James McCowan, Coalmaster
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The James McCowan Memorial Social History Society is named for James McCowan, a Scottish coalmaster and farmer, who immigrated to Scarborough in 1833 with his wife, Margaret Porteous, and eight children. They settled at the edge of the Scarborough Bluffs.

We are flattered that the original McCowan Settlement site on Meadowcliffe Drive is one of only 14 "Lost Historic Sites in Toronto" that were selected to be on www.city.toronto.on.ca/torontoplan/lost.htm.

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For an "ordinary" Scot born well over two centuries ago, James McCowan's life is surprisingly well-documented in a variety of written sources. The following list of articles is a very small sampling of the information that has been prepared to date.

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