Catharine Parr Traill [SEP] date of death
Catharine Parr Traill
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). In the 1830s much of Canada had not yet been explored by Europeans. There were hardly any universities, and scientists were more interested in practical subjects such as agriculture and mining than in theoretical research. Traill is considered important because she pioneered investigations into Canada's natural history and
square kilometres, over half of which is a part of Trent's Nature Areas, an ecologically diverse wild-life nature reserve.
Trent University is divided into a series of colleges: Champlain, Lady Eaton, Catharine Parr Traill, Otonabee, Peter Gzowski and Julian Blackburn. Each college has its own residence hall, dining room and student government, except for Catharine Parr Traill which consists only of part-time students and is located near downtown Peterborough and Julian Blackburn which is mostly administrative.
Education Post-secondary institutions Fleming College