Glengarry

A county in Ontario, on the St. Lawrence. Named after the

famous glen in Inverness, Scotland. Many Scottish Highlanders left their

native country after the battle of Culloden in 1746, and emigrated to

America. They were all intensely loyal, and when the Revolution broke

out many moved north into Canada, settling on the Niagara frontier, the

bay of Quinte, and the banks of the St. Lawrence. From the latter

settlement sprang the present Glengarry County. In 1804-1805 Bishop

McDonell obtained several grants of land in the district for the

Highlanders of the disbanded Scottish Glengarry Regiment, and for

twenty-five years promoted the interests of the colonists. He raised, in

1812, the Glengarry Fencibles Regiment, which rendered valuable service

during the war. =Bib.=: Macdonell, Sketches Illustrating the Early

Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada.