Photo Gallery: Early Days
Picture taken at the home of Willie Ranald McDonell of St. Andrews c. 1880 showing piper O'Kane Cameron front and centre with a large crowd of local gentlemen. The occasion is unknown.
A newspaper article that corresponds to this picture is included below.
1974 Glengarry News article that speaks to the above picture of piper O'Kane Cameron and crowd.
Close up on piper O'Kane Cameron (1810 - 1890). He is sporting highland garb, and holding what is a very old set of bagpipes, likely made in the early 1800s, and possibly earlier. This is likely a set that came over from Scotland when his family emigrated.
For more information on O'Kane Cameron, please visit our Famous Pipers page within our History section.
A striking picture, though perhaps slightly distorted, of Pipe Major Neil MacVean (1873 - 1935). A native of Argyllshire, Scotland, Neil immigrated to Canada c. 1905 and was a prominent piper and instructor around the Glengarry area in the early 20th Century.
Neil MacVean's obit is posted below.
For more information on Mr. MacVean, please visit our page of Famous Pipers within the History section o
1935 obituary for Pipe Major Neil MacVean.
Pipe Band of the 59th Regiment c. 1906