Seeking a Better Future The English Pioneers of Ontario and Quebec

Name: Seeking a Better Future The English Pioneers of Ontario and Quebec
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ISBN: 9781459703513

ISBN-10: 1459703510

ISBN-13: 9781459703513

Edition: 2012

Authors: Lucille H. Campey

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The exodus from England that gathered pace during the 19th century accounted for the greatest part of the total emigration from Britain to Canada. And yet, while copious emigration studies have been undertaken on the Scots and the Irish, very little has been written about the English in Canada.Drawing on wide-ranging data collected from English record offices and Canadian archives, Lucille Campey considers why people left England and traces their destinations in Ontario and Quebec. A mass of detailed information relating to pioneer settlements and ship crossings has been distilled to provide new insights on how, why, and when Ontario and Quebec acquired their English settlers. Challenging…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 8/11/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English



List of Maps


List of Tables


Acknowledgements


Preface


Abbreviations



Canada's Appeal to the English



The Loyalist Immigrants



South and West of Montreal



The Eastern Townships



The Ottawa Valley



West Along Lake Ontario



The Lake Erie and Thames Valley Settlements



The Rest of the Western Peninsula



Later Emigration from England



The Sea Crossing



The English in Ontario and Quebec



Emigrant Ship Crossings from England to Quebec, 1817-64


Notes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author