Miles Macdonell

Miles Macdonell
Miles Macdonell
1st Governor of the Red River Colony
In office
August 1812 – June 1815
Succeeded byRobert Semple
Personal details
Bornc. 1767
Inverness, Scotland
Died28 June 1828(1828-06-28) (aged 60–61)
Pointe-Fortune, Upper Canada
NationalityScottish, Canadian
ParentJohn MacDonell of Scothouse
OccupationFur Trader, Governor of the Red River Colony

Miles MacDonell (c. 1767 – 28 June 1828) was the first governor of the Red River Colony (or, Assiniboia), a 19th-century Scottish settlement located in present-day Manitoba and North Dakota.

Miles Macdonell Collegiate, opened in 1952, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was named in his honour.


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