Born at Coupar-Angus, Scotland, Buchanan graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University. He later became a Presbyterian minister and was called to Upper Canada. He arrived in Beckwith Township in August 1822, to become its first . . . — — Map (db m233987) HM
Beckwith Township, surveyed in 1817, had among its first settlers discharged military personnel and emigrants from the United Kingdom. The Reverend Michael Harris of Perth administered to the Anglicans until a resident clergyman, the . . . — — Map (db m233990) HM
The first road through Beckwith Township was cleared
in 1819 from Richmond to Perth:
This work was done by British soldiers. The road was cut 60 feet wide
and was to connect the military settlements of Richmond and Perth.
It entered . . . — — Map (db m234011) HM
