Intro; 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; Notes; Bibliography; Image Credits
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
