelter for aboriginal and European settlers in Canada.








The Western Interior of Canada by John Warkentin