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Nipissing District Books

This section will be for any books relevant to the Nipissing District. Feel free to email me with any of your own suggested readings for your area.


Please click the link below to view the books - we will update this page to have all the titles on here in the near future.

Previous Books Page

The following books are ones that have recently come into my posession. A few are not about the Nipissing District but have some relevance to the Nipissing area. I am available to look up information in them but please bear with me as I may a little slow to respond due to my other responsibilities. Smile


Read the following books online for FREE at the Internet Archives and Our Roots/Nos Racines! (Some are linked through the images below)

North Bay - by: WKP Kennedy (©1961)

Gateway to Silverland - by: Anson A. Gard
(3 novels together:  Being the story of a happy, prosperous people, who are building the metropolis of the North ; The real Cobalt : the story of Canada's marvellous silver mining camp ; Silverland and its stories)

The Real Cobalt: The story of Canada's marvellous silver mining camp - by: Anson A. Gard (individual novel)

North-Bay et les jumelles Dionne - by: Société historique du Nouvel-Ontario

Pioneer Days in the Township of Nipissing - by: TWP of Nipissing

Cobalt Souvenir and Cookbook (1908-09) - by: The Ladies of the Presbyterian Church of Cobalt, Ontario

Visit to Cobalt and Sudbury August 17th to August 20th 1909 - by: Office of the Bureau of Mines of Ontario

The Nipissing District: Issued by the Board of Trade North Bay Ontario

In the Privy Council, No. 13 of 1910. On appeal from the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Between the Florence Mining Company, Limited (plaintiffs), appellants and the Cobalt Lake Mining Company, Limited (defendants), respondents (1910])


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The Sudbury Fire Department 1883-1976
by: Ed Higgins
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A Kid In Haileybury
by: Leslie McFarlane
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Child of the Pioneers
by: May Carmichael & illus. by Elsie Hadden Mole
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Hunt's News
A collection of columns from the North Bay Nugget
by: John R. Hunt

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North Words
by: Wilston Steer
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Guide to Lake Nipissing 1988
by: Capt. Louis Dobrich
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Nipissing From Brule to Booth
by: Murray Leatherdale
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Nipissing and the French River
the fantasy, the history, the legend
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Kirkland Lake: The Town That Stands On Gold
by: Michael Barnes
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Imperial Oil, Ontario's Northland Railroad, A Clay Belt Town join in the story of...
Jake Englehart

by: Michael Barnes

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The John Fraser Story
by: Doug Linn
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The Crossroads: A Story of North Bay
by: Helen Burke


Click the image below to see the larger image of Helen's "Letter to the Editor" article from the North Bay Nugget, February 1979 in regards to Widdifield Twp.

North Bay Nugget Feb 1979-H. Burke
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