Other local names of Stewart origin are, of course, Stewart Cove and Glen Stewart. Glen Stewart Farm was a property of 200 acres fronting on the centre of Stewart Cove and extending inland along the Old Georgetown Road (now TCH). The property was owned by William Stewart, a grandson of the Chief Justice.

Keppoch and Kinloch are the names of branches of the MacDonald clan in Scotland, and were employed by MacDonald settlers here to distinguish neighbouring locales. The present name “Kinlock” is an anglicized spelling; we have heard that it was changed by one Scot to spite and discomfit another.

Alexander MacDonnell and his descendants held Keppoch Farm from 1804 to c. 1838 when it was sold to the shipbuilders Andrew and James Duncan. They built Keppoch Farm House (later Keppoch Beach Hotel) in 1840. In 1868 Keppoch Farm was offered for sale as a property of 230 acres (120 clear) with this observation: “On the Shore is abundance of Sea Manure, and the Bathing is unsurpassed.” While one would hardly expect the former to be condusive to the latter, there at least is evidence that the summer colony is of no recent date.

Not far to the east in Kinlock was Mount Roseland Farm, advertized for sale in April, 1879 as “Farm and Villa” of 100 acres with barns and stables, and “On the premises is a large New House, 42 feet square, of 2 stories, with large highly-finished rooms, and verandah in front, commanding a magnificent view of the Bay and Islands.”

The name Stratford, which once vied with Southport as the village name, commemorates another prominent citizen of yesteryear, Major John Picton Beete. Beete was a retired English officer who bought 200 acres in Lot 48 from Charles and James Hensley on July 22, 1850. He used his in- fluence as a landowner to have the community named Stratford, but despite the fact that he was paying half the taxes in the district, and moreover of- fered to build a new school if the name was accepted, his bid was turned down. “Stratford House (or Hotel)” was the name of the hostelry opened in 1856, and Stratford became the local school district in 1858. The name had its supporters as indicated by an article in the Examiner of May 10, 1856, on the Ferry “between this goodly city and the thriving village of Stratford.”

When Southport was incorporated in 1972, the Stratford Road was the name given to its main thoroughfare. This seems an appropriate memorial

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