The wide range of Underground Railroad-related places, persons and events reflects the deep roots that the refugees nurtured once they had reached Canadian soil, and the geographic dispersal of historically important sites gives an indication of the degree to which these new arrivals integrated into the fabric of Canadian society. The remarkable survival of so many of their modest and potentially fragile structures is a tribute to the determination of their descendants to safeguard the traces of their forebears' struggles and endurance. Each of these expressions of this significant chapter in Canadian history tells part of the story; each is a valuable piece of a larger picture.

Page 3 - Public Works and Government Services Canada, K. Elder, 1999;

Page 6 - National Archives of Canada,
C-029977;

Page 10 - Archives of Ontario,
C279-0-0-0-3;

Page 11 - Frontispiece portrait, Truth Stranger than Fiction. Father Henson's Story of his Own Life (Boston: John P. Jewett & Co.; Cleveland: Henry P.B. Jewett, 1858);

Page 12 - Public Works and Government Services Canada, K. Elder, 1999; Parks Canada, O. Thomas, 1999;

Page 13 - Parks Canada, S. Ricketts, 1998;

Page 17 - Parks Canada, D. Cooke, 1996.

The System of National Historic Sites of Canada
Commemorating the Undergr ound Railroad in Canada