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Episode 8

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The establishment of Gaelic colonies out on the grasslands of the vast Canadian prairies.

Eachdraidh eilthireach nan Gàidheal. The epic story of Highland migration charts the settlement of the Canadian prairies and the establishment of Gaelic colonies on the grasslands.

Tha am prògram mu dheireadh anns an t-sreath ag ìnnse sgeulachd nan coimhearsnachdan Gàidhlig a dh' èirich air a' phràiridh ann an Canada. Tha e a' crìochnachadh ann am baile Clandonald - a' choimhearsnachd Ghàidhealach mu dheireadh a stèidhicheadh anns an t-Saoghal Ùr anns na 1920an.

The final programme in the series charts the settlement of the vast Canadian prairies and the establishment of Gaelic colonies far out on the grasslands. Under the pressure of economic depression, famine and overpopulation, Gaels began to spread out across the Canadian interior from established pockets in Quebec and Ontario.

Donald Morrison travels from the Quebec/Maine border to the western city of Edmonton, discovering Gaelic communities right across the expanse of the continent. He ends his journey at the tiny Albertan town of Clandonald, founded in the 1920s - the final example of Highland community emigration to the New World.

Eachdraidh eilthireach nan Gàidheal. The epic story of Highland migration

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