Contributor: Maria Da Silva

MARIA DA SILVA has always had a passion for history and ghost stories.

Ghost Town Stories of Ontario
Maria Da Silva, Andrew Hind
Fascinating stories of nine abandoned Ontario villages

$16.95, paperback
Secrets of Lake Simcoe
Andrew Hind, Maria Da Silva
Secrets of Lake Simcoe tells fascinating stories associated with the lake’s evolution from an ancient Indigenous travel route and strategic fur-trade highway into today’s premier recreational playground.

$16.95, paperback
Strange Events of Ontario
Andrew Hind, Maria Da Silva
Read up on the eerie events of Ontario's history that will challenge reason and provoke curiosity.
$9.95, paperback
Ghost Town Stories of Ontario
Maria Da Silva, Andrew Hind
Ontario is rich in ghost towns, communities that were once thriving but which have been reduced to mere shadows of their former selves. Nine villages -- including silver camps, fishing ports, crossroads hamlets, and farming settlements -- come alive on the pages of this book.
$9.95, paperback
Interest ages: 11-18
Rebels Against Tories in Upper Canada 1837
Maria Da Silva, Andrew Hind
Profiles of ordinary people who were caught up in the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada.
$9.95, paperback
Interest ages: 11-18
Secrets of Lake Simcoe
Andrew Hind, Maria Da Silva
A lively book illustrated with archival photos, Secrets of Lake Simcoe is a valuable addition to local history collections and provides a refreshing way for anyone to view what some consider to be Canada's sixth Great Lake.
$9.95, paperback