Port Glasgow in Elgin County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Aldborough Pioneers/ Pioneer Parliamentarian

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 23, 2024

1. Aldborough Pioneers/ Pioneer Parliamentarian Marker

Inscription.
Aldborough Pioneers
In the year 1816, Alexander Forbes, Archibald Gillies and Neil Haggart, natives of Scotland, moved from Caledonia, New York and were each granted fifty acres of land by Colonel Talbot in Concessions 12 and 13 of Aldborough Township. It is believed that some of the families who followed in 1817 were: Black, Cameron, Dewar, Douglas, Ford, MacDiarmid, MacDougall, MacEwen, McFarlane, McGregor, McKellar, McKinlay, McLaren, McLean, McNab, McNaughton, Menzies, Robertson, Ruthven Stewart, Tull.

Pioneer Parliamentarian
Finlay G. MacDiarmid (1869-1933), a grandson of the pioneer, was born at New Glasgow on October 11 and was a locally educated farmer. Later he was elected as township councillor and, at age 29, became a member of the provincial legislature for Elgin West. Re-elected for five successive terms, in 1914 he was appointed first minister of Public Works and Highways. He was defeated in 1919 but re-elected in 1923 and 1926 and retired at the end of his last term.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1816.

Location. 42° 30.594′ N,

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81° 36.624′ W. Marker is in Port Glasgow, Ontario, in Elgin County. It is on Furnival Road 0.4 kilometers south of Gray Line, on the left when traveling south. The marker is in Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8609 Furnival Rd, Port Glasgow ON N0L 2C0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Southwest Ontario Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 18 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Aldborough Pioneers’ and Soldiers’ Memorial Park “Historic Stone” (here, next to this marker); Burning of the Mills, 1814 (a few steps from this marker); Port Glasgow Summer Dance Pavilion (within shouting distance of this marker); Brock’s Creek (approx. 5.9 kilometers away); Tyrconnell (approx. 15.8

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 23, 2024

2. Aldborough Pioneers/ Pioneer Parliamentarian Marker

kilometers away); Raids on the Talbot Settlement, 1814 (approx. 17.3 kilometers away); St. Peter’s Church 1827 (approx. 17.6 kilometers away); Ellis Wellwood Sifton, V.C. (approx. 17.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Glasgow.

Finlay George MacDiarmid (1869-1933), ca 1926 image. Click for full size.

3. Finlay George MacDiarmid (1869-1933), ca 1926

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Aldborough Township, 1877 image. Click for full size.

4. Aldborough Township, 1877

Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 250 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 30, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.