ï¿½cossais The Pioneer Scots of Lower Canada, 1763-1855

Name: ï¿½cossais The Pioneer Scots of Lower Canada, 1763-1855
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ISBN: 9781897045145

ISBN-10: 189704514X

ISBN-13: 9781897045145

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lucille H. Campey

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This is the first fully documented account, produced in modern times, of the migration of Scots to Lower Canada. Scots were in the forefront of the early influx of British settlers, which began in the late eighteenth century. John Nairne and Malcolm Fraser were two of the first Highlanders to make their mark on the province, arriving at La Malbaie soon after the Treaty of Paris in 1763. By the early 1800s many Scottish settlements had been formed along the north side of the Ottawa River, in the Chateauguay Valley to the southwest of Montreal, and in the Gaspe region. Then, as economic conditions in the Highlands and Islands deteriorated by the late 1820s, large numbers of Hebridean crofters…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Natural Heritage/Natural History, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/5/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.99" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English