Great Canadian Lives: Portraits in Heroism to 1867
by Karen Ford Author, Janet MacLean Author, Barry Wansbrough Author
Short (1-2pg) biographies of Canadian Historical Figures in Chronological order
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- book
- Print Status
- Out of Print
- Stories
- 179
- Pages
- 275
- Geographical Setting
- Canada
- Historical Setting
- 1600 - 1867
- Publisher
- Nelson Canada
- Copyright
- 1985
Stories
- 1 The Mists of Time (section start) - Ch 1 - A New Found Land
- 2 Hoel Shin
- 3 Saint Brendan
- 4 An Igloolik Family
- 5 Leif Ericsson
- 6 Gudrid
- 7 Dekanawida
- 8 Robert Thorne the Elder
- 9 Across the High Seas (section start)
- 10 John Cabot
- 11 Gaspar Corte-Real
- 12 Giovanni da Verrazano
- 13 Jacques Cartier
- 14 Donnacona
- 15 Marguerite de Roberval
- 16 The Sea Dogs (section start)
- 17 Sir Humphrey Gilbert
- 18 Sir Martin Frobisher
- 19 John Davis
- 20 Henry Hudson
- 21 Peter Easton
- 22 Port Royal (section start) - Ch 2 - Settling the Land
- 23 Pierre de Monts
- 24 John de Poutrincourt
- 25 Mattheiu da Costa
- 26 Membertou
- 27 Marc Lescarbot
- 28 Where the River Narrows (section start)
- 29 Samuel de Champlain
- 30 Helene Boulle
- 31 Louis and Marie Hebert
- 32 Etienne Brule
- 33 Jean Nicollet
- 34 Faith and Furs (section start)
- 35 Jean de Brebeuf
- 36 Paul de Maisonneuve
- 37 Jeanne Mance
- 38 Annaotaha
- 39 Garakontie
- 40 Marie de la Peltrie
- 41 Early Acadia (section start)
- 42 Acadian Pioneers
- 43 Charles de La Tour
- 44 Marie de La Tour
- 45 Nicolas Denys
- 46 For God and King (section start) - Ch 3 - The Great Days of New France
- 47 Marguerite Bourgeoys
- 48 Jean Talon
- 49 Francois de Laval
- 50 Habitants of New France
- 51 Pierre Radisson
- 52 The Days of Frontenac (section start)
- 53 Madeleine d'Allonne
- 54 Count Frontenac
- 55 Robert de La Salle
- 56 Madeleine de Vercheres
- 57 Kateri Tekakwitha
- 58 Henry Kelsey
- 59 The Colony at Peace (section start)
- 60 Michel Sarrazin
- 61 Thanadelthur
- 62 Pierre de la Verendrye
- 63 Eunice Williams
- 64 Noel Levasseur
- 65 The Expulsion of the Acadians (section start)
- 66 Paul Mascarene
- 67 Charles de Boishebert
- 68 Jean-Louis Le Loutre
- 69 The Fall of New France (section start)
- 70 Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
- 71 James Wolfe
- 72 Robert Stobo
- 73 A Broken Peace (section start) - Ch 4 - After the Conquest
- 74 James Murray
- 75 Pontiac - Obwandiyag
- 76 Sir Guy Carleton
- 77 Molly Brant - Degonwadonti
- 78 Pierre du Calvet
- 79 Two Canadas (section start)
- 80 John Graves Simcoe
- 81 Elizabeth Simcoe
- 82 Ezekiel Hart
- 83 Joseph Brant - Thayendenegea
- 84 Francois Baillairge
- 85 Atlantic Lands (section start)
- 86 Joseph Des Barres
- 87 Mikak of Labrador
- 88 John Marrant
- 89 Newfoundland Settlers
- 90 Edward Winslow
- 91 Henry Alline
- 92 Pacific Shores (section start)
- 93 The Spanish Explorers
- 94 James Cook
- 95 Muquinna
- 96 George Vancouver
- 97 The Great Northwest (section start)
- 98 Peter Pond
- 99 Samuel Mearne
- 100 Matonabbee
- 101 Sir Alexander Mackenzie
- 102 English Chief
- 103 The War of 1812 (section start) - Ch 5 - Danger on all sides
- 104 Caleb Seely
- 105 Sir Isaac Brock
- 106 Tecumseh
- 107 Laura Secord
- 108 Charles-Michel de Salaberry
- 109 The Fur Trade Wars (section start)
- 110 Simon Fraser
- 111 David Thompson
- 112 Marie-Anne Gaboury
- 113 Catherine McPherson
- 114 Cuthbert Grant
- 115 Chief Peguis
- 116 The Fires of Rebellion (section start)
- 117 Archibald, Cheif of McNab
- 118 John Strachan
- 119 Louis-Joseph Papineau
- 120 Jean-Olivier Chenier
- 121 William Lyon Mackenzie
- 122 Building the Future (section start)
- 123 William Carson
- 124 Samuel Cunard
- 125 John Molson
- 126 Egerton Ryerson
- 127 Lord Elgin
- 128 Louis LaFontaine
- 129 Navvies on the Rideau
- 130 Joseph Howe
- 131 The Arts (section start)
- 132 Thomas Chandler Haliburton
- 133 Shawnawdithit
- 134 Francois-Xavier Garneau
- 135 Susanna Moodie
- 136 Paul Kane
- 137 Pierre Falcon
- 138 The Bustling Colonies (section start) - Ch 6 - From Sea to Sea
- 139 James Barry
- 140 Sir Casimir Gzowski
- 141 Abigail Becker
- 142 Thomas Keefer
- 143 Abraham Gesner
- 144 The Saint John Four
- 145 North to Freedom (section start)
- 146 Mary Ann Shadd
- 147 Josiah Henson
- 148 Anne-Marie Weems
- 149 Settling the West (section start)
- 150 Maskepetoon
- 151 John Palliser
- 152 James McKay
- 153 Sir James Douglas
- 154 Sylvia Stark
- 155 Gold! (section start)
- 156 Catherine Schubert
- 157 Billy Barker
- 158 Cariboo Cameron
- 159 Matthew Baillie Begbie
- 160 Gold Seekers from China
- 161 The Roof of the World (section start)
- 162 Kridlak
- 163 Sir John Franklin
- 164 John Rae
- 165 Ipikvik and Tukkolerktuk
- 166 Word and Pictures (section start)
- 167 Mary Jane Katzmann
- 168 Cornelius Krieghoff
- 169 Octave Cremazie
- 170 Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspe
- 171 William Hind
- 172 Humphrey Lloyd Hime
- 173 One Canada (section start)
- 174 Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley
- 175 Sir John A. Macdonald
- 176 Sir Charles Tupper
- 177 Sir Georges-Etienne Cartier
- 178 George Brown
- 179 Thomas D'Arcy McGee
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Reviewed by Parent/Teacher
I love the concept of this book, and at first glance it is in line with Charlotte Mason's emphasis in letting children get to know the people of history. The preface to this book says "This is a book about people. ...It is a book that might inspire you to a little organized day-dreaming, as you think about what it might be like to be Marguerite de Roberval, cast away by a cruel uncle, or Muquinna, facing strangers as alien and powerful as beings from outer space." You can see that the authors' intentions with it were excellent.
I also love the organization by time period and the wide variety characters included in each period. Many women are included, as well as Native Canadians. This book is not dominated by white males.
However, the actual chapters are not evenly well-written, and I can't recommend it in its entirety as a Canadian history spine. Some chapters are fine, but many others consist of choppy facts.
Still, I recommend this book as a valuable resource for parents. The short chapters on each character will give you a very good idea of who you would like to find out more about and find living books on. In many ways we are starting from scratch as we find living books for Canadian history. This book could prove an excellent starting point.