NBSH Lecture 2 -
William Davidson – The First Scots
on the Miramichi
The Second Annual NB Scottish History Lecture is presented by Neil
Godsman from Scotland, who has family ties to pioneer Scot, William
Davidson. Recorded November 30, 2015 at the Feast of Saint Andrew
hosted by the Highland Society of New Brunswick at Miramichi, New
Brunwick, Canada.
The Scots who built
Canada David Farrel travels across the Atlantic to find the true story of
the first Scots who settled in Canada, their experiences and the
effect they had on the landscape. I directed this documentary over
the course of a week in New Brunswick and Ottawa for STV.
A Kingdom of the Mind
How the Scots Helped Make Canada, Edited by Peter E. Rider and
Heather McNabb (2006)
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scots dominated
Montreal and, by extension, the rest of Canada. Their habits and
attitudes tartanized the country, influencing business, education,
science and medicine, the military, and even the way Canadians
imagined themselves. Many Canadians with a Scottish background still
feel the pull of their Gaelic origins.
In A Kingdom of the Mind contributors from a wide variety of
disciplines explore the impact of the Scots on Canadian life,
showing how the Scots image of their homeland and themselves played
an important role in the emerging definition of what it meant to be
Canadian.
“A compelling work not only for scholars on both sides of the
Atlantic but for general readers interested in Scotland and Canada.”
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