TWO BOOKS: The Steamboat Era in the Muskokas, Volume I - To the Golden Years: A History of Steam Navigation in the districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound 1866-1905 ---with Volume II, the Golden Years to the Present ( 1 & 2 )

Erin, Ontario: Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills, 1983, 1st edition, 1st Printing, First Printing for Both, 1983. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition for both ) ---2 volumes, large hardcovers, both are Near Fine examples, in Very Good+/Near Fine dust jackets, ---these look new, 304 pages, ink gift inscription in each book, profusely illustrated with b&w photos, 304 pages, VOLUME 1 -----chapters include: Pre-Steamboat Days in Muskoka (to 1866); The Experimental Days of Steamboating ( 1866 - 1874 ); Steamboating in the Railway & Lumbering Era ( 1875 - 1885 ); Steamboats Appear on the North Muskoka Lakes ( 1877 - 1885 ); Steamboating on Lake Nipissing ( 1881 - 1962 ); The Muskoka Steamers and the Tourist Trade ( 1880 - 1885 ); Steamboating in the Post Railway Era ( 1886 et Seq.); Steamboating on the Magnetawan ( 1879 - 1906 ); The Muskoka Navigation company's Expansion to Georgian Bay ( 1886 - 1893 ); The Muskoka steamer Fleet ( 1886 - 1896 ); Rise of the Huntsville Navigation Company; The Muskoka Navigation Company Consolidates ( 1897 - 1906 ); Maps; ---VOLUME II: contents include: The Golden Age of the Muskoka Steamers ( 1905 - 1920 ); The Heyday of the Huntsville Navigation Company ( 1905 - 1928 ); The Magnetawan Steamboats ( 1906 - 1935 ); Steamboating on the Almaguin Highlands ( 1881 - 1924 ); Steamboating on the Pickerel River ( 1895 - 1935 ); The Muskoka Lake Steamers During the Roaring Twenties ( 1920 - 1928 ); The Declining Years of Steamboating ( 1929 - 1945 ); The Decline & Fall of the Huntsville Navigation Company ( 1929 - 1953 ); The Last Years of the Muskoka Lakes Steamships ( 1959 - 1984 ); Maps; Index of the Steamboats, People, Places and Enterprises That Appear in These Books, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Thomas Sinclair Cover Art. 8.5w x 11.25h Inches. Flaps Not Clipped.