Chapter 3 Lesson 8
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The Great Migration
Targets
This lesson is about the thousands of people who came to Canada, mostly from Britain, during what has become known as the Great Migration, about 1815 to 1850. In this lesson, you will learn...
- what the Great Migration was
- where the people came from
- why they came
- what travelling conditions often were like
- what Grosse Île is and what happened there at the time of the Great Migration
- what the people who came to Canada in the Great Migration contributed to our country
Introduction
This does not look like a tourist site,
but it is.
Why might people want to visit this place? Who are they remembering?
What would cause almost 1,000,000 people to come to Canada in the 1800s when there was a chance that they would end here?
You’ll find out in this lesson.
but it is.
Why might people want to visit this place? Who are they remembering?
What would cause almost 1,000,000 people to come to Canada in the 1800s when there was a chance that they would end here?
You’ll find out in this lesson.
Grosse Île cemetery, Quebec