Johan Schr?der's Travels in Canada, 1863: Volume 5

by Orm Overland and Johan Schrøder

Norwegian emigrant traffic through Canada began in earnest after the repeal of the British Navigation Acts (1849) and was precipitated by a lucrative timber trade between Canada and Britain. Norwegian shipowners, many of whom were acting as carriers for the timber industry, quickly discovered that their return voyages to Canada could be more profitable if their ships were filled with immigrants instead of ballast. The time was ripe for interest in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773507183
• ISBN13: 9780773507180
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.