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Unsettled: Lord Selkirk's Scottish Colonists and the Battle for Canada's West, 1813-1816

Unsettled: Lord Selkirk's Scottish Colonists and the Battle for Canada's West, 1813-1816 - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert LowerPublish date:2023-06-06Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:ECW PressISBN-13:9781770417182ISBN-10:1770417184UPC:9781770417182Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Canada, Expeditions & DiscoveriesBook Topic:Pre-Confederation (to 1867), Provincial, Territorial & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC00G9APKB
The fascinating story of the Red River Settlement, now Winnipeg, in the years 1813 to 1816, told with archival journals, reports, and letters

Unsettled tells the story of two hundred Highlanders who flee the Scottish Clearances in 1813 to establish a settlement on the Red River in what eventually became Winnipeg. They are sponsored by the Earl of Selkirk, a man who has never been west of Montreal. Families who have never left their Highland crofts take an epic journey over ocean, up wild rivers, and through boundless wilderness, surviving disease and brutal winter only to face the determined opposition of fur barons who want no sodbusters threatening their trade and are prepared to stop at nothing to destroy their dream.

The "empty" land they've been promised is also anything but, already occupied by First Nations bands and the beginnings of that proud nation soon to be called M?tis, whom they must befriend or fight.

Unsettled takes you inside the experience, relying on journals, reports, and letters to bring these days of soaring hope, crushing despair, and heroic determination to life -- to bring their present into ours.
Language:EnglishPublisher:ECW PressISBN-13:9781770417182ISBN-10:1770417184UPC:9781770417182Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Canada, Expeditions & DiscoveriesBook Topic:Pre-Confederation (to 1867), Provincial, Territorial & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC00G9APKB

Robert Lower is a native of Winnipeg, where he wrote, edited, and directed films for over 40 years. Always fascinated by history, he was led to this book by his personal connection to the Red River Settlers. He and his wife, Elise, now divide their time between Winnipeg and Victoria, B.C.


Publisher: ECW Press

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Robert Lower

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