An excellent recent novel describing the experience of some post famine Irish immigrants in Quebec (and before that in England) is called The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens. Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, BC, Canada THE SILVER BOWL: http://www.user.dccnet.com/s.brown/index.html FAMILY TREE: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 6:22 PM Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN-CITY] Irish (Wheeley) in Quebec Hi Sue, Because of the cheap transportation to Quebec, Quebec was a great attraction for the Irish on their way to the US or even to stay for a while in the Eastern Townships of Quebec or the area south west of Quebec City. But I don't think that Nova Scotia had any real attraction for the Irish. I would guess that Nova Scotia was more of an English destination. Charlie King gg grandson of William Bowe born abt. 1825 in Dublin?