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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.
Contents
List of Maps
List of Tables
Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Mid-Canada's Appeal to the Irish
Chapter 2 Early Arrivals
Chapter 3 Quebec City and Rural Areas to the North and South
Chapter 4 The Eastern Townships
Chapter 5 Montreal and Rural Areas to the North and South
Chapter 6 The Ottawa Valley
Chapter 7 Eastern Ontario and the Peter Robinson Settlers
Chapter 8 North to Lake Simcoe and Westward to the Thames Valley
Chapter 9 Ontario's Western Peninsula
Chapter 10 Irish Arrivals During the Great Famine of 1847
Chapter 11 Sea Crossings
Chapter 12 The Irish in Ontario and Quebec
Acknowledgements
Appendix Immigration Ship Crossings from Ireland to Quebec, 1817-1840
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
