The story continues that Dunlop worked alone for more than two full days, barely sitting down and stopping only to eat and change clothes.

[3] He played a more active role in the assault on Fort Erie on 15 August 1814, carrying about a dozen injured men out of the range of fire and providing survivors with basic necessities.

[2] Dunlop subsequently wrote a book about his war-time experience in Canada, entitled Recollections of the American War of 1812–1814.

[2] A historic plaque in that city commemorates his assisting John Galt in helping to populate the Huron Tract.

[5] The Company's achievement was later called "the most important single attempt at settlement in Canadian history".

[1][7] During the Rebellions of 1837, Dunlop formed and commanded the Huron Regiment in Upper Canada nicknamed The Bloody Useless.

Dunlop drilled his men in Read's Tavern while scavenging for blankets, coats, boot and more.

[1] Colonel Dunlop had five company commanders: Henry Hyndman, Thomas W. Luard, W.F.Gooding, Daniel Home Lizars, and Captain Annand.

Dunlop became the natural leader of an anti-Company group known as the Colbornites, residents in Colborne township.

In the subsequent election later that year William ran against James McGill Strachan, the preferred candidate of the Canada Company.

Colonel John Prince, the member for the neighbouring riding of Essex, acted for Dunlop in moving the matter through the Assembly.

Despite his flamboyant character and occasional radical stances, in the legislature Dunlop took a moderate Tory position.

Dunlop's report was an even-handed treatment of Gourlay's situation[1] Tiger was a colourful character and made interesting speeches and wrote direct letters to the newspapers of Toronto.

Dunlop's short foray into journalism gave him the knowledge of the trade to catch the eyes of the editors in London, England.

With his experience as the Canada Company Warden of the Woods,[20] Dunlop was uniquely qualified for this work.

The years spent living in the primitive forests of Canada and the ever-increasing use of alcohol appear to have taken a toll.

Moreover, Dunlop was far ahead of his time on other issues, such as education, professional independence, commerce and the rights of French Canadians.

The business trip included a cull of the Saugor Island tigers. During his time and certainly after William Tiger Dunlop became a legend.

Dunlop and a fellow army friend had been ordered to join their regiment on the Niagara frontier two hundred and eighty miles from their present location in Kingston.

Although the road from Kingston to Niagara had many post houses, they were not well supplied and junior officers came in low in the pecking order.

The "aide" demanded good horses for his general who had apparently been sent by the Duke of Wellington to instruct Sir Gordon Drummond on how to conduct the campaign.

[1] William and his brother Robert Graham Dunlop shared a home near Goderich, at Gairbraid (now known as Saltford, Ontario).

Shortly after, tongues began wagging and it soon became clear that Louisa's situation was insupportable and she would need to either marry or leave the country.

Robert and William decided McColl was irreplaceable and tossed a coin to see which brother would marry Louisa.

[1] Enjoying a good practical joke, Dunlop and a friend were passing the time in a Goderich store.

The second stage was completed in January, when his body was moved to the family burial site at Gairbraid in Goderich, Upper Canada, where he was buried next to his brother Robert.

[2][22] Dunlop wrote his own will, assigning different mementos to his various family members, with humorous comments on their characters and personal idiosyncrasies.

The text particularly commemorates his role with the Canada Company in populating the Huron Tract and in founding Goderich.