When Mrs. Jameson came to the Americas with her husband, Attorney-General of Upper Canada she wasn't content to resign herself to the life of a housewife
In the summer of 1837 Anna Jameson came to town.
A true visionary, Anna also sprinkled the book with her impressively progressive viewpoints on women’s rights, class conflict, and race relations. It is safe to say that Anna Jameson was well ahead of her time! Winter Studies is now considered the premiere Canadian travel book of the nineteenth century.
During a stay at Mackinaw Island, she heard about a boat leaving for Sault Ste. Marie within the hour. In a near frenzy, she managed to pack up all her things and make it to the boat just on time for departure. Lower down stood the house of Mr. MacMurray and his wife, “with the Chippewa village under their care and tuition”. There was also a little missionary church and school house.Even still, there were two things that Anna found very impressive about Sault Ste. Marie:
She also heard stories about how some members of the Chippewa tribe were unafraid to descend the rapids in their little canoes, learning to find safe passage amidst the swirling waters and jagged rocks. She soon decided that she wanted to experience this adventure first-hand.A friend of hers found a local Indigenous man who was willing to take her down the rapids in his boat, which was just a small fishing canoe.
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