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Originally published 1959 by William F. Rannie
Of the Beamsville Express,

As Others See Us

Scots of the Seaway Valley

By Robert J. Fraser

As Others See Us

Table Of Contents

PART ONE
People of Dundee

DEDICATION - - - - - - - 3
IN BRIEF - - - - - - - 5
INTRODUCTION FOR 2001 EDITION - - - - - - - 6
AN EXPLANATION AND AN APOLOGY 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - - - - - - - 13
1 FROM WHENCE THEY CAME - - - - - - - 15
2 WHY DID THEY LEAVE THE HIGHLANDS? - - 18
3 GLENGARRY BOUND! - - - - - - - - - - - 21
4 SHIPS AND MEN OF LAKE ST. FRANCIS - - - 29
5 THE CANALS AND LIGHTS OF LAKE ST. FRANCIS 40
6 THE INDIAN LANDS OF DUNDEE - - - - - - 46
7 THE ISLAND IN THE MARSH - - - - - - - - 52
8 JAMES FRASER OF DUNDEE - - - - - - - - 56
9 "KING" WILLIAM OF FRASER POINT - - - - 60
10 ALEXANDER FRASER, "WHITE" WILLIAM AND THE GRANTS - - - - - - - - - - - 65
11 THE SETTLEMENT OF ISLE OF SKYE - - - - 70
12 MORE PEOPLE OF THE ISLE OF SKYE - - - 76
13 THE STONES OF REMEMBRANCE - - - - - 81
14 PIONEERS OF THE LAGUERRE - - - - - - 83
15 THE DESERTED VILLAGE- - - - - - - - - 88
16 THE CENTRE ROAD AND ITS PEOPLE - - - - 93
17 DUNDEE CENTRE -- - - - - - - - - - 97
18 COUNSELLOR OF THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN - 102
19 THE CHURCH IN DUNDEE - - - - - - - - - 105
20 THE SCHOOLS OF DUNDEE- - - - - - - - - 112
21 STE. AGNES-DE-DUNDEE - - - - - - - - - 116
22 THE RAILWAY CAME INTO DUNDEE - - - - 120
23 AUBREY CORNERS - - --- - - - - - - - - 122
24 THE MAKERS OF CEDAR LEAF OIL- - - - 124
25 THE BRODIE-GARDINER LETTERS- - - - 126
26 THE SALMON RIVER VILLAGES- - - - - - 134
27 THE DENNEEN RECOLLECTIONS- - - - - - 138
28 JOHN DAVIDSON AND HIS DIARY- - - - - 141
29 THE OLD ASHBURTON POSTS- - - - - - - 145
30 DUNDEE LINES- - - - - - - - - - - - 147
31 THE PEOPLE OF THE CHENAIL - - - - - - 155
32 THE POSTMASTER OF DUNDEE- - - - - - 158
33 THE FARLINGERS OF MORRISBURG AND DUNDEE - - - - - - - - - - - - 161
34 THE ROADS OF DUNDEE - - - - - - - - 166

PART TWO
Glengarry and Ottawa

PART TWO - - - - - - - - 171
I RETURN TO GLENGARRY - - - - - - - - 172
2 GREENFIELD AND THE LOST FORTUNE - - - 174
3 JIM OF ZEALANDIA - - - - - - - - - - - 177
4 RISE AND FALL OF DOMINIONVILLE - - - - 181
5 THE PATRIARCH OF LOCH GARRY - - - - - 186
6 JOHN BAN McDONALD BY THE LOCH - - - - 189
7 THE LAKE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 193
8 THE OLD ASHERY - - - - - - - - - - - - 197
9 THE FARM BY THE LOCH - - - - - - - - 200
10 THE OLD LOCH GARRY STORE - - - - - - 207
11 GRANDMA MADE THE BUTTER- - - - - - 211
12 COUNTRY POST OFFICE- - - - - - - - - 217
13 THE VILLA OF LOCH GARRY- - - - - - 221
14 LOCH GARRY. SCHOOLDAYS - - - - - - - - 230
15 A "SCOTTISH BACKGROUND --- - - - - - - 234
16 THE FAMILY CHURCH- - - - - - - - - - 237
17 THE PEOPLE OF APPLE HILL - - - - - - - 245
18 KENYON PUBLIC SERVANT- - - - - - - - 254
19 "UNASSUMING GENTLEMAN - - - - - - - - 261
20 OTTAWA FAMILY - - - - - - - - - - - - 270
THE LOYALISTS - - - - - - - - - - - - 277
TO THOSE WHO HAVE READ THUS FAR - - - - 278
ADDENDA TO THE 2001 EDITION - - - - - - - - 281
OBITUARIES - - - - - - - - - - - - 285
WILLIAM F. RANNIE 1915-1995 - - - - - - - - 301
DUNDEE CLAN FRASER ON THE MOVE UPDATE - - - - 304
INDEX- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 327
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ORIGINAL EDITION - - - - 353
TITLES PUBLISHED BY ALEX FRASER - - - - 389


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