"McNAB SETTLEMENT" ~ Arnprior
Posted by: 
model12
N 45° 26.608 W 076° 21.061
18T E 394343 N 5033103
Located in Robert Simpson park, overlooking the Ottawa River.
Waymark Code: WMBCG2
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/05/2011
Views: 17
Plaque text reads;
Archibald McNab (c.1781-1860), seventeenth chief of Clan McNab (Macnab), came to Canada in 1822. He obtained 33,000 ha on the Ottawa River in 1823 and two years later brought over 84 fellow Scots to begin colonization. McNab treated these and subsequent settlers like vassals in a feudal domain, forcing them to pay illegal rent and demanding an annual allotment of their crops. He lived in grand style while the settlers, ignorant of their rights, endured poverty. Word spread, and in 1840 a government investigation revoked McNab's settlement rights. With the removal of their tyrannical laird, the Highland immigrants prospered on the lands of McNab township.
Address or location of plaque: Robert Simpson Park
Physical location of plaque: Park
"Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link]
Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": Park & monument.
This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Person'
Condition of sign: Good.
Is this a bilingual sign?: No !
A web-site for more details.: Not listed
What is the second/third language?: Not listed
|
Visit Instructions:
A "Visited" only remark, will be deleted.
No Waymark owner "Visits" allowed when setting up the Waymark.
Subsequent visits, at another time with photo are acceptable.
NOTE: All photos must include the 'O.H.P.Plaque' at its location to qualify for a "Visited"