his father’s ill-advised phase as a backwoods farmer on Bear Creek (Sydenham River), in the portion of Adelaide that later became part of Metcalfe Township. His early years were spent in Toronto, where

. c. 1832–35, probably in Berens River (Man.), son of Mahquah (Maskwa, Bear) and Amo (Bee

possessions. In May 1868, under the leadership of Amor De Cosmos* and John Robson

BEARE, JOHN, farmer and mill-owner; b. 14 Nov. 1820 in Bideford, England, son of Joseph Beare and Anne

Nelson and Sons dominated. He worked in publishing in Edinburgh and is said to have been given the opportunity to come to Canada and to enter the book business of John Cunningham Geikie in Toronto through