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Stories From Stones title
Cairns of Ontario
by Marion Heath

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226 pages

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ISBN 0888872119

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About the Book Stories from Stones is about cairns. On Monument Island in Lake St. Francis, Ontario, towers the oldest and largest one in North America, a monument of the 1837 Rebellion, built by Glengarry Highlanders who dedicated it to their commander, Sir John Colborne. Such structures provoke queries-why were they built, are they still significant...? Neoloithic and Bronze Age peoples made them. When the Israelites crossed the Jordan into the Promised Land, each tribe carried a stone from the river to pile on the shore as a significant reminder for their children. Our Ontario ancestors also built them. Each chapter of this book tells the story, with a photograph or two, of one of these remarkable but little-known stone records of Ontario History.
The book includes thirty-five colour and fifteen black and white illustrations and maps as well as a bibliography.

About the Author Marion Heath holds a BA in English from McMaster University, Hamlton, Ontario; a Masters of Religious Education from Union Seminary, New York City; and a teacher´s certificate from Toronto, where she taught for some years. Her works include: The Competition in Russia: a Story for Grade 9 Studies; and articles on cairns and other monuments.



National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data
Heath, Marion, 1931-
      Stories from Stones / Marion Heath.

Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0888872119

      I. Cairns—Ontario 2. Ontario—History—Anecdotes. I. Title

FC3062.H43 2003      971.3      C2002-905475-3
F1057.8.H43 2003

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