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Canada's Highland Regiments
I just picked up the latest issue of The Highlander magazine today (May/June 2010), and there is a nice little article on Canada's Highland Regiments.
There's a table in it listing the 'Canadian Regiments With a Scottish Affiliation' which I thought some of the rabble might find of interest, so I'll post it here:
The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
Tartan: Black Watch
Headquarters: Hamilton, Ontario
Raised: 1903
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Tartan: Black Watch
Headquarters: Montreal, Quebec
Raised: 1862
The Calgary Highlanders
Tartan: Black Watch
Headquarters: Calgary, Alberta
Raised: 1928
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
Tartan: Cameron of Erracht
Headquarters: Ottawa, Ontario
Raised: 1885
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Tartan: Cameron of Erracht
Headquarters: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Raised: 1910
The Canadian Scottish
Tartan: Hunting Stewart
Headquarters: Victoria, British Columbia
Raised: 1915
The Essex & Kent Scottish
Tartan: Macgregor
Headquarters: Winsdor, Ontario
Raised: 1886
The 48th Highlanders of Canada
Tartan: Davidson
Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario
Raised: 1891
The Highland Fusiliers of Canada
Tartan: Mackenzie
Headquarters: Cambridge, Ontario
Raised: 1891
The Lake Superior Scottish
Tartan: Macgillivray
Headquarters: Port Arthur, Ontario
Raised: 1910
The Lanark & Renfrew Scottish
Tartan: Black Watch
Headquarters: Pembroke, Ontario
Raised: 1866
The Lorne Scottish (Peel, Dufferin & Halton) Regiment
Tartan: Campbell of Argyll
Headquarters: Brampton, Ontario
Raised: 1866
The New Brunswick Scottish
Tartan: Leslie (dress)
Headquarters: St. John, New Brunswick
Raised: 1871 (in 1954 merged with the Royal New Brunswick Regiment [Carlton & York])
The Nova Scotia Highlanders (North)
Tartan: Macdonald
Headquarters: Truro, Nova Scotia
Raised: 1871
The Nova Scotia (Cape Breton) Highlanders
Tartan: Black Watch
Headquarters: Sydney, Nova Scotia
Raised: 1881 (absorbed the Cape Breton Highlanders in 1954)
The Perth Regiment
Tartan: Douglas
Headquarters: Stratford, Ontario
Raised: 1868
The Pictou Highlanders
1954 merged with the Nova Scotia Highlanders (North)
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Tartan: Mackenzie
Headquarters: Vancouver, British Columbia
Raised: 1912
The Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders
Tartan: Macdonell of Glengarry
Headquarters: Cornwall, Ontario
Raised: 1868
The Toronto Scottish
Tartan: London Scottish
Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario
Raised: 1915
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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