(9 May 1783-23 Oct. 1856), fur trader. Born in Morayshire, Scotland, he came to Canada 1804. He taught school for several years in Glengarry–apparently his only period here, though his fur-trading activities later brought him into contact with various Glengarrians. His Glengarry school was probably in the Williamstown area. Afterwards, he joined the Pacific Fur Company, was on the voyage,1810-1811, of the Tonquin (for this ship, of importance in the Glengarry story, see the extensive fur trade literature), was involved in founding Fort Astoria, served the North West Company, and following the merger of the NWC and Hudson’s Bay Company served the HBC. In 1825 Ross retired from fur trading. He settled in the Red River district, and was later sheriff of Assiniboia, and a member of the Council of Assiniboia. He was the author of Adventures on the Columbia (1849), The Fur Hunters of the Far West (1855), and The Red River Settlement (1856). He died at the Red River Settlement.

Life by Frits Pannekoek in Dictionary of Canadian Biography Vol. VIII * lives in DNB, ODict, Wallace, and MDict * Bibliography of Glengarry and sources stated there