How Two Remarkable Scots Built a Town on the Edge of a Continent Goderich did not emerge by accident. It was the creation of two extraordinary men — John Galt, a visionary Scottish novelist turned colonial administrator, and Dr. William “Tiger” Dunlop, a towering, fearless adventurer‑surgeon whose personality was as large as the Huron Tract…

Goderich was founded in 1827 by the Canada Company, the same powerful British land‑development corporation responsible for founding Guelph. Both towns were part of a bold plan to settle the vast Huron Tract of Upper Canada — and both were shaped directly by the leadership of John Galt, the Company’s first Superintendent. But while the…