Early settlers farmed the land and used timber, metals and stone.

Soon the settlers were making their homes and farming the land.

The settlers who cleared the area farmed only the lower valleys because of the rocky higher elevations.

The settlers relied on fishing as the mainstay of their economy but also farmed where the soil was fertile.

By the end of the 17th century, a census showed that around 10,000 French settlers were farming along the lower St. Lawrence Valley.

European settlers farmed the area and during the 20th century many dams were built on its tributaries.

Early settlers farmed sheep, cattle and horses.

The earliest settlers to the district arrived in the 1840s, and farmed the area with wheat and sheep predominantly.

Early settlers farmed the land or lived off the sea.

Early English settlers farmed, fished, and hunted whales.