[Magdalen] so we're sitting by the pool

[Molly Wolf]

As someone who lives with the slipstream of Loyalist history, I'm not sure I'd consider it a plus.  

Nova Scotia had little Loyalist settlement.  The Loyalists mistrusted Nova Scotia, which had strong alliances with Massachusetts, and the Nova Scotians regarded the Loyalists as a bunch of whining wimps.  There was some Loyalist settlement in Shelburne, but mostly they fetched up in New Brunswick and Upper Canada (now Ontario), where they received land grants.  Gananoque, where I live, was founded by Loyalists.

I doubt if Loyalists fetched up in Newfoundland (too far and barely settled), and much of Lower Canada (Quebec) was already inhabited, French, and Roman Catholic.

Now, Scots, we gots.  Lots.

Molly

I sit awaiting Gail's correction.

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Feb 27, 2017, at 12:21 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> Another plus for Eastern Canada (Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes, 
> even Newfoundland and Labrador is that a large chunk of their
> population can be traced to relocated US Americans.
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> That was certain the case for my paternal family that ended up
> mostly on PEI but also New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
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> Canada was there to welcome them when they were needed.  In
> my family's case it was fleeing the American Revolution.
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> David S.  - Four generations back in the  USA.