Duncan Campbell Scott

Duncan Campbell Scott (Known as "Duncan Campbell Scott")

Confederation Poet, Short Story Writer, Civil Servant

Born Aug 02, 1862

Ottawa, Canada

Passed Away Dec 19, 1947 Ottawa, Canada

Lifespan 85 years old

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"Spring had returned to the northern lakes, and the wild birds sang in the pine trees."

Archival Overview

Major Confederation poet and short story writer whose poetry captured the northern Ontario wilderness, while serving as a senior civil servant in the Department of Indian Affairs.

Biographical Record

Scott was a close friend and literary executor of Archibald Lampman, publishing collections of delicate imagery and intense dramatic conflict, including The Magic House (1893) and In the Village of Viger (1896). His poems like 'The Onondaga Madonna' explored frontier tensions.

Scott served for decades in the federal Department of Indian Affairs, rising to Deputy Superintendent. His dual legacy as an accomplished Canadian modernist poet and the bureaucratic administrator of residential schools remains a complex subject of study.

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Beechwood Cemetery
Ottawa, Canada

                         GPS: 45.4450, -75.6600                    

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