Assignement #5

During the course of my researching I discovered how early Canadians survived the long bitter winter. First they built their houses out of logs, fieldstone, spruce poles or prairie sod because they had to withstand the winter and quote "on the farm the Acadians drained the marshes along bays and rivers by building dykes and a drainage system that only let water out not back in called aboiteaux , to keep sea water out. Then they would wait two years for the sea salt to be wasted out by the weather, After this, they could use this area to plant crops." Some of the challenges Canadians faced were that first of all it was cold, they couldn't get food as easily, quote "they struggled to stay warm every day and night" and their water source might freeze. To stay warm they would put thin cotton fabric or oiled paper instead of buying glass windowplanes, they would block the cracks in the walls the same way or with clay, for water they would melt snow, they would make fires and they would save food from the summer. After looking at my family history I discovered that my family immigrated to Canada from a place called Londonderry (ya i know weird name) because after the war of 1812 the British gouvernement was concerned about the security of their Canadian border and was strongly promoting the immigration of loyal subjects from the British Isles at that time to strengthen their position there. They survived just like any other family at their time they saved food from the summer, they made fires and sealed all the cracks for insulation.
These are the sites i visited
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and #2