I am searching for personal diaries, travel logs and sketch books;
that would include drawings, sketches and watercolours; of Lower and
Upper Canada made by the authors while traveling in the country
before the Confederation on 1867. In the 17th, 18th and 19th century
the people who travelled to the new colony did drawings and sketches
of what they saw. I am interested in these actual drawings.

I found some at the Archives of Ontario (Simcoe`s and Langton`s
papers) as well as at the National Archives of Canada (Jane Ellice's
and Millicent Chaplin's papers) and the Royal Ontario Museum
(collection of drawings including canadian scenes) of Toronto. I
contacted some British museums and search some databases on-line. I
am hoping to get some informations on primary sources, located in
England maybe, since the tradition of sketching landscapes in-situ is
well-rooted in the British tradition of watercolours.