Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaspereaux
Literary usage of Gaspereaux
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Canada: From the Time of Its Discovery Till the Union Year (1840-1) by François Xavier Garneau (1860)
"De la Come and Major Lawrence advance to the Acadian isthmus, and occupy strongholds
thereon; ie, forts Beause- iour, gaspereaux, Lawrence, Des Mines, &c. ..."
2. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"... Trout— Their Principal Resort—Lake Trout—Difference of Colour—Trout Catching
in the Winter—Other Fresh Water Fish—Shad and gaspereaux—Eels and Suckers. ..."
3. General Index to the Reports of Progress, 1863 to 1884 by Geological Survey of Canada, Donaldson Bogart Dowling (1900)
"gaspereaux River, Cape Breton, NS, Millstone mineral spring on, (76-77) p. 455.
Gasteropoda, pi the Birdseye and Black River Formations, wood-cuts of ..."
4. The Journal of Captain William Pote, Jr. During His Captivity in the French by William Pote, John Fletcher Hurst (1895)
"The greatest district of the Neutral French, which comprehended the most families,
was Minas, to which belonged the inhabitants of the gaspereaux. ..."
5. Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and British American Provinces by Charles Lanman (1856)
"The shad and the gaspereaux are both similar to the herring in habits and appearance.
The gaspereaux, known to the settlers by the name of alewives, ..."
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