Hugh landed at Pictou, Nova Scotia about 1820 and the following year he sailed to Judique and along the shore to Broad Cove. MacDougall, 1922, writes, From Broad Cove he proceeded to East Lake Ainslie where he selected a farm for his future home, half a mile above the Outlet. Within a few feet of a fine stream of water which gushes from the base of a nearby mountain this lonely pioneer erected his first rude cabin.
Hugh Campbell owned the first grist mill at Lake Ainslie. For the building thereof, he secured the services of William Dunbar, a native of Pictou, who was a millwright. After a few' years Mr. Campbell also erected a carding mill and a saw mill; but did not neglect the cultivation of his fine farm, now held by a grandson.
Mr. Campbell was a recognized leader in his district and Congregation. As co-contractor with John MacDougall he built the first Presbyterian church at East Lake, and served as an elder there for fifty years. In his capacity as Justice of the Peace he did much useful work in the early times. For the administration of Justice he invoked the laws of the church and state,- the tenets of "the Auld Kirk" usually clinching the judicial decision. He was a great giver to the poor and needy, and his good wife will be long remembered for her tender practical kindness, and her fine charitable instincts.[6]
Residence Marital Status: Married.
1871
Lake Ainslie East, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. [7]
Marital Status: Widowed.
1881
Lake Ainslie East, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. [8]
Relation to Head of House: Head.
1861
Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. [9]
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