A History of Canoe Cove treated in their homeland. It says a lot for their character that even though the English king treated them so brutally the Scots in Canada remained loyal to the Crown and fought on the side of the English when the American Colonies rose in rebellion. Scots descendents have been in the front lines in wars ever since. None are more feared by the enemy than the kilted "ladies from Hell", led by the pipers whose wild music terrify the enemy but inspire the Scot to give his all. Stories abound about "the Scot" that was chased out of Scotland because he stole a sheep and there is a bit of stigma to it. If the rest of the story were told a sheep or a hare or a salmon was "stolen" to feed a starving family that was the victim of such atrocities as the Clearances. In Scotland the crofters were not allowed to hunt in the woods, fish in the streams or in some cases they could not even take the poorest fish from the shores. Their fuel was peat and a cruel factor would keep them from getting that if he could. No wonder Canada sounded like the Promised Land and when they came to Canoe Cove they found it - more or less. Note: Above information about the crofters was taken from On the Crofter's Trail by David Craig .