What could have been Canada's 11th province — the British ... The spoils of war would be used to establish Dalhousie College. George Ramsay was the ninth Earl of Dalhousie and the founder ...

The institution was named after the man who called for its creation, George Ramsay, Nova Scotia’s new lieutenant governor and the Earl of Dalhousie. Founded on Feb. 6, 1818, the university was ...