John Hugh walker was the son of Donald and Catherine MacNeil of Ottawa Brook. His father had come from West Lake Ainslie an worked as a teacher, justice of the peace and warden of the parish. John Hugh married Ottawa Brook resident Mary Ann MacLean, had a large family and later moved to Sydney where he owned and operated a grocery store. He was very active with the Scottish Catholic Society of Canada.
He was a 17th-century Dutch cartographer. He published the influential nautical atlas the Zee-Atlas and the pilot guide Zee-Fakkel
Gerard van Keulen was the son of Johannes van Keulen, a Dutch cartographer who started a publishing and book selling business in 1681. Gerard took over control of the firm in 1714 and continued to add to the company's vast body of cartographic work.
The Union of Nova Scotia Indians (UNSI) was organized in 1969 by the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia as the representative body for all of the Mi'kmaq in the province.