The peopling of Newfoundland : essays in historical geography

• Main Author: Mannion, John J.
• Other Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Institute of Social and Economic Research; Handcock, W. Gordon; Staveley, Michael; Mills, David S.; Macpherson, Alan G. (Alan Gibson), 1927-; Sanger, Chesley W.; Thornton, Patricia A.; Remiggi, Frank William; Ommer, Rosemary; Mannion, John J.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland 1977
• Subjects: Migration; Internal > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland and Labrador > Emigration and immigration; Newfoundland and Labrador > Population; Bonavista Bay; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies; Strait of Belle Isle
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/34124

A collection of essays by various authors on the migration to and settling of Newfoundland and Labrador. "The main objective of this volume is to analyse the process of the peopling of Newfoundland. Each essay examines the initial inflow of migrants and settlers to a particular area or areas and then considers the subsequent growth of population there and the expansion of permanent settlement. Beyond the common theme of migration and settlement formation, each author focuses on a specific topic pertinent to the historical geography of Newfoundland" (Preface). English migration to Newfoundland / W. Gordon Handcock -- Population dynamics in Newfoundland: the regional patterns / Michael Staveley -- The development of folk architecture in Trinity Bay / David S. Mills -- A modal sequence in the peopling of Central Bonavista Bay, 1676-1857 / Alan G. Macpherson -- The evolution of sealing and the spread of settlement in Northeastern Newfoundland / Chesley W. Sanger -- The demographic and mercantile bases of initial permanent settlement in the Strait of Belle Isle / Patricia A. Thornton -- Ethnic diversity and settler location on the Eastern Lower North Shore of Quebec / Frank W. Remiggi -- Highlands Scots migration to Southwestern Newfoundland: a study of kinship / Rosemary E. Ommer -- Settlers and Traders in Western Newfoundland / John J. Mannion. Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-278) and index.