From Aberdeen to Ottawa in 1845: The Diary of Alexander MuirAberdeen University Press, 1990 - 131 páginas |
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... timber and wheat from Canada were looking for a return freight , and many called in at local Scottish ports , not just at Liverpool and Glasgow , saving the cost of travel in Britain . Many emigrants were attracted by cheap land and by ...
... timber and wheat from Canada were looking for a return freight , and many called in at local Scottish ports , not just at Liverpool and Glasgow , saving the cost of travel in Britain . Many emigrants were attracted by cheap land and by ...
Página xxiii
... timber . The timber industry offered a source of supplementary income for farmers starting up , or high wages for lumber jacks , attracting single young male emigrants , while the lumber camps offered a market for farm produce . The ...
... timber . The timber industry offered a source of supplementary income for farmers starting up , or high wages for lumber jacks , attracting single young male emigrants , while the lumber camps offered a market for farm produce . The ...
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... timber which grew upon its banks to market and to overcome this government has erected various ' slides ' and ' sluices ' , and upholds them , for which a duty of 5 / - currency is charged for every thousand feet of timber , which pass ...
... timber which grew upon its banks to market and to overcome this government has erected various ' slides ' and ' sluices ' , and upholds them , for which a duty of 5 / - currency is charged for every thousand feet of timber , which pass ...
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Aberdeen Harbour Aberdeen Herald Aberdeen Journal Aberdeen to Quebec Aberdeenshire Alexander Findlay Alexander Muir amused April Archives of Canada arrived at Quebec August Auldjo Banffshire banks barque Bayfield beautiful became Britain British brother Bytown Bytown Gazette cabin called Canadian canoe Captain Talbot Census Chats Christie Church Cruden Culsalmond Cumberland Township daughter diary District emigrants Fasken French Gellie George George Auldjo George Muir Glasgow Island James Clearihue Jane July June Keefer Lachine Lake land letter Lord Seaton Lower Canada Lyon Marischal College married miles Montreal morning Muir's Newfoundland Nichol Township night North America North East November o'clock October Old Parish Register Ontario Ottawa River P.J. Anderson parish of Slains passed passengers Port Quebec Gazette rapids Rideau Canal Russell Scotland Scots Scottish September 1845 ship Society Spalding Club steamer steerage Street timber took Toronto town Upper Canada vessel voyage wife William wind