Following the Revolutionary War, many British subjects were eager to get onto British soil and Canada was the nearest colony. Land was granted to soldiers who had remained loyal to the Crown and with the success of settlements such as Glengarry, colonizers soon realized that there was success to be had in getting immigrants to settle in the huge swath of untapped land in Upper Canada. In this presentation we will discuss: Military Settlements, Crown & Clergy Reserves, Queen’s Bush Settlement & Wilberforce Colony, Quaker Settlements, Mennonite Settlements, Talbot Settlement, Peter Robinson Settlement, Huron Tract. We will also look at sale of treaty lands, and emigration societies in Scotland.
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Loved hearing the history of these areas and where the settlers came from. Would love a similar webinar on the settlers of Nova Scotia, especially those from Scotland.
Fabulous history lesson!
great info
As a descendant of a couple ‘Talbot Settlers’ as well as Loyalists, I have been fortunate to visit in Ontario four times, I was thrilled to find one 149 year old house still standing and the graves of some of my ancestors. Library and online research is an absolute for me. Thank you Christine for your work.
I thought this webinar was fascinating. My family comes from the Niagara falls district. I was excited you spoke about that area. I going to go back through this lesson step by step to get as much information as possible on the area. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.
WOW. So much covered in one session BUT it gives a clearer picture of settlers and settlements, rather than looking at them individually in isolation. Thank you Christine for compiling this history for us. Great work!
Stunning presentation. The amount of historical information on the early settlement in the sub-Lake Huron region was quite helpful. Superb delivery and organization. Thank you.
I have no Canadian roots that I know of, but I wanted to expose myself to the history of the area and learn something new. Who knows…perhaps the answer to my Irish brick wall ancestor lies in Ontario!