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Scotch Settlement
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a region in eastern Ontario, part of the present counties of Lanark and Renfrew, settled in the 1820's by Scotsmen.
See: Scotch Line
Quotations
1815
We need no other proof to be convinced of this policy than to cast our eyes at the Scotch townships in the eastern districts of U.C.
1817
Those who are in doubts of succeeding, need only travel to some of the Scotch Townships in Upper Canada, and ask their countrymen how they were enabled to render themselves so comfortable.
1903
To the pioneers in other parts of the forest this district became known as "the Scotch Settlement."