 In 1773 a ship named "The Hector" landed in Pictou, Nova Scotia, with 189 settlers, mostly originating from Lochbroom.In 1784 the last barrier to Scottish settlement – a law restricting land-ownership on Cape Breton Island – was repealed, and soon both PEI and Nova Scotia were predominantly Gaelic-speaking.It is estimated more than 50,000 Gaelic settlers emigrated to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island between 1815 and 1870.