Written by tanja-sdb on April 11, 2014
John Galt and the Colonization of Upper Canada
Research StoryOn this day in 1839 Scotsman John Galt died in Greenock. Best known as the writer of Annals of the Parish published in 1821, Galt’s name was and remains familiar to many Scots around the world. A less widely-known fact, however, is that Galt was also a colonizer, being appointed Secretary to the Canada Company