HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-08-13, Page 40Tiger Dunlop Days..:Page 12
Dunlop's Castle to Gairbraid on Maitland
Dr. William "Tiger" Dunlop came to Goderich in 182 as
The Canada Company's Warden of the Forests. He
brought with him 30 stout-hearted men who "were built in
gigantic proportions and capable of performing feats of
great strength and endurance".
Among them were MacDonald, a surveyor and draft-
sman, called Stout Mac; a Highlander, John Cameron; a
Mohawk chief, Dogfish; an Indian, Louis Cadotte;- and
John Brant, a son of Tyendinaga, the Joseph Brant of
history.
When Dunlop built his Canada Company office and
hpme on top of the bank about 200 feet above the water's
edge and which was afterwards always known as
"Dunlop's Castle", it was these men who carried the logs
to build it and laid them in place in the walls.
Some historians believe that the Dunlops might have
been dreaming of founding a rival town to Goderich, when
they moved from The Castle and built Gairbraid pn 850
acres of land along the Maitland River.
Built of solid -oak logs in the shape of the letter "H",
Gairbraid contained eight or nine roomy apartments. The
front door carried a brass door plate and the windows
looked out on a magnificent view of the river valley in
front, as well as up and down for miles, especially to the
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