The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys
2000Engers, Joe
320 pages (color)
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1839 Ward's Island, Lake Ontario, Canada - 1912. Known for: Decoy carving.
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David Ward Jr. (1839 - 1912) was a prominent Toronto, Ontario businessman, sportsman and decoy* carver. Attached below is his biography excerpted and abridged from the book Traditions in Wood: A... Read full biography
David Ward Jr. (1839 - 1912) was a prominent Toronto, Ontario businessman, sportsman and decoy* carver. Attached below is his biography excerpted and abridged from the book Traditions in Wood: A History of Wildfowl Decoys in Canada":. At the age of 19, David Ward Jr. watched as a storm crashing off... Read full biography
David Ward Jr. (1839 - 1912) was a prominent Toronto, Ontario businessman, sportsman and decoy* carver. Attached below is his biography excerpted and abridged from the book Traditions in Wood: A History of Wildfowl Decoys in Canada":. At the age of 19, David Ward Jr. watched as a storm crashing off Lake Ontario breached the Toronto peninsula and reshaped the harbour behind it, creating Ward's Island out of the land on which his family lived. More firmly rooted, apparently, than the Peninsula... Read full biography
David Ward Jr. (1839 - 1912) was a prominent Toronto, Ontario businessman, sportsman and decoy* carver. Attached below is his biography excerpted and abridged from the book Traditions in Wood: A History of Wildfowl Decoys in Canada":. At the age of 19, David Ward Jr. watched as a storm crashing off Lake Ontario breached the Toronto peninsula and reshaped the harbour behind it, creating Ward's Island out of the land on which his family lived. More firmly rooted, apparently, than the Peninsula itself, successive generations of the family remained there from the time David Ward Sr. emigrated from Yarmouth, England, in 1798, until 1982. The eldest of three sons, Ward spent his early years working with his father as a commercial fisherman and... Read full biography
David Ward Jr. (1839 - 1912) was a prominent Toronto, Ontario businessman, sportsman and decoy* carver. Attached below is his biography excerpted and abridged from the book Traditions in Wood: A History of Wildfowl Decoys in Canada":. At the age of 19, David Ward Jr. watched as a storm crashing off Lake Ontario breached the Toronto peninsula and reshaped the harbour behind it, creating Ward's Island out of the land on which his family lived. More firmly rooted, apparently, than the Peninsula itself, successive generations of the family remained there from the time David Ward Sr. emigrated from Yarmouth, England, in 1798, until 1982. The eldest of three sons, Ward spent his early years working with his father as a commercial fisherman and serving the island both as a policeman and as an oarsman on the Lake Ontario lifeboats. In 1862, however, he moved from the is... Read full biography
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Traditions in Wood: A History of Wildfowl Decoys in Canada
1987Fleming, Patricia and Thomas Carpenter179 pages (color)