Alexander McArthur apparently arrived in the village about 1869 from Ops and stayed for 20 years. Lovell’s Province of Ontario Directory for 1871 states that Alexander “bds” [sic, i.e. boards] at the McArthur Hotel1 while the 1871 Census states he was 272 years old. Alexander, the brother3 of Joseph McArthur, acted as the proprietor of […]