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Chapter 3: Lakefield

We had met with great kindness during our stay at Lakefield, and felt quite sorry at once more having to 'move on'…

After 18 days of travel, the Averill family chooses to spend some time in Ontario before heading west, having been encouraged to do so by others they met on their journey. Their month in Ontario allows Emma to shop at the market, hear other immigrant stories and pack a few cedar roots to be planted at their homestead in Manitoba.

Chapter 3 of Emma Averill's journal
A of M, Emma Averill fonds, P267 | Read original | Read transcript

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