Author: Ernest HeatonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Heaton's Annual
Author: Ernest HeatonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
The Silver Chief
Author: Lucille H. CampeyPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1554883547
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Belfast, Prince Edward Island, founded in August 1803, owes its existence to Lord Selkirk. Its bicentennial is a timely reminder of Selkirk's work in Canada, which extended beyond Belfast to Baldoon (later Wallaceburg) in Ontario, as well as to Red River, the precursor to Winnipeg. Aptly named "The Silver Chief" by the five Indian chiefs with whom he negotiated a land treaty at Red River, the fifth Earl of Selkirk spent an immense fortune in helping Scottish Highlanders relocate themselves in Canada. Selkirk has been well observed through the eyes of the rich and powerful, but his settlers have been neglected. Why did they leave Scotland? Which districts did they come from? Why did they settle in Canada? Why did Selkirk help them? How successful were their settlements? What impact did they have on Canada’s early development? Did Selkirk realize his ambitions for Canada? In answering these questions, Lucille H. Campey presents a new and powerful case for re-assessing the achievements of Selkirk and his settlers. Using a wealth of documentary sources, she reconstructs the sequence of emigration from Scotland to the three areas of Canada where settlements were founded. She shows that emigration took place in a carefully planned and controlled way. She reveals the self-reliance, adaptability and steely determination of the Selkirk settlers in overcoming their many problems and obstacles. They brought their rich traditions of Scottish culture to Canada and, in doing so, helped to secure its distinctively Canadian future. Together, Selkirk and his settlers succeeded against overwhelming odds and altered the course of history.
Prairie’S Edge
Author: George Roger StanleyPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503523314
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
It is important to note that I have not tried to hide the identities of the characters that happened into my life, but to endear them to the reader so that they are an important part of to this story, and I in no way will try to make them more or less important than they really were. I have learned to accept and to love each one of the personalities and hope that I never have harmed them in the past or by this account of them in this written dialogue.
American Herd Book ...
Author: American Short-horn Breeders' AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
The Canadian Album
Author: William CochranePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The Vegetation of Wisconsin
Author: John T. CurtisPublisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299019438
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
One of the most important contributions in the field of plant ecology during the twentieth century, this definitive survey established the geographical limits, species compositions, and as much as possible of the environmental relations of the communities composing the vegetation of Wisconsin.
Bullinger's Postal and Shipping Guide for the United States & Canada
Author: Report of the Superintendent of Insurance of the Dominion of Canada
Author: Canada. Superintendent of InsurancePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America
Author: Peter Alfred CrossbyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Sessional Papers
Author: Canada. ParliamentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1366
Book Description
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.