@book{1710, keywords = {Immigration, Travellers' guides, Settlers German, Settlers Scottish, Farmers, Dams, Flora and fauna, Indigenous peoples, Soils, Climate, Crops Wheat, Diaries, Settlement, Settlement process, Roads, Barns}, author = {Joseph Abbott}, title = {Memoranda of a settler in Lower Canada;}, abstract = {A guide for emigrants to Canada, in two parts. The second describes Upper Canada through letters by an Ayrshire emigrant to his brother in Glasgow. Letter five contains an optimistic account of the Grand River and a portrayal of the Six Nations Indians, and letter eight describes the area around Waterloo and Galt. The author comments on the large German barns, the Huron Road and the volumes of wheat produced.}, year = {1843}, number = {Book, Whole}, pages = {2 fiche+}, publisher = {Lovell and Gibson}, address = {Montreal}, }