Algonquin Highlands Heritage Map

Alexander and Jane (Aitken) Robertson

Settler of township lots: Lots 5 & 6, Conc. 13, McClintock Twp

Location: Map point is the approximate location on Lot 6, Conc. 13, south of Alqonquin Outfitters on Hwy 60 west of the north arm of Oxtongue Lake

Land acquisition: 

  • Lot 5, Conc. 13: 1913 Patent from The Crown to Alexander Robertson for 96 acres broken lot. Ontario Land Parcel Register - McClintock (Click here and go to Image 150). 
  • Lot 6, Conc. 13: 1913 Patent from The Crown to Alexander Robertson for 56 acres broken lot. Ontario Land Parcel Register - McClintock (Click here and go to Image 155).

Dates of residency: 1879 - 

  • 1891 McClintock Voters List: Alexander Robertson (no sure which Alexander) at Lot 5, Conc. 12
  • 1893 Haliburton Directory at Lot 5, Conc. 13; Dwight Post Office

Interesting facts:  Source: Gower, Fran and Marnie Berthour, Facts and Fables of Oxtongue Lake.  2000; pp. 127, 151.

Peter and Margaret Robertson came to Canada from Scotland in 1860 with one son, Alexander, and became sharecroppers on a farm west of Greenbank. They had two more sons, John and James, and with the promise of a free land grant moved to Oxtongue Lake in 1879.  By this time, Alexander was now married.

Alex and Jane homesteaded where the Blue Spruce Resort is now.  He also acquired land to the north of present-day Highway 60, currently occupied by Algonquin Outfitters and several private residences. He farmed and lumbered approximately 160 acres north of Concession 12, registering a Crown Grant in 1913.  

Read the whole story BLUE SPRUCE INN Submitted by Joan Hayden. Facts and Fables of Oxtongue Lake, 2000 pg. 151

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowners:

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree Peter Robertson 1893

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