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Authentic Letters From Upper Canada: With an Account of Canadian Field Sports (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Authentic Letters from Upper Canada: With an Account of Canadian Field Sports presents a compelling collection of real letters and reports from early settlers in Upper Canada, offering a ground‑level view of emigration, settlement, and life on the frontier.
Drawn from experienced correspondents, these firsthand voices illuminate the hopes, challenges, and daily routines of families and individuals who chose a new homeland in the 1830s, with practical details and personal observations that bring the era to life.
This edition blends narrative letters with practical insights about travel costs, land clearing, farm life, and the social and cultural textures of pioneer communities. Readers will encounter descriptions of terrain, roads, and climate, as well as reflections on religion, schooling, and community life in a growing Canadian landscape. The book also includes accounts of Canadian field sports, adding vivid scenes of hunting, fishing, and outdoor life to the emigrant experience.- Foreword and letters that describe the journey from Ireland to Canada, including costs and logistics
- Personal anecdotes about emigration, settlement, and daily life on new farms
- Observations on the landscape, climate, transportation, and community development
- Vivid scenes of outdoor sport and country life in early Upper Canada
- An appendix with notes on land tracts, governance, and ecclesiastical arrangements
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book contains a valuable collection of letters providing practical and historical information for individuals considering a move to Canada. The letters within offer both personal and statistical information gathered by the author for his family and friends from 1831-1832, giving readers a first-hand account of preparing to move, the journey itself, and establishing a homestead in Upper Canada. Written before the ease of modern travel and communication, these letters provide insights into the hardships, joys, and fears of those who made new lives in the rapidly expanding colony while providing context for the westward expansion which occurred in Canada during this time. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781331474418_0
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