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Ontario and Quebec’s Irish Pioneers
Farmers, Labourers, and Lumberjacks
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About this book
The compelling story of Canada's Irish pioneers, revealing the enormous scope of their achievements.
Beginning in the eighteenth century, an increasing number of Irish people sought the better life that Ontario and Quebec offered. Set free from the stifling economic and social constraints that held them back in their homeland, they prospered. And yet, strangely enough, they continue to be mourned as victims.
In this second book of the Irish in Canada series, Lucille Campey takes on the victim-ridden mythology of destitute Irish immigrants fleeing the famine of the 1840s. In fact, the Irish influx to Quebec and Ontario began a century earlier.
Comprehensive and extensive research has been distilled to produce an informative and lively account of this great immigration saga, whose roots date back to the time of the British Conquest of New France in 1763.
Beginning in the eighteenth century, an increasing number of Irish people sought the better life that Ontario and Quebec offered. Set free from the stifling economic and social constraints that held them back in their homeland, they prospered. And yet, strangely enough, they continue to be mourned as victims.
In this second book of the Irish in Canada series, Lucille Campey takes on the victim-ridden mythology of destitute Irish immigrants fleeing the famine of the 1840s. In fact, the Irish influx to Quebec and Ontario began a century earlier.
Comprehensive and extensive research has been distilled to produce an informative and lively account of this great immigration saga, whose roots date back to the time of the British Conquest of New France in 1763.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1. Mid-Canada’s Appeal to the Irish
- 2. Early Arrivals
- 3. Quebec City and Rural Areas to the North and South
- 4. The Eastern Townships
- 5. Montreal and Rural Areas to the North and South
- 6. The Ottawa Valley
- 7. The Rest of Eastern Ontario and the Peter Robinson Settlers
- 8. North to Lake Simcoe and Westward to the Thames Valley
- 9. Ontario’s Western Peninsula
- 10. Irish Arrivals During the Great Famine of 1847
- 11. Sea Crossings
- 12. The Irish in Ontario and Quebec
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix Immigrant Ship Crossings from Ireland to Quebec, 1817–1840
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Image Credits
- About the Author