. Robert Adam Lyon emigrated with his family from Scotland to Esquesing, in Halton County, in 1832. Raised on a farm, he attended local schools until the mid 1840s, when he and his elder brother, William

region was clouded by the Ontario-Manitoba boundary dispute [see Simon James Dawson], and the area’s resources remained largely undeveloped. In the spring of 1881 Mather reported to Ottawa’s

government. Mowat supported Brown in caucus; however, when it overruled them, he, Brown, and William McDougall

 John William Dawson*, and his friend the Protestant convert Charles Chiniquy

McDOUGALL, WILLIAM, lawyer, newspaper owner, journalist, politician, and office holder; b

. 1874 Jennie Morrison Lamont, and they had one adopted daughter; d. 12 Dec. 1903 in Dawson City

. When the station closed the following year, Penhallow’s life took another unexpected turn. At the same time John William Dawson

disagreement over the survey’s priorities. Before leaving Australia in March 1869, Selwyn accepted an offer from Sir William Edmond

William Dawson*, principal of McGill College. While in Montreal, Whiteaves had lacked a suitable reference library and research materials; he