"The Last Frontier", is the colonization period. Surveyors lay out roads and divide the land into lots. Immigrants from Europe pour into Ontario to buy lots, start farming and survive a year of starvation. Many small towns are founded. Weather observers and storm signals warn mariners of bad weather. Lumbering extends even into the Greenock Swamp and furniture factories profit from easily available timber, but clear-cutting leads to destructive bush fires. The settlers' need for land impacts the Saugeen Ojibway and the Métis, and also alters the local ecosystems.

pt. 1. A Demand for Good Farmland -- pt. 2. The Massive Land Sale of 1854 -- pt. 3. The Hardships and Growth of the Bruce Settlers -- pt. 4. An Industry of Wood -- pt. 5. The Lighthouses of Bruce -- pt. 6. The Impact of Colonization on the Saugeen Ojibway Life -- pt. 7. The Impact of Colonization on the Saugeen Metis Life -- pt. 8. The Dire Consequences of Colonization on the Environment -- pt. 9. The Bruce, Ever Changing.