Works
His lectures, printed as Cours d' Histoire du Canada, established Ferland's reputation. The first volume appeared in 1861; the second was not published until after the author's death in 1865. This work, written in a style at once simple and exact, is considered authoritative by competent judges. It is, however, incomplete, ending as it does with the conquest of Canada by the English (1759). Ferland aimed above all at establishing the facts of history. He desired also to make known the work of the Catholic missions. His judgments are correct and reliable.
Ferland also published in the Soirées Canadiennes of 1863 the Journal d'un voyage sur les côtes de la Gaspésie, and in Littérature Canadienne for 1863 an Etude sur le Labrador, which had previously appeared in the Annales de l'Association pour la Propagation de la Foi. For the Foyer Canadien of 1863 he wrote a Vie de Mgr Plessis, Bishop of Quebec, translated later into English.
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