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Ontario Tourism Region : Southwestern
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- Pop. 332. In East Williams T., Middlesex C., on the Ausable R. and C. Rds. 17 & 19, 36 kID NW of London. Donald McIntosh, an agent of the Canada Land Company, established the village and built mills.
- He became postmaster and named the settlement after Nairnshire, Scotland. The post office opened as Nairn in 1857, and closed in 1914.
- Sir George W. Ross (1841-1914), born in Nairn, was a teacher and school inspector before he entered politics m 1872, becoming the fifth premier of Ontario, 1899-1905.
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