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The French Canadians of Michigan
Their Contribution to the Development of the Saginaw Valley and the Keweenaw Peninsula, 1840-1914

Jean Lamarre		 Most information regarding the French Canadians in Michigan concerns those who settled during the French period. However, another significant migration occurred during the industrial period of the 19th century. The lumber industry of the Saginaw Valley and the copper mines of the Keweenaw Peninsula provided very different challenges to French Canadian settlers as they tried to find ways to adapt to changing environments and industrial realities.
The French Canadians of Michigan looks at the factors behind the French Canadian immigration by providing a statistical profile of the migratory movement as well as analysis of the strategies used by French Canadians to cope with and adapt to new environments. Using federal manuscript censuses, parochial archives, and government reports, Jean Lamarre closely examines who the immigrants were, the causes of their migration, their social and geographical itinerary, and the reasons they chose Michigan as their destination.

"Jean Lamarre has demonstrated that French-Canadian migration was not only a New England phenomenon. Lamarre's study makes a fine addition to the literature in immigration history and, specifically, to the scholarship on the peopling of the Great Lakes region. local historians, too, will find it a useful addition to their libraries."
— John J. Bukowczyk, Wayne State University

Jean Lamarre is an associate professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada.

 

Great Lakes Books Series

$26.95s paper / ISBN 0-8143-3158-0

220 pages / 6 x 9
3 illustrations

2003

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