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`off to Quebec, In Lower Canada 'too,hava the Company's charter
registered there as had been donee at York.A., • a:Accompanying him on the journey was Wm. "Tiger" Dunlop, the
Warden of the Cornpanle.t woods and fOreits in Upper Canada- the
one who was to play an important part in the development of Huron
QOunty during its foundation years.
Wftii,"TIGER"PUNLOP
William Dunlop was bornin GreenOok,, Sdotland in 1792. He was the
son of Alexander Dunlop, a well-to-do banker there. William was given
a thorough education; he graduated as a doctor and In December, -
1812, passed-lhirTarnntirtadical exaMinatiOn, life did service to the
Soldiers during the War of 1812-1814 when , the Americans invaded
Canada. , .
,Also about this time he volunteered tq loin to open a road
from Lake Simcoe to Penetanguistjari ,tosiiriproye• the defences of the
colony and establish interior comrridnication between. Lake Ontario and
Georgian Bay. By the time the road, was Completedf,heryvar had ended.
William then returned on his brother Robert's,600 to England when
Robert was transporting troops back to ,England. -
EAGER
Eager , for adventure, William's next adventurous trip was to
C-aleutta, -India. -Shortly' after he arrived h was appointed agent and
superintendent of the Sangar Island Societ een formed to
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WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
It was at this time William Lyon MacKenzie allo began to make his
influence felt. MacKenzie .was a Scothman who had emigrated to
Canada a few years earlier and at this time arrived back at 'York to
continue to issue his. neyvpiper, This paper, the Colonial Advocate,
attacked the abuses of the Family Compact so fiercely that a gang of
ruffians seized his press and, threw it tto Lake Ontario. This made
MacKenzie and his paper more popular thary3 el*. He was soon elected
member of the Assembly for the County of Yor , the largest county in
the province. His opponents gave him a roug time. More than once
they expelled him from ParliaMent, but this id not quell him in his
effort tq struggle for justice to hiS followers.
When we know something, of the character of this man we are,not
surprised that he took the course he did at this particular time.
William Lyon MacKenzie was born near Dundee, Scotland, on
-March 12, 1795. When he 'Was only a few Weeks. old his father died
leaving the family in poverty, a condition against which he had to fight
• all his life. He had practically no schooling because as a boy he had to
earn his own living.
He was a born agitator, but on the other hand one of unquestionable
integrity and of'great moral courage, one who would not be bribed or
bullied. In.1820 he came to Canada with his motherlived for a time in
York, then Dundas and finally in Queenston. Here he became 'a
storekeeper and also started the publication of ,his newspaper, the
Colonial Advocate. Soon after this 'he returned to York where he
continued to issue his .paper, He -on the whole was one of the
noteworthy characters of his time.
JOHN GALT
Mackenzie and John Galt arrived in Canada the same year but both
played a different part in the development of the Colony.
John Galt was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland on May 2, 1779. As
well as being a writer he had a varied career. befOre he became
involved with the Canada Company. While he did no.ttecome directly
connected with Canada till 1820, yet by 1807 he was interested enough
in Canada to write and have published an essay entitled "Stastistical
Account of Upper Canada." It was in 1820 he and Edward Ellis, M.P.
were appointed London agents fac the Canadian claimants for
separation caused by the War of 1812-1814.
When the peace was signed in 1815 there were many Canadians who
had suffered financial loss by-the American invaders and by claims
levied on them by the. British Government during the war. For this they
felt they had a claim on the Home government. A commission was
appointed to examine these claims and some compensation was
awarded but live years after the war no •payment had been made.
These Canadians were beginning to get a little impatient and decided
to appoint a lobbyist to pursue their claims. ThoseChosen were the two
mentioned above. Ellis being• busily engaged in other matters the
result was that most of the work fell into the hands of John Galt. From
then Galt worked.persistently on the project but seemed doomed to
failure when in July, 1821, the Lords of the Treasury told him "they
cannot feel themselves justified , under the present circumstances and
situations of the country in recommending to parliament the grant of
any, public money-on account of the claims.". This did not discofirage
Galt but was an extra incentive to further more eloquently the claims of
his clienti?-The result was that in March, 1822, another meeting was
held when the matter was once more discussed. This time Galt was
persuasive enough, to influence the goverments to 'have them agree to
pay half of the reparations if the government of Upper Canada would
pay the other half. Galt's next Problem was to devise some method
whereby , ,the money could be raised both on behalf of the British
government and also by Upper Canada. This led him to examine the
natural resources of Upper Canada.
•
Galt discovered that among, these resources there were vast tracts of
"land which h_ ad been set aside as Crown .and ClergY Reserves. He felt
the sale of the Crown Reserves would provide a fund large enough to
meet the claims of his' constituents and also money for other civil
expenses of the province.. • .
The next problem' was to find a'way to dispose of the Crown Lands.,
This could not be done by selling to individual settlers-as this would
b
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too slow a process and besides most of them would have little or no
. surplus money to pay cash for their land. Galt 'suggested that a
company be formed composed of individuals who would be willing to
invest capital in the 'purchase and Undertake to clear andsettle the
o land.
BICKERING
After much negotiation and bickering it was decided that the
c,Pmpany was to receivea million acres in the Huron Tract for the sum
of §145,150 '5s. A third of the purchase-- price Was to be spent by the
company in public works, such as roads, bridges, canals; wharves,
churches and school houses.
One third was to bepaid in cash to the government with the, balance
in annual instalments over a certain period of years.. This was in
addition to the original agreement about the Crown ReserVes which
they were to purchase - 1,384,413 acres at 3s 6d per acre.
After many fiery and complicated negotiations over these purchases
the company was granted a Royal qh.arter on August 19, 1826 With
• John Galt secretary; Gait's dream wa's about to become a reality, At
the start he had not thought of himself as the founder of a settlement in
' Upper Canada but because of political, events and other circumstances,
JOhn Gait became the father of the Huron Tract and the foDnder of
Huron County.
Even before Galt returned to-Canada in The fall of 1826 his hopes
became a bit . cooled by a letter received from ArChbishop John
Strachan letting him know that the Family Compact had no intention of
giving up its power in Upper Canada and stating clearly if he wasn't
one of them,dire consequences might follow. However, this threat had
little effect on Galt. What concerned him most now was the opening
and developing of .the Hyroh Tract.
Nevertheless, on his arrival in York he found, to his surprise, that
already the Upper Canada Clique was wary of him. Rumours had been
circulated that made them feel he had a leaning toward the Reform
Party and William Lyon MacKenzie. This made them fear he might
become• a meddler and prove difficult in the political affairs of the
province.
Because of this suspicion his reception on his arrival at York was not
as congenial as he had hoped it might be. In spite of this he was soon 44zEtt
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