Meet the Laird

Welcome to you all. Aye, I’m J.C. Dun-Waters. For 30 years, I’ve lived on this land, the home I call Fintry. Let me tell you my story.

Although I’m a Scotsman through and through, I was born in England in the year 1864. I was named John Cameron Waters. I grew up on my family’s estate in Scotland at a place called Fintry. As well as growing crops and feeding cattle and sheep, the land on the estate was perfect for hunting. As a young man, I enjoyed hunting partridge, rabbit, pheasant, and deer. When I was 21, I inherited a great deal of money from my uncle Dunn. He was one of the owners of the Glasgow Herald newspaper. He wanted me to take his name to keep the fortune in the family. So I changed my last name from Waters to Dun-Waters, dropping an “n” from my uncle’s name. In 1887, I married Alice, a quiet woman from a well-to-do family.

One of the great passions in my life was, and always has been, hunting. Just after the turn of the century, we sold our Scottish lands and moved to England. There, I organized hunting parties and became Master of Fox Hounds. But in 1908, I went on a hunting trip that would change my life. I came to Canada.