The Streets where they live
Streetwise in Barrie: An Historical Guide to Barrie Streetnames.
By B.E.S. Rudachyk.
DBS Heritage Consulting &
Communications.
233 pages Illustrations. $45.00 softbound.
Local history at its most local - a catalogue of all (through
1999) of Barrie's streets, avenues, roads, crescents, drives, courts,
boulevards, squares, circles, glens, hollows, trails, places, gates, terraces,
lanes, ways, and highways. Some 760 streets are each geographically described
(with cross references if the names have changed) and historically detailed
(only 23 are listed as "not yet determined.") In every case full
reference details are carefully cited. Even closed and deleted streets are
included. This work is probably the most complete study of a Canadian city's
street names ever compiled. Truly a labour of love by a local historian working,
as it were, from the ground up.
Chris and Pat Raible, "From the Bookshelf," OHS Bulletin (Issue 135, July
2002), p. 7.
"Barrie author!
Streetwise in Barrie: a historical guide to Barrie's street names.
Dr. Bradley Rudachyk has written a comprehensive and attractive history
complete with maps and illustrations. This 325-page volume is the product of
countless hours of research."
"The Reader's Couch," Barrie Public Library Newsletter Fall 2002
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