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With Axe and Bible- The
Scottish Pioneers of New Brunswick, 1784-1874.
ISBN: 9781897045220
Price: $25.95 CAD | $21.95 USD
New Brunswick’s enormous timber trade
attracted the first wave of Scots in the late 18th century. As economic
conditions in Scotland worsened, the flow of emigrants increased, creating
distinctive Scottish communities along the province’s major timber bays and
river frontages. While Scots relied on the timber trade for economic sustenance,
their religion offered another form of support. It sustained them in a spiritual
and cultural sense. These two themes, the axe and the bible, underpin their
story. Using wide-ranging documentary sources, including passengers lists and
newspaper shipping reports, the book traces the progress of Scottish
colonization and its ramification for the province’s early development. The book
is the first fully documented account of Scottish emigration to New Brunswick
ever to be written.
Most Scots came in small groups but there were also great contingents such as
the Arran emigrants who settled in Restigouche and the Kincardine emigrants who
settled in the Upper St. John Valley. Lowlanders were dispersed fairly widely
while Highlanders became concentrated in particular areas like Miramichi Bay.
What factors caused them to select their various locations? What problems did
they face? Were they successful pioneers? Why was the Scottish Church so
important to them? In tracing the process of emigration, author Lucille H.
Campey offers new insights on where Scots settled, their overall impact and the
cultural legacy which they left behind. With axe and bible Scots overcame great
hardship and peril and through their efforts created many of the province’s most
enduring pioneer settlements.
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