Scots in Canada as Epic of Highland Settlement
The Aberdeen Free Press reviews J Murray Gibbon’s Scots in Canada, praising the work as a balanced history of Scottish role in Canadian colonization. It highlights early Franco-Scottish ties, Plains of Abraham linked to Abraham Martin, the Fraser and North West companies, and explorers like Alexander Mackenzie who opened routes to the Arctic and Pacific.
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Canada
J. Murray Gibbon
Messrs. Kegan Paul and Co
Aberdeen Free Press
Scotland
United Kingdom
J Murray Gibbon
Gibbon
William Alexander
Nova Scotia
James VI
St. Lawrence
Mr. Gibbon
Plains of Abraham
Quebec
Abraham Martin
l'Reassais
Chateau Ramezay
Ramsay
Wolfe
Winnipeg
Fort Garry
Great Northwest
St Lawrence
Great Lakes
Prairies
Rockies
Pacific
Arctic Ocean
Grand Portage
Portage la Prairie
Calsary
Alexander Henry
Thomas Curry
Simon McTavish
Gregory McLeod
Alexander Mackensie
William McGillivray
North- West Company
Alexander Mackenzie
Mackenzie River
Pacife
Fraser River
Scotland and the Nor Westers Shape Canada's West
The article reviews Mr. Gibbon's work on Scottish influence in early Canadian fur trade and settlement. It notes Nor Western competition with Hudson's Bay, Lord Selkirk's Highland settlement, and figures like Miles Macdonell, John Macleod, and Duncan Cameron. It highlights Simpson's 1828 voyage and Highland clearances driving emigration to Canada, with Highlanders forming key Canadian leaders across commerce, letters, church, law, and politics.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Orkneys
Scotland
Lord Strathcona
Lord Selkirk
Red River
Fort Douglas
Miles Macdonell
John Macleod
Duncan Cameron
George Simpson
Hudson Bay
Pacific
Cyrus Cuneo
Govyernor Simpson
Mr. Gibbon
Simpson
Canada
Highlands
Macdonells
Glengarry
New York
McLeod
Glenelg
Lochiel
Kintail
Upper Canada
Nova Scotia
Pictou
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