Princes in the Wilderness

Fiction & Literature, Historical
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Author: Patricia Watson ISBN: 9781987985450
Publisher: Patricia Watson Publication: September 16, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Patricia Watson
ISBN: 9781987985450
Publisher: Patricia Watson
Publication: September 16, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

After defeating Napoleon in 1815, Britain’s population exploded. The Industrial Revolution had mechanized industry and agriculture. In the small village of Settrington, Yorkshire, Thomas Dale a young thirteen year old farmer, his brothers John, George, and their sister Hannah and her husband William saw little future in their homeland. In 1819 hoping to own their own land and freely follow their Methodist faith, they left Britain, braved the Atlantic crossing, the St. Lawrence River’s rapids, and a treacherous storm on Lake Ontario, to reach York, a military town of twelve hundred inhabitants. Here, an Ojibwa introduced them to a Quaker farmer from Newmarket who took them by ox cart up a barely passable trail called Yonge Street. Staying a year with Quakers, until the surveying was completed, they applied for land grants. Assisted by their Ojibwa friend, White Deer, the Quakers and a blacksmith from Holland Landing, named Samuel Lount, they began clearing the forest. It was not long before they had to choose between loyalty to Britain or to Samuel and their American born neighbours. On a cold day in early December 1837, Thomas barely escaped with his life trying to help Samuel. Their story defines the formation of our Canadian identity and a government responsible to the common man.

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After defeating Napoleon in 1815, Britain’s population exploded. The Industrial Revolution had mechanized industry and agriculture. In the small village of Settrington, Yorkshire, Thomas Dale a young thirteen year old farmer, his brothers John, George, and their sister Hannah and her husband William saw little future in their homeland. In 1819 hoping to own their own land and freely follow their Methodist faith, they left Britain, braved the Atlantic crossing, the St. Lawrence River’s rapids, and a treacherous storm on Lake Ontario, to reach York, a military town of twelve hundred inhabitants. Here, an Ojibwa introduced them to a Quaker farmer from Newmarket who took them by ox cart up a barely passable trail called Yonge Street. Staying a year with Quakers, until the surveying was completed, they applied for land grants. Assisted by their Ojibwa friend, White Deer, the Quakers and a blacksmith from Holland Landing, named Samuel Lount, they began clearing the forest. It was not long before they had to choose between loyalty to Britain or to Samuel and their American born neighbours. On a cold day in early December 1837, Thomas barely escaped with his life trying to help Samuel. Their story defines the formation of our Canadian identity and a government responsible to the common man.

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