The Quiet Adventurers in Canada

by Marion G. Turk

Book Overview

The first Channel Islanders to set foot in the New World were probably fishermen who, searching for cod, found Canada. They established fisheries along all the Atlantic Canadian coast. The success of the fisheries required the Channel Islanders to settle there permanently, thus beginning many Canadian coastal settlements. Ms. Turk devotes a chapter to the contributions of Channel Islanders to the development of the Canadian Maritimes: Newfoundland,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556138326
• ISBN13: 9781556138324
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Heritage Books
• Length: 630 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"