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Emigrates, if they could afford it, were advised to enter Canada via New York and the Great Lakes, thus avoiding the hazardous St Lawrence, which was ice-bound between October and May.
For more on the Scottish diaspora, click here.
Anya emigrated from Scotland in 1852 with her husband and children.
They were aboard a sailing ship for six weeks crossing the Atlantic.
They arrived speaking the Gaelic language.
Emigrates, if they could afford it, were advised to enter Canada via New York and the Great Lakes, thus avoiding the hazardous St Lawrence, which was ice-bound between October and May.
For more on the Scottish diaspora, click here.
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