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Here was fought the Battle of Longwoods, 4th March, 1814. United States troops were entrenched on this hill. The British losses were Captain D. Johnson and Lieutenant P. Graeme and twelve men of the Royal Scots Light Company and . . . — — Map (db m78370) HM
The view from the British side (left side)
Commanded by Captain James Basden
Royal Scots Light Western (Caldwell) Rangers 89th Foot Light Kent and Middlesex Militia British Indian Department
On March 3, 1814, the . . . — — Map (db m78369) HM WM
Gaelic-speaking families from
Argyllshire, Scotland settled in this
area as early as 1826. They met for
worship services, and in 1835 began a
log church that was never completed.
A second log church was built in the
early 1840's and a formal . . . — — Map (db m274281) HM
Founded by twelve families in approximately 1835, the first Presbyterian Church of Mosa was a meager pioneer log building constructed on a site across from the present day church. The original log structure was soon deemed unsuitable and the . . . — — Map (db m274277) HM
Situated in Mosa Township at Concession #2, Lot 1, a substantial Georgian style brick home was built in 1854 for Angus Peter McDonald by Nathanial Currie. The main structure of the house measures forty feet by forty feet with a large porch. A grove . . . — — Map (db m274184) HM
The birth of a settlement here can be attributed to the location; that is,
the intersection of the Great Western Railroad and the town line road between Ekfrid and Mosa townships.
Ekfrid Township was surveyed in 1820 and Mosa, in 1821, and . . . — — Map (db m274218) HM
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Glencoe's imposing 3-storey brick and stone Dominion Building was constructed on this site in 1909 to house a Post Office, Canada Customs and Caretaker's Quarters.
In 1927, the Hon. J.C. Elliot, M. P. from this area, the Minister of Public Works . . . — — Map (db m274219) HM
With the construction of the Great Western Railway between Toronto and Windsor in 1853, the village of Glencoe became a regular train stop for immigrants settling in the region.
In May 1904, this grand old rail station was built to service the . . . — — Map (db m274213) HM
Born near Appin Upper Canada, McArthur attended the University of Toronto and worked briefly for the Toronto Mail before moving to New York in 1890. In 1896 he became editor of Truth and as such encouraged both Canadian and . . . — — Map (db m274125) HM
Peter McArthur, the writer known as "the "Sage of Ekfrid" was self described as a writer who "played at farming".
Peter McArthur began life in 1866 on the family homestead at lot 17, concession 1 in Ekfrid Township two miles southwest of Appin. . . . — — Map (db m274127) HM
Designated as a train stop on the Great Western Railway in 1853, the hamlet of Dundonald was first established by two land owners, John Duncanson and Angus Peter McDonald. In 1854 when the first train stopped at Dundonald, the hamlet was not . . . — — Map (db m274215) HM
