Colonel Daniel Robertson was an officer in the British Army in North America, commandant of the British post at Michilimackinac, and a landowner in Chatham Township, Canada. Born in Scotland, he first
Daniel Robertson (c. 1804–1808)
Robertson was present at the capture of Montreal in 1760
Mission Point beach at Mackinac Island
Fort Mackinac today
Simon McTavish (fur trader)
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Simon McTavish, of Montreal was a Scottish-born fur trader and the chief founding partner of the North West Company. He was a member of the Beaver Club and was known as the Marquis for his pre-eminent
Daniel Robertson (British Army officer)
…returned to Montreal. Between 1785 and 1787, Robertson secured several land grants for his daughters Charlotte and Elizabeth, as well as James Grant, Simon McTavish, and Margaret McBeath. According to local legend, Captain Daniel Robertson built a small summer house on an overhanging cliff at the southeast corner…
Simon Mctavish
North West Company - Coat of Arms
Simon McTavish's Montreal home in what would become the Golden Square Mile
The McTavish mausoleum and monument within the grounds of his house on the slopes of Mount Royal. Torn down in the 1940s.