The Scottish Pioneers of Upper Canada, 1784-1855

Glengarry and Beyond

Lucille H. Campey

• Publisher: Natural Heritage
• Year: 2005
• Print ISBN: 9781897045015
• eBook ISBN: 9781554883523
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Glengarry, Upper Canada's first major Scottish settlement, was established in 1784 by Highlanders from Inverness-shire. Worsening economic conditions in Scotland, coupled with a growing awareness of Upper Canada's opportunities, led to a growing tide of emigration that eventually engulfed all of Scotland and gave the province its many Scottish settlements. Pride in their culture gave Scots a strong sense of identity and self-worth. These factors contributed to their success and left Upper Canada with firmly rooted Scottish traditions.

Individual settlements have been well observed, but the overall picture has never been pieced together. Why did Upper Canada have such appeal to Scots? What was their impact on the province? Why did they choose their different settlement locations? Drawing on new and wide-ranging sources author Lucille H. Campey charts the progress of Scottish settlement throughout Upper Canada. This book contains much descriptive information, including all known passenger lists. It gives details of the 550 ships, which made over 900 crossings and carried almost 100, 000 emigrant Scots. The book describes the enterprise and independence shown by the pioneers who were helped on their way by some remarkable characters such as Thomas Talbot, Lord Selkirk, John Galt, Archibald McNab and William Dickson. Providing a fascinating overview of the emigration process, it is essential reading for both historians and genealogists.

Scots were some of the provinces earliest pioneers and they were always at the cutting edge of each new frontier. They were a founding people who had an enormous influence on the province's early development.

"I am happy to commend Lucille Campey's latest book on Scottish settlement patterns in Canada. The product of meticulous research, The Scottish Pioneers of Upper Canada has much to offer both genealogists and general readers, as it weaves together statistical information, institutional histories and personal accounts to produce a fascinating picture of the multi-dimensional networks that underpinned the transatlantic movement and brought 100, 000 Scots to Upper Canada during the seven decades reviewed. Persistent myths of helpless exile are challenged, as the preconditions and processes of emigration are analyzed, along with the cultural traditions imported by the 'trail blazers and border guards' who laid the foundations of Canada's most populous province." - Marjory Harper, Reader in History, University of Aberdeen

"With a real feel for the sacrifice and the emotional turmoil of the pioneers, Lucille H. Campey has one again got her audience to face the raw heritage common to every Scots-Canadian. This is an excellent read, full of fascinating detail dug from much archival research. This book is another splendid addition to a series of much interest to both historians and genealogists." - Professor Graeme Morton, Scottish Studies Foundation Chair, University of Guelph

Appendix I

EXTANT PASSENGER LISTS

1. The British Queen, of Greenock, Deniston (Master). Sailed from Arasaig to Quebec Aug. 16, 1790.

[NAC RG4A1, Vol. 48, 15874-5]

2. The Helen of Irvine, Jean of Irvine and Friends of John Saltcoats. Sailed from Fort William to Quebec in June 1802.

[LAC MG24 I183 File 2, 7-9, 11; Fleming, The Lochaber Emigrants to Glengarry, 5-11; MacMillan, Bygone Lochaber, 239.]

Passengers who Boarded at Fort William

Alex. McPhee,	Aberchalder
Alex. McPhee	Do.
Catherine McPhee	Do.
Mary McPhee	Do.
5 Margt McPhee	Do.
Anny McPhee & 1 Child	Do.

Don’d McPhee	Do.
	Do.
	Do.
10 McPhee’s wife & 1 Child	Do.

Ewen Kennedy	Aberchalder
His wife
Don’d Kennedy	Kinlochlochy
4 Children

Don. Cameron	Drimnasallie
15 His Wife

John Corbet	Ardachy
Mrs Corbet
Mary Corbet
Wm. Corbet
20 Christy Corbet & 1 Child

John McDonald	Inchlagan
His Wife
Don’d McDonald & 2 Children

Don’d Scot	Aberchalder
25 his Wife
Alex’r Scot
Dun. Scot
Janet Scot
Mary Scot & 2 Children

30 Dun: Kennedy	Aberchalder
His Wife & 3 Children

Don’d Kennedy	Achluachrach
M...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Tables & Figures
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• One The Vulnerable Colony
• Two The Glengarry Settlements
• Three The Perth Military Settlement
• Four The Lanark Military Settlement
• Five The Continuing Influx to Eastern Upper Canada
• Six Scottish Colonization Moves West
• Seven The Lake Erie and Thames Valley Settlements
• Eight The Attractions of the Western Peninsula
• Nine Emigrant Ships and Atlantic Crossings
• Ten Border Guards and Trail Blazers
• Appendix I Extant Passenger Lists
• Appendix II Ship Crossings from Scotland to Quebec 1785–1855
• Appendix III The Ships which carried the Upper Canada Scots across the Atlantic
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author