Download or read book A View of Lower Canada Interspersed with Canadian Tales and Anecdotes and Interesting Information to Intending Emigrants written by Andrew Oliver and published by Edinburgh : Printed by R. Menzies ... , for the author. This book was released on 1821 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seeking a Better Future written by Lucille H. Campey and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2012-08-11 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most emigration from England was voluntary, self-financed, and pursued by people who, while expecting to improve their economic prospects, were also critical of the areas in which they first settled. 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 the widely held assumption that emigration was primarily a flight from poverty, Campey reveals how the ambitious and resourceful English were strongly attracted by the greater freedoms and better livelihoods that could be achieved by relocating to Canada’s central provinces.

Download or read book Montreal City of Water written by Michèle Dagenais and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built within an exceptional watershed, Montreal is intertwined with the waterways that ring its island and flow beneath it in underground networks. Even as the city has pushed its suburbs deeper into the interior of the island and onto the mainland, the daily lives and leisure activities of its inhabitants remain closely bound to water. Montreal, City of Water focuses on water not only as a physical element of the landscape – both shaping and shaped by urban development – but also as a sociocultural component of the life of the city. In exploring the dynamics governing the relationship between Montrealers and their environment, this unique study considers the role of water in the production and transformation of urban space over two centuries. It traces the history of urbanization and shines a light on current concerns about water pollution, river rehabilitation, and renewed public access to the riverfront – and the power relations involved in addressing those concerns.

Download or read book Report of the Work of the Public Archives for the Year written by Public Archives of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sessional Papers written by Canada. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.

Download or read book Report of the Work of the Public Archives written by Public Archives of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mimic Fires written by D. M. R. Bentley and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1994 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this survey and analysis of long poems written about Canada between 1690 and 1900, D.M.R. Bentley establishes literary contexts for a greatly neglected period of Canadian literature. He also provides critical discussions of the poems, addresses larger questions of tradition and intertextuality, and demonstrates the existence of a continuity in Canadian writing from the colonial to the post-colonial period.

Download or read book Publications of the Public Archives of Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Publications of the Canadian Archives written by Public Archives of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 1198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Travellers written by Elizabeth Waterston and published by Guelph, Ont. : University of Guelph. This book was released on 1989 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Les cossais written by Lucille H. Campey and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2006-06-05 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 settled in the Eastern Townships. The first group came from Arran and the later arrivals from Lewis. Les Ecossais were proud of their Scottish traditions and customs, those living reminders of the old country which had been left behind. In the end they became assimilated into Quebec's French-speaking society, but along the way they had a huge impact on the province's early development. How were les Ecossais regarded by their French neighbours? Were they successful pioneers? In her book, Lucille H. Campey assesses their impact as she unravels their story. Drawing from a wide range of fascinating sources, she considers the process of settlement and the harsh realities of life in the New World. She explains how Quebec province came to acquire its distinctive Scottish communities and offers new insights on their experiences and achievements.

Download or read book A Bibliography of Canadiana written by Toronto Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Americana from the Time of the Discovery written by William H. Robinson, Ltd and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Rapports Sur Les Lois de Qu bec 1767 1770 written by Québec (Province) and published by F.A. Acland. This book was released on 1931 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of Pamphlets in the Public Archives of Canada written by Public Archives of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 1172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Feasting and Fasting written by Dorothy Duncan and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before the arrival of newcomers, the First Nations were celebrating the passages of life, the changing seasons, and the gifts of the Great Spirit with feasting. When settlers from around the world arrived on Canada's shores, they brought with them the memories and traditions of their homelands. Diverse and unique culinary histories began to develop as the newcomers were unable to find some of their traditional ingredients and were forced to compromise. Wild game, fruit, plants, grains, vegetables, and maple sugar were often transformed from survival foods to the foods of celebration. --