Part One: Foundations Chapter 1: Introduction Ecological Locale: The Trent Valley as a Living Place Human Cultures: The Settlement and Resettlement of Trent Valley Nature and National Narrative In Canada Chapter 2: Changes in Mississauga Lands: Ecology and Economy, 1790s-1830s Mississauga Lands Resistance Adaptation and Persistence Towards Resettlement Chapter 3: Creating New Home Places: Anglo-Celtic Migrants, 1820s-1850s Ecological Locales: Ireland Human Cultures: Ireland Making a Home Place: Ecological Locales and Human Cultures of the Trent Valley Part Two: Contexts Chapter 4: Damning the Dam: Ecology and Community in Ops Township "The Largest Mill-Dam in the World" The Natural Setting Second Nature: Toward a Home Place Second Nature: The Pre-Industrial Context Second Nature: The Trent Canal, Purdy's Mill and Threats to Home Place Crafting a Defense of Public Rights Nature Responds Conclusion Chapter 5: The Road from Bobcaygeon: Lumber and Colonization, 1850s-1870s The Natural Setting Second Nature: Regional Expansion and the Lumberman's Vision Second Nature: The Settlers' Reality Local Knowledge: Road Construction and the Folly of Settlement Postscript: Toward an Era of Conservation Conclusion Chapter 6: The Trent Valley Oracle: Catharine Parr Traill Natural History: Catharine's Early Years Second Nature: Homing in the Backwoods Second Nature: The "Canadian Gilbert White" Chapter 7: Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.