Links and Resources
1837 Links and Resources
Visual Art: C.W. Jefferys, noted Canadian illustrator od historic events
Movie: Samuel Lount, 1985, with R.H. Thomson as the title character
Play: The Spirit of Shivaree, 1990, Eramosa Community Players, Eden Mills
Web Sites:
Québec mon pays - Synthèse des rébellions http://www.microtec.net/~martrick/synthese.htm
summary of the rebellions
Affrontements de 1837 http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/k14664/1837.htm
summary of the main battles fought in 1837
Van Egmond House http://www.huron.org/hctg/he05.html
The Van Egmond family played a fundamental role in the opening of the Huron Tract, a one million acre parcel of land owned by the Canada Company. Colonel Van Egmond joined the Rebellion of 1837 in an attempt to bring responsible government to the area. He died untried in the Don Jail. Today, the Van Egmond House is preserved in its original splendour to provide a glimpse of life in the mid-nineteenth century. The House is located in the Van Egmond Reserve, overlooking the beautiful Bayfield River. The Van Egmond House hosts the Annual Ciderfest and Van Egmond Day Festivities.
Norwich Public School http://www.oxford.net/~dragon/history/1837_1.htm
excellent site on various aspects of the rebellion
Treasures Gallery - Carvings http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/treasure/251eng.html
To pass the time, prisoners of war carved various objects. This hand-carved box, 1838, was made by William Reid, while a prisoner taken during the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada and held in the Toronto Gaol. While awaiting trial, many of the prisoners painstakingly carved little boxes from the firewood piled on the cell floors, using pocketknives or pieces of broken glass as primitive tools.
Treasures Gallery - Epaulettes http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/treasure/163eng.html
This image shows part of uniform worn by a Canadian officer.
Elgin County Pioneer Museum http://www.execulink.com/~ecpmchin/virtual.htm
More on the rebellion in Upper Canada
Peterloo Massacre http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/peterloo.html
Provides economic and social background in England after 1815. Developments in Great Britain resulting from the effects of industrialization, the French revolution and the Napoleonic wars, had a direct effect on the social, economic and political development of the Canadian colonies during the 20 years from 1820 to 1840.