On 2021-05-01 11:47 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/1/2021 11:18 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> Most of the settlement of southern Ontario came after the revolution
>> when Loyalists came northÂ* to escape persecution in the US.Â* More
>> Americans came north for free or very cheap land. They settled in the
>> first places they found. Even now, with immigrants from all over the
>> world, they arrive at the main international airports in Toronto,
>> Montreal and Vancouver, and the stay there until they are established.
>>
>> As you go north there is less arable land and a lot more rock and bog.
>> We had those ice ages that at scraped the soil and vegetation off the
>> surface and wore down to hard granite.Â*Â* It was not good land for
>> farming, but there is a lot of mineral wealth.Â*Â* Then there is the
>> cold. People tend to stick to the south where the climate is more
>> moderate.
>
> Let's see the self-proclaimed Dr. refute the part history plays into
> where people decided to settle.
>
>

Do we expect him to let facts interfere with his opinion?