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Catharine Parr Traill (born Strickland; 9 January 1802 – 29 August 1899) was an English-Canadian author and naturalist who wrote about life in Canada, particularly what is now Ontario (then the colony of Upper Canada).
Catharine Parr Traill, née Strickland, pioneer writer, botanist (born 9 January 1802 in London, England; died 29 August 1899 in Lakefield, ON). Catharine Parr Traill’s books are some of the earliest in the Canadian literary canon.
Catharine Parr Traill (born January 9, 1802, London, England—died August 29, 1899, Lakefield, Ontario, Canada) was an English Canadian nature writer who, in richly detailed descriptions of frontier life, was one of the first to praise the beauties of the Canadian landscape.
Aug 29, 2023 · Acquired in the early 1860s by Traill, the famed English-Canadian author and naturalist, Westove home – nestled off of Clementi Street – spoke to Elliott, a vice principal with...
A writer of children's stories and a frequent contributor to the "Literary Garland", her most famous work was "The Backwoods of Canada" (1836) consisting of letters to her mother portraying the hardships of the pioneer life she loved so much.
Catherine Parr-Traill (née Strickland) was born in 1802 in Bungay, Suffolk, England. She was the second youngest of six sisters, five of whom would become writers (see Susanne Moodie). They were all taught at home, and had free run on the family library, which was very extensive.
Catharine Parr Traill’s contribution to the record of natural Canadian history is immeasurable. When Catharine Parr Traill arrived in Cobourg in 1832, she was told by one disgruntled settler that it would take five years of backbreaking work before she could think of planting a flower garden.
Catharine Parr Traill1 (1802–1899), her sister Susanna Moodie (1803–1885), and their brother Samuel Strickland (1805–1867) were remarkable siblings who recorded their experiences as Canadian backwoods colonists; taken together, their many books and stories document a vivid, multi-facetted picture of mid-nineteenth-century Ontario.
May 10, 2020 · No historical figure more romantically personifies the pioneer spirit of a young and growing Canada than does Catherine Parr-Traill. Emigrating to Canada in 1832, Catherine lived in Lakefield, the Rice Lake area and finally, in Peterborough until her death.
TRAILL, Catharine Parr. Born. Rotherhithe, London, England, 1802. Died. Lakefield, Ontario, 1899. Biography synopsis. As her father had an intellectual bent, Catherine Parr Traill (née Strickland) was encouraged to be resourceful, knowledgeable and self-reliant from a very young age.
