Neilliadh "Nelly" Campbell was the first white woman to set foot on Canadian soil at Port Glasgow.
Campbell travelled alone first bringing with her an inheritance in the form of kegs of gold.
[2] The family built a log cabin on a hill which was named Cnoc Neilliadh meaning Nelly's Rock in Scottish Gaelic.
[1] Nelly died on the 18th December 1851 at the age of 81 at her daughter, Mary's, home.
Her body was carried by bob-sleigh to Fingal Cemetery, in Southwold Township where she was buried with other members of her family.