Author: Muir, Alexander. (Ed George A. MacKenzie).
Title: From Aberdeen to Ottawa in 1845. The Diary of Alexander Muir.
Description: Aberdeen University Press. 1990 1st edition. Printed wraps. 131pp. illustrated 8vo. No inscriptions. VG condition. ISBN: 9780080379838 In 1845 Alexander Muir, a lawyer set off to visit a brother and sister who had emigrated to Canada. With an interest in settlers from the north east of Scotland, and travelling by a variety of means, Muir reveals himself as a perceptive traveller whose diary developed into a detailed journal. This records two months of his trip, sailing from Aberdeen and ending in a canoe far up the Ottawa River.

Keywords: travel


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