Cette plaque de métal rend hommage au capitaine Miles Macdonell, fils du Lieutenant-colonel « Spanish John » Macdonell, dévoilée par la Commission des sites archéologiques et historiques de l'Ontario.
Plaque du capitaine Miles Macdonell
St. Andrews West, Québec
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Inscription
[front/devant]
CAPTAIN MILES MACDONELL
Born in Scotland about 1769, Miles emigrated with his father, “Spanish” John, and other members of the family to New York 1773. Following the Revolution, they settled near Cornwall at St. Andrews West. In 1811-12 he became Lord Selkirk’s agent, and left the first band of settlers to the Red River colony. The Nor ’Westers endeavored to destroy the settlement, and arrested Macdonell on a false charge in 1815. Released without trial, he returned to his farm in Osnabruck Township, but later moved to his brother’s residence at Pointe Fortune, where he died in 1828.
Location
Plaque du capitaine Miles Macdonell
17298, chemin County Road 18
St. Andrews West
Québec
Plaque du capitaine Miles Macdonell
17298, chemin County Road 18
St. Andrews West
Québec