(1837-22 Feb. 1907), lumberman. Born probably on his father’s farm, which was on W1/2 of lot 33, 9th Concession of Lochiel Township, GC. Parents: John Morrison and his wife Janet Morrison. The Glengarrian of 3 Jan. 1890 reported in its Lochinvar column that Duncan Morrison of Muskoka was visiting John J. Morrison (probably Duncan’s father is meant) and that Duncan was “also hiring men and teams for shantying in the lumber woods of Algoma.” The next issue of the Glengarrian (10 Jan. 1890) carried a report in its McCrimmon and Lochinvar columns on the death of Duncan’s father John Morrison, and the information that Duncan had left with teams for Algoma. Duncan Morrison owned a farm on lot 1 of the 8th Concession of Caledonia Township from 1876 to 1901, but he had a tenant on the farm at least a part of the time, though he is said also at times to have lived there and worked the farm. Besides his lumbering activity in the Muskoka and Algoma areas, Duncan Morrison is said to have had lumber camps in Quebec. At the time of his death he was operating a sawmill at L’Orignal, as a member of the firm Morrison and Williamson. Also, at some period of his career, he was a business associate of the Cook family of lumbermen. In this later years he was a Vankleek Hill resident.

     Duncan Morrison was a Presbyterian, a Mason, and in politics a Liberal. He is remembered as having been a man of immense size. He was married to Janet Robinson Stewart (1842-1910) of Vankleek Hill. Their son Dr George D. Morrison, then a recent medical graduate of McGill, died 1 Feb. 1901 at Ste-Agathe, Que., “where he was being treated for lung trouble.… The deceased was a very clever and promising young man, and his death at 24 years is very much deplored by his family and friends.” Duncan and Janet’s youngest son, John S. Morrison (1882-1950), was born at Bracebridge, Ont. He went into the lumber business with his father, and with his father operated the sawmill at L’Orignal. He was afterwards president of the Laurentian Lumber Company, and he died at his home in Notre-Dame-de-Grace, Montreal.

     The Cornwall Freeholder of 9 Sept. 1881 mentioned another Duncan Morrison, son of William Morrison, of the 2nd Concession of Lancaster Township, who was then “home on a visit from Michigan lumber regions.”

Glengarry News 22 Feb. and 1 March 1907, Vankleek Hill Review 1 March 1907 * family gravestone, Greenwood Cemetery, Vankleek Hill * Lochinvar to Skye, 221, 375 * Clément 35 * personal information * Dr Morrison: Glengarry News (QF) and VKHR both 8 Feb. 1901; family gravestone * obituary of John S. Morrison, VKHR 8 Sept. 1950 * Karl Kauffmann, Logging Days in Blind River (1970) 104 (the same Duncan Morrison?)