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Books, Maps & Other Resources  Ontario, Canada  (Upper Canada, Canada West) Concerns more than one County More Canadian Resources | More Ontario Resources BOOK - Death or Canada, The Irish Famine Migration to Toronto, 1847 By Mark G. McGowan 
The winter of 1847 was one of unparalleled misery in Ireland. The potato crop, upon which millions of Irish depended, had failed for two years in a row. Starvation, disease, and death were rampant. By the time the Great Famine subsided in 1850, over one million people would be dead, one and a half million more would have left the country for good.Just as Cromwell's armies generations before had displaced the native Irish people with cries of "to hell or Connaught" the Famine offered its own ultimatum: Death of Canada. This volume tells the story of how more than 38,000 migrants, most of whom were Famine refugees, descended on Toronto, Canada, in the spring and summer of "Black 47". A colonial town of less than 20,000 people, Toronto found its resources, ingenuity, and leadership stretched beyond a reasonable limit. In the words of Emigration Agent Anthony Hawke, this summer sorrow was nothing less than a "calamity upon the Province." Death or Canada tells a story of desperation, tragedy, and hope that exposes both human hardness of heart and the best that the human spirit can offer. This book is an overview of the events with the intent of placing the Famine in its historical context, while offering a glimpse of Toronto history that is still relatively unknown to most of the city's citizens. 166 7 X 9" Softcover - perfectbound Index Endnotes Appendix items Published 2009 ISBN: 9782896461295
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