(died at Dunvegan, Ont., 20 or 27 Aug. 1887), sailor, pioneer. (Archie McLeod, called “Baltic”) Born in the Isle of Skye, Scotland, but has also been remembered as an Aberdonian. In his early years he was a sailor. His Canadian neighbours called him “Baltic,” or “The Baltic” because of his adventures in the Baltic Sea, about which, presumably, he loved to talk, after the traditional manner of sailors. It was presumably from him that Baltics Corners (various forms of this name: Baltic Corners, Baltic’s, Balties, &c.), south of Dunvegan in Kenyon Township, took its name. The name John Archie McLeod has also been remembered as that of the man for whom the place was named. Baltics Corners had a post office 1881-1882. Given the patterns of GC settlement and the dates involved, it is improbable that Baltics Corners has any connection with the Baltic Merchant, one of the ships that brought Glengarry-bound settlers to Canada in 1815, and in any case the traditions about Archie the seaman called Baltic are too strong to be evaded.

MacMillan diary, Down The Lane Standard Freeholder 1 Sept. 1945 citing Cornwall Freeholder 2 Sept. 1887, give death dates 20, 27 Aug., resp. * Lauchlin McInnes, Glengarry Life 1990 * John Archie McLeod: note, undated and unsigned, perhaps by Elizabeth Blair or C. C. Fraser, in present author’s files * MacGillivray & Ross 37-38, 334-337