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Catharine Parr Traill
English-Canadian author and botanical artist
This article is about the English-Canadian author and naturalist.
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For the British Queen Consort of King Henry VIII, see Catherine Parr.
Catharine Parr Traill | |
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Catharine Parr Traill, Canadian settler and author | |
| Born | Catharine Parr Strickland (1802-01-09)9 January 1802 Southwark, England |
| Died | 29 August 1899(1899-08-29) (aged 97) Lakefield, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Author, naturalist |
| Genre | Children's and Settler Literature |
Catharine Parr Traill[1] (born Strickland; 9 January 1802 – 29 August 1899) was an English-Canadian author and naturalist who wrote about life in Canada, particularly what is now Ontario (then the colony of Upper Canada).
In the 1830s, Canada covered an area considerably smaller than today. At the time, most of Upper Canada had not been explored by European settlers.[2]
Throughout her long life, Traill wrote to generate income in suppor