Duncan Cameron

Photo by Alan L Brown - June, 2005

Photo and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - December, 2009

Plaque Location

In the Township of South Glengarry
in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
at coordinates N 45 08.931 W 74 34.745
in Williamstown in front of St. Andrew's Church.

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Plaque Text

Born in Scotland about 1764 he settled with his parents in Schenectady, New York. His father served with a Loyalist regiment during the American Revolution, following which the family moved to Glengarry. In 1784 Duncan entered the North West Company where, as manager of its Red River Department, he endeavoured to persuade Lord Selkirk's settlers to abandon their lands. When Selkirk's forces attacked Fort Gilbraltar in 1816, Cameron was captured and taken to England. Released and compensated for false arrest, he returned to Williamstown in 1820. He died in 1848 and is buried here.

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