Quebec to Wisconsin
inlaggen	Do you have any idea the normal travel for the Norwegians that came to Quebec to get to Wisconsin? I know they took trains and boats, but does anyone have an idea of the normal route that they took? David Johnson Olympia Washington USA
inlaggen	Well, I guess I can answer my own question. I found a book that descrbied some typical voyages. After arriving at the Quarantine Station at Grosse Isle, Quebec the immigrants usually took a Steamship across the Great Lakes to either Buffalo NY or some as far as Detroit or even Chicago. From Detroit they generally took a train to Chicago and them frequently a Steamship or other type of boat up Lake Michigan to Wisconsin. Earlier settlers took boats up to the area near present-day Milwaukee and on to Pine Lake Settlement. Later, settlers took boats or steamships up Lake Michigan to Oshkosh Wisconsin (Across Lake Winnebago). Many flat bottom boats took settlers down the Fox River in Wisconsin to Gils Landing and from there many of them took ox carts on to the settlements. Those that landed in New York took one of two routes. Some went up the Hudson River to Buffalo and then followed the route across the Great Lakes that I described earlier. Others took trains from New York to Chicago and then boats up Lake Michigan to Wisconsin. David Johnson Olympia Washington USA
Borge	John Thank you very much for posting this information. I guess we should try to get together an article about the inland voyage, from the mayor ports in Canada and the US, with maps and railway and steamboat background info. Anyone feeling inspired? Børge Solem
Brining	Hi I found this article "On Lake Erie: An Immigrant Journey from Quebec to Wisconsin in 1852" Interesting reading although tragic. This is the website http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/publications/volume04/vol4_07.htm Carla
Nancy Thompson	According to a story written in 1914 by my Great-grandmother (Siri Andreasdatter Brenningen)about her trip to America on board the Bark, Sirius, in 1866 they followed the below route after arriving in Quebec. "After six weeks and three days on the sea we landed in Quebec. There we boarded an empty coach attached to a freight train and took off for Sarnia. (She doesn't say how they got from Sarnia to Lake Michigan)There we took a boat across Lake Michigan and it took two days to cross. That was St. Hans Day and we danced on board. We landed in Milwaukee at one o'clock at night and remained there until the following day when we went by train to Brecker (probably Bracket, Wisconsin) There we were met by people who took us to "Store Troen" and we thanked God we were near the end of our journey." "Store Troen" as translated for me ment they had arrived at their "Big Dream or Big Faith". Siri, her parents Andreas Brenningen, wife Berit Svensdatter and brother Svend Andreason settled in Trempeleau county , Wisconsin, near the town of Strum. They had come from near the town of Toen, Nord Aurdal, Norway. There are at least two other stories about this voyage from other passengers, a story written by the first mate and a few notes from the captain. The Sirius only made one voyage carring passengers. Nancy