In the following years they were joined by approximately 100 families who immigrated directly from the Sutherland, Ross and Caithness, Scotland.
The earliest name for the settlement was New Portugal, some of the settlers having fought in the Peninsular War.
[2] The name for the community can be traced to several Scottish settlers who came from the Earl of Sutherland's estate and located in northern Colchester County about 1816.
At its height in the late 1800s, the area boasted a population of 2,000 with most residents employed in farming and forestry.
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