Ontario and Quebec's Irish pioneers : farmers, labourers, and lumberjacks /

Taking on the myth that Irish settlers in Canada were a wave of famine victims, Lucille Campey reveals the pioneering achievements of the Irish who began populating, and thriving in, Ontario and Quebec a century before the famine of 1840. The second volume of the Irish in Canada series brings an in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Campey, Lucille H. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : Dundurn, [2018]
Series:	Campey, Lucille H. Irish in Canada.
Subjects:	Irish > Ontario > History. Irish > Québec (Province) > History. Immigrants > Ontario > History. Immigrants > Québec (Province) > History. Ontario > Emigration and immigration > History. Québec (Province) > Emigration and immigration > History. Ireland > Emigration and immigration > History.

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Summary:	Taking on the myth that Irish settlers in Canada were a wave of famine victims, Lucille Campey reveals the pioneering achievements of the Irish who began populating, and thriving in, Ontario and Quebec a century before the famine of 1840. The second volume of the Irish in Canada series brings an informative and lively account of this great saga.
Physical Description:	412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781459740846 145974084X