The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-07-29, Page 27Tiger Dunlop Days...Page 13
Buried on Gairbraid hillsid�
Lou kept he,r watchful eye on ` Tiger "
Dr. William "Tiger" Dunlop die in Toronto in the fall of
1884 when he was superinten ent of the Lachine
Canal. For six weeks prior to his eath, his sister-in-law
the former Louisa McColl, nursed him day and night.
"He knew something was wron ," Lou was quoted as
saying, "but ah, he didna know it as deith."
Lou started back. to Goderich an Gairbraid aboard one
of the slow -going lake vessels of the time, with Tiger's
body in a lead coffin.
A place had been reserved for a Tiger's body on the
Gairbraid hillside. His brother, Captain R.G. Dunlop, had
asked to be buried on the side next to the bank, and had
suggested that the Tiger be burie farther in.
Lou kept (her constant vigil ov r her brother -in-laws
body, all the way home. She had re son to suspect that the
people she left behind her and so a of the literary and
scientific men on board, wanted" " cast of the big, clever
head which had stopped forever i thinking, thinking for
the good of mankind."
"To accomplish this she imag' ed they would cut his
head off. She would much rather ave lost her own than
turn traitor to her great charge in ne napping moment,"
one historian wrote.
The trip back was, broken at Hamilton where the re-
mains were left in Sir Allan Ma Nab's grave plot until
winter. In colder weather the rem were brought home
and deposited in their last resting place.
Incidentally, in some mysterio way, a very good cast
was made of Tiger's head, and wasexhibited among relics
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and treasures at the Toronto Exhibition many years ago.
In September of 1948, 100 years after his death,
members of Masonic Lodges in Goderich and the
Township of Colborne paid tribute to the famous Tiger
Dunlop, the first senior Warden of The First Masonic
Lodge of Goderich in 1845.
They built a square -side tomb situated atop the hill near
Saltford, which is still maintained as an historic site to
this day.
Tiger it unlop was first
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History shows that Dr. William "Tiger" Dunlop was a
proficient writer as well as a lecturer in medicine at Edin-
burgh University and a famed army surgeon.
He was a. contributer to "Fraser's Magazine for Town
and County", a British publication that carried only
outstanding writing of the day.
Dr. Dunlop wrote of what her knew from personal ex-
perience. He had served in India while in the army and of
that country he wrote "Authentic Narrative of Facts
Which Occurred During a March in India" and "Sketches
of Savage Life".
After coming to Canada in 1826 he sent out statistical
sketches giving advice to prospective immigrants and
descriptions of the country.
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