“A
masterpiece.” That’s how retired
Barrie
businessman Rayner McCullough describes the latest addition to Barrie’s rich history.
Over 150
years in the making, Beautiful Barrie: The City and Its People – An
Illustrated History was launched on Saturday, October 15 at the Barrie
Public Library.
Researched
and written by historians Su Murdoch and B.E.S. Rudachyk and designed by K.H.
Schick, Beautiful Barrie tells the story of
Barrie’s beginnings as the southeastern terminus of an ancient portage and its rise
to a vibrant, beautiful city on the shores of Kempenfelt
Bay
.
Featuring
over 780 illustrations and photographs – many of them never before seen in
public – maps, sidebars, and a running timeline of events, this limited
edition, 440-page hardcover book retails for $65 plus GST.
Beautiful
Barrie will enchant you with its research, stories, and photographs of the
people and events that shaped our city over its more than 150-year history.
