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Wallaceburg is an unincorporated community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent in Southern Ontario, Canada. Originally a small settlement, it was recognized for its significant contribution to the lum
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Lee Rifle prototype, 1878
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
Wallaceburg Museum glass industry exhibit
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk FRS FRSE was a Scottish landowner and philanthropist best known for sponsoring immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony.
Wallaceburg
…The first settlers to the Wallaceburg area came in 1804. They initially settled along the Snye River at a location they called the Baldoon Settlement. Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, provided an opportunity for poor farmers and peasants from Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland to come to what is now known as Wallaceburg to build better…
Landing of the Selkirk Settlers, Red River, 1812