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Miles Macdonell

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Gender Male
Death196 years ago
Date of birth January 1,1767
Born Inverness
United Kingdom
DiedPointe-Fortune
Canada
Date of died June 28,1828
Grandparents John Macdonell of Crowlin
Parents John MacDonell
Great grandparent Catherine MacLeod
Angus Macdonell, 3rd of Scotus
BooksThe Selkirk Settlement
Selkirk Settlement: Letter Book of Captain Miles Macdonell to the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Selkirk
Previous positionGovernor of the Red River Colony (1812–1815)
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Miles Macdonell Life story


Miles MacDonell was the first governor of the Red River Colony, a 19th-century Scottish settlement located in present-day Manitoba and North Dakota. Miles Macdonell Collegiate, opened in 1952, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was named in his honour.

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