the 'northern friends' of clyde, coming from stornoway arrived on 3 october 1805, a brigantine of 245 tons, captained by archibald mcpherson, she brought 91 settlers from the outer hebrides and wester ross. listed as arriving at flat river, many took up land on lots 31 and 60, which selkirk had only recently acquired, and others on lot 62 at belle creek, samuel nicholson and john cameron, and at wood islands, five families settled on 100-acre farms, there paying 2s per acre.