References
The majority of the references are taken from books available from the Friends shop in the lighthouse interpretive centre or from:
Lighthouse Books
66 Main Street
Brighton
613 475 1269
Atkins, H. (2006) Presqu'ile in That's Just the Way We Were: Brighton Memories. Brighton History Book Committee. p. 55 - 72.
O'Brien, B. (1992) Speedy Justice. The Osgoode Society. 167 pp.
Turner, L. (1992) A History of Presqu'ile. Friends of Presqu'ile Park. 84 pp.
S Bergeron and B Brown (1994) Presqu'ile Brighton Ontario
S Bergeron and B Brown (1994) Presqu'ile Brighton Ontario
S (Bergeron) Brose (1997) Gosport Presqu'ile Harbour
Addition Information - Links and Downloads
GENERAL HISTORY
Discover Presqu'ile's Past - 2004 Tabloid - pdf download
SETTLEMENT HISTORY
The History Trail - Presqu'ile and Brighton's 11 Historic signs - pdf downloads
- A View From the Top (Settlement History - Brighton)
- Dancing to the Oldies (Recreation History)
- If you build it (Settlement History)
- Just Passing Through (Early History)
- Opening The Land (Settlement History)
- Remembering Speedy (The Speedy)
- The Centre of Town (Settlement History - Brighton)
- The Daily Grind (Settlement History - Orland)
- The Railway Years (Settlement History)
- The War of 1812
- Last Resting Place (Settlement History)
- The Atkins Farm on Presqu'ile (Settlement History)
THE LIGHTHOUSE
The Presqu'ile Lighthouse, Its History and Its Keepers by Myron McShane
THE SPEEDY
Hessen Soldiers - The life of Mr. John Stegman, passenger on the Speedy - http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/speedy.htm
The Speedy Discovered? - http://www.oceanscan.com/sidescan/speedy.htm
THE WAR OF 1812 -1814
The following were printed in the Park information Guide 2012
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