Talk and Discussion led by Jane Morrigan, local history buff

Date: Sunday, September 13th, 2026
Time: 1 PM
Location: At the Old Cellar, just in the woods near the FRS Parking Lot on Macbeth Rd

ALL ARE WELCOME! BRING A LIGHT-WEIGHT LAWN CHAIR TO SIT COMFORTABLY!

Come learn about the couple who settled here, raised their children and made a living on this farm, first building a house whose fieldstone cellar is the only physical evidence that remains today.

Join in the discussion, learn and share your own knowledge and queries about:

• The historic immigration of mainly Scottish Highlanders to the Scotsburn area at the turn of the Nineteenth century.
• Circumstances that led to the Highland Clearances and subsequent emigration of thousands of people from Scotland to Nova Scotia
• Conditions facing the new immigrants
• Demographic fabric of the local area at the time
• How many stayed, how many left, and why