Miles Macdonell
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 196 years ago |
Date of birth | January 1,1767 |
Born | Inverness |
United Kingdom | |
Died | Pointe-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 | |
Books | The Selkirk Settlement |
Selkirk Settlement: Letter Book of Captain Miles Macdonell to the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Selkirk | |
Previous position | Governor of the Red River Colony (1812–1815) |
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ID | 4004033 |
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.