Donald McKellar
| Donald McKellar | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1843 |
| Died | 1918-05-02 Fort William, Ontario |
| Occupation | Prospector |
| Father | |
| Mother | |
| Siblings | |
Donald McKellar (c. 1843 – 2 May 1918) was a prospector and pioneer of Fort William, a son of Captain Duncan McKellar and Margaret Brodie and a brother of John McKellar and Peter McKellar.[1][2]
Mining
In May 1865, with his brother Peter McKellar, McKellar discovered an important vein of galena near Black Bay, which the brothers developed and sold as the Enterprise Mine.[3]
Thunder Bay Historical Society
McKellar contributed papers to the Society's annuals, including "History of the Post Office and Early Mail Service" and a paper on the 1870 military expedition.[4][5]
In the Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society
Donald McKellar was a mining explorer active in the Thunder Bay district from the 1860s onward. He was one of the brothers taken into partnership by Peter McKellar when Peter was engaged, as early as 1864, by a company comprising Messrs. Walbridge, Herrick, and John McIntyre to carry on mining explorations in the district; the three McKellar brothers shared one third of the profits collectively.[6]
In 1865 Donald McKellar and Peter McKellar jointly discovered the Enterprise Mine on Black Bay.[7] He is also credited with the discovery, in 1875, of the pot-holes on what Peter McKellar called Pot-Hole Mountain — a formation nearly two hundred feet high carrying pot-holes ranging from two to thirty feet in diameter, from Pot-Hole Lake at the base to within twenty feet of the summit, which Peter McKellar examined and reported upon in 1876.[8]
Donald McKellar was among the Scots settler families — the McKellars (Peter, John, Archibald, and Donald), the McVicars, and the MacLaurins — who were clearing lands on the river for agricultural purposes in the Fort William area during the period 1855–1878, on land sold by the province at twenty cents per acre.[9]
References
- ↑ Fort William Daily Times-Journal, 2 May 1918, p. 1
- ↑ "Story of the Old Homestead."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1913.p. 276.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ Peter McKellar."Early Mining."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1913.p. 314.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ Donald McKellar."History of the Post Office and Early Mail Service."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1911–1912.p. 146.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ "Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society (contents of the Annuals)."[book].Thunder Bay Historical Society.1913.p. 307.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ Florence N. Sherk."Peter McKellar."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1924–1925.p. 197.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ M. J. L. Black."Place Names in the Vicinity of Fort William."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1924–1925.p. 110.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ Peter McKellar."The Framework of the Earth."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1921.p. 24.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ Annie E. McIntyre."Women Who Were at Fort William, 1855–1878."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1924–1925.p. 290.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)