"The six districts presented in this book are Algoma, Cochrane, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Sudbury, and Temiskaming. The boundaries of these...areas are as artificial as most such lines across traditional and natural territories. However, they have a unity, tied together by the history of furs, forests, minerals, rail and road, and by many first Nations and by many francophones"--P. 6. This book "is a unique, single-volume historical and cultural compendium which will interest residents and visitors alike"--P. [4] of cover.