This book provides the first exhaustive study of the great Scottish exodus to Canada written in modern times. Using wide-ranging sources, some previously untapped, Lucille Campey examines the driving forces behind the Scottish exodus and traces the remarkable progress of Scottish colonizers across Canada. Mythology and truth are considered side by side as their story unfolds. Scots had a profound impact on Canada and shaped the course of its history. This book is essential reading for those who wish to understand why they came and the enormity of their achievements in Canada.

Ottawa-born Dr. Lucille Campey is a well-known writer and historian who began her career as a scientist and computer specialist, having obtained a degree in chemistry from Ottawa University. In 1967 she moved to England, where she gained a masters degree at Leeds University based on a study of English medieval settlement patterns. Inspired by interest in her Nova Scotia–born father’s Scottish roots and love of history, she studied Scottish emigration to Canada and was subsequently awarded a doctorate at Aberdeen University. Campey is the author of eight books on early Scottish emigration to Canada. More recently, Lucille has turned her attention to English emigration to Canada with her ninth book, Planters, Paupers and Pioneers. She lives near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England.

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Essential reading

Mosaic Magazine

In the course of her investigation, Campey has left no stone unturned, often drawing from primary sources, such as ships' passenger lists and diaries, newspaper articles, customs and shipping records, clergy reports and genealogical society transcriptions of tombstones to prove her points.

Celtic Life

...a vivid history lesson...the book is a precise telling of the Scottish influence on Canadian life.

Shelf Life

An Unstoppable Force is well written and produced, with good maps and many illustrations integrated into the text. It will interest everyone wishing to understand the place of the Scots in Nova Scotian and Canadian history.

The Halifax Herald

... exhaustively researched ...

Winnipeg Free Press