The book Picturesque Canada is a unique snapsot of country as it was in 1882. I especially love the section on lumbering in the Ottawa Valley. I have incerted many of the drawings to go along with my narations in my family tree. I cannot get the link to work for Google Books, so I just cut and pasted the link below. Unlike the other links for the book I put on here the Google Books digitization shows the pictures in various shades of blacks, whites and greys, giving the drawings more detail and depth.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=FSocAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA26&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false

Picturesque Canada : the country as it was and is (1882) ; "Volume 1."
Author: Grant, George Monro, 1835-1902
Publisher: Toronto : Belden
Language: English

* I recommend using the 2 websites below for transcribing the text in the book only; the pictures did not turn out in their pdf version.

Picturesque Canada as it was and is
Picturesque Canada as it is and was

http://www.archive.org/details/cihm_07692
http://www.archive.org/details/cihm_07693

The book Artistic Quebec is a unique snapsot of the province as it was in 1882.
It seems to be an excerpt on the above book. Beautiful diagrams.

Artistic Quebec described by pen & pencel by George Munro Grant

Artistic Quebec Described by Pen & Pencil

http://www.ourroots.ca/quickLink.aspx?field=AUTHOR&key=Grant%20George%20Monro&qryID=e792e7d4-07e3-4e2c-b1a1-ac0c0387d433