Bruce County Memories: The greenhorn pioneer buys a pig

Did you hear the one about the pioneer who walked his dinner home? That would be the first settler in the eastern part of Arran Township, David Chalmers, a bachelor and a bit wet behind the ears. It was back in 1851, before Arran was surveyed into farm lots. Historian Norman Robertson tells the story,…

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Robin Hilborn, Bruce County Historical Society