Scotia Junction

The story of Scotia starts with the beginning of Perry Township. Around 1873 David Gilbrith and William Slorach surveyed the township so the government could extend its colonization program farther north through the Parry Sound district. Slorach became so attached to the township that he came back to homestead in the area. By 1875 Slorach had cleared an acreage on the banks of a shallow lake and within a few short years became well established. He successfully petitioned the government for a post office in 1876 to service a number of emerging farms and became its first postmaster. By 1879 a small mill was in operation in Scotia and the area nearly counted a dozen farmstead.