Meneseteung | Historical Context
In ‘‘Meneseteung,’’ Almeda Roth’s family moves to ‘‘the wilds of Canada West (as it then was)’’ in 1854, as Roth notes in the preface to her poetry book. This simple statement is anything but simple when looked at in a historical context. In fact, the Roth family move is representative of a greater population shift that was taking place in Canada. As in the United States, this immigration was due in part to the establishment of railways and roads, which provided mass transportation into desolate areas. Yet, while Americans’ version of moving west generally meant...
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