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Books, Maps & Other Resources Lanark County, Ontario Genealogy & History More Canadian Resources | More Ontario Resources More Lanark County Resources BOOK - Beckwith: Irish and Scottish Identities in a Canadian Community 1816-1991 by Glenn J. Lockwood Beckwith Township was comparable to most townships in Southern Ontario both in size and in agricultural occupation of most inhabitants up until the last generation. It was one of the earliest settlements in the Ottawa Valley and the earliest Irish group settlement in Ontario. This is the story of how transplanted immigrant groups adjusted to frontier agriculture and how their descendants responded to industrialization and redefined their ethnic identities within a changing social framework. 633pgs/extensive bibliographies & indexes/hardcover/published 1991
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