The Peel Heritage Complex is pleased to announce that copies of the 1877 Walker Miles Historical Atlas of Peel County reprint are available.
This publication is a most important research tool for genealogists, historians and students as well as anyone interested in the history of this rapidly changing area. The original volume includes many details about various local communities such as Alton, Belfountain, Brampton, Britannia, Caledon East, Cheltenham, Cooksville, Derry West, Dixie, Erindale, Malton, Meadowvale, Port Credit, and Streetsville to name but a few. Also included are maps of the original townships showing the names of the lot owners, as well as biographical details of many early residents.
This deluxe edition - produced in the year 2000 - is a complete reprint of the original, and in addition, contains a surname index (listing about 2800 names) to the township maps as well as a contemporary map of the Region of Peel. Printed on acid-free paper with an attractive blue cover and gold foil imprint, the Atlas is an impressive book that will make a gift of heirloom quality.
The price is a very reasonable $79.00 plus GST. Pick up your copy at: The Peel Heritage Complex, 9 Wellington Street East, Brampton - or call 905-791-4055 to arrange for a copy to be shipped to you or a friend. This is a gift for any occasion.
Nature Resplendent By Pat Clemes
A retrospective exhibition brings together over
three decades of pat Clemes' work in her chosen
medium, watercolour. Her interpretations of landscape
and still-life subjects are the result of a deeply
felt rapport with the rhythms and details of the
natural environment.
36 pages, softcover
$5.00
Tom Thomson: A Sketchbook By Joan Murray Documenting a unique aspect of Canadian art
history this catalogue offers a glimpse into a
previously unknown side of Tom Thomson's early
artistic development. Designed to be a facsimile
of the actual artifact, the catalogue also contains
an essay by Joan Murray. Ms. Murray's expertise
in the area of Thomson and his oeuvre is unparalleled
in this country.
40 pages, softcover
$5.00
Chris Cran: Paintings, 1993 - 1996 By Nancy Tousley First gaining attention through his satiric
images based on references to art history and
popular culture, the art of Chris Cran has evolved
into an analysis of the formal properties of painting.
This catalogue documents three years of artistic
activity that already has had a major impact on
contemporary Canadian art.
36 pages, softcover
$12.00
The Tourist By Andrew Hunter Weaving the works of Richard Storms, Colette
Laliberte and Gerald Ferguson, the Wizard of Oz
and urban development, Andrew Hunter puts a particularly
personal stamp on art, culture and life.
42 pages, softcover
$5.00
Suburbia An Exhibition Examining the Nature of Suburbia
and its Effects on the Contemporary Psyche
Featuring essays by David Somers, Gary Michael Dault,
Ihor Holubzky and Judy Daley.
32 pages, soft cover
$7.00
