A poem about the Shetland Islands by Eric Duncan titled "Unreasonable". Duncan was born on the Shetland Islands. He moved to Comox, British Columbia in 1877, and worked there as a farmer and storekeeper.

In Collection:

• 19th Century Manuscripts Collection

Creator

• Duncan, Eric, 1858-1944

Subject

• Poets
• Canadian poetry
• Canadian literature
• Authors
• Poets, Canadian

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1880 to 1930

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 page ; 25 x 20 cm

Geographic Coverage

• Scotland--Shetland
• British Columbia--Vancouver Island

Coordinates

• 49.65064, -125.44939
• 60.33333, -1.33333

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in black ink.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• 19th Century Literature Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• manuscripts (documents)
• poetry

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2005-033

Fonds title

• Eric Duncan fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC138

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/eric-duncan-fonds

Date digitized

• July 15, 2025

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek OpticBook A300 Plus (600 dpi no correction) as TIF file. 60% image reduction. Scanned by MT. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/frc7-ch07

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