Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour Through Part of the United States of America, in the Year 823: Volume 1

Talbot Talbot

ISBN 10: 0371307015 / ISBN 13: 9780371307014

Published by HardPress Ltd, 1823

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• Title: Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour Through Part of the United States of America, in the Year 823: Volume 1
• Publisher: HardPress Ltd
• Publication Date: 1823
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371307015
• ISBN 13: 9780371307014
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 526 grams

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Five Years' Residence In The Canadas: Including A Tour Through Part Of The United States Of America, In The Year 823 by Edward Allen Talbot. Five Years' Residence In The Canadas is an epistolary travel memoir by Edward Allen Talbot recounting his family's emigration from Ireland to Upper Canada and their years of settlement and observation across the Canadas and the United States. Written after a prolonged stay in North America (about six years), the work blends personal reflections, political commentary, and practical notes on land grants, colonial administration, agriculture, climate, natural history, and the prospects of colonization. The author narrates the voyage from Ireland to North America, the choices of settlement such as Port Talbot and London, and the experiences of voyage and crossing rivers, lakes, and towns like Quebec, Montreal, Kingston, and Niagara. He contrasts Upper and Lower Canada, surveys the frontier districts, and catalogs crops, livestock, flora and fauna, as well as the social and legal structures of the emerging provinces. The description is interwoven with prefaces, dedication and discussion of emigration motives, and moral reflections.