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Walter Stevens Herrington
1860–1947
Best known for writing about Loyalist settlement and Ontario local history, this Canadian lawyer-historian brought a storyteller’s touch to regional and national subjects. His books helped preserve pioneer memories, historical biographies, and the record of Lennox and Addington County.
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Pioneer Life among the Loyalists in Upper Canada
by Walter Stevens Herrington
About the author
Born in 1860 and deceased in 1947, he was a Canadian lawyer, historian, and author whose work centered on Canadian history, especially Loyalist life and the history of Ontario communities.
He is remembered for books including Pioneer Life among the Loyalists in Upper Canada, Heroines of Canadian History, and History of the County of Lennox and Addington. Library and historical-society sources also credit him with many years of public service in Napanee, including leadership roles connected with the public library and the Lennox and Addington Historical Society.
His writing is especially appealing to listeners who enjoy vivid, fact-based accounts of early Canada. Rather than focusing only on major political events, his work often highlights settlers, local communities, and the people whose everyday lives shaped the country’s past.