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Perth Military Settlement 1816


Location
The County of Lanark - Perth
In the park at the parking area behind the town hall on Market Square


Photographer
Alan L Brown

More Information
Posted
June 25, 2004

Summary from the Ontario Heritage Foundation's website
Scottish immigrants and soldiers discharged from the Glengarry Light Infantry and other regiments formed the majority of early settlers in the Perth Settlement. Within six months of its formation, the settlement contained some 1,500 people.

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