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Charles Mair, 1838-1927
Photos by Alan L Brown - June, 2009
Plaque Location
The County of Lanark
The Township of Lanark Highlands
In Lanark, on the outside wall of the Lanark Post Office downtown on Road 511.
Look for the green arrow on the interactive map below.
Latitude and Longitude Coordinates
45.018198 -76.365108
Plaque Text
Journalist, poet, advocate of western expansion, and an original member of the Canada First movement, Mair was born at Lanark, Upper Canada. A controversial figure during the Red River uprising (1869-1870), he was subsequently a pioneer businessman of Portage la Prairie, Prince Albert and Kelowna, and an official of the Dominion immigration service. His literary works included Dreamland and Other Poems, Tecumseh, and Through the Mackenzie Basin. He died at Victoria, B.C.
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