Tour Scotland short 4K travel video of a Winter road trip drive, with Scottish music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Comrie in the Southern Highlands of Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. James Drummond MacGregor, born in December 1759 was from Comrie. Upon his arrival in Canada in 1786, MacGregor was the first Gaelic speaking Presbyterian minister in Nova Scotia, which was then experiencing a high rate of immigration from the Scottish Highlands and Islands. In the port of Pictou, Nova Scotia, Rev. MacGregor was known to be quite aggressive in his efforts to convert fellow Gaels from Roman Catholicism to Presbyterianism. That is why, in 1791, Angus Bernard MacEachern travelled from Prince Edward Island and urged the first large group of Catholic immigrants from the Scottish Gaeldom to leave Pictou and settle among their co-religionists in Antigonish County and on Cape Breton Island. MacGregor was also supporter of education reform in Nova Scotia, and was mentor and compatriot of radical education reformer, Dr. Thomas McCulloch, founder of the ecumenical Pictou Academy and first principal of Dalhousie University. Reverend MacGregor died in Pictou, Nova Scotia, at age 71. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March. @tourscotland #winter #music #drivingtrip #scotland #shortsvideo
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