Thanks DaveRo.
I had hoped to double my repertoire of "tearjerkers" from that area, my fathers uncle returned from there at the end of the 19th.C. bringing with him the family "tearjerker" "Allan McPherson" which dates to the same era, namely, 1883.
In that year it appears there was a great storm, which caused some sort of tragedy which was commemorated by the ballad, now lost?.
The general area being around Lake Winnipeg, being that area granted to Lord Selkirk around 1812, and populated by him with highlanders from the estate of his friend, the Chief of the McDonnels of Glengary,near Loch Ness. He also took over members of the Border clan Glendinning and it was a Glendinning who in 1850 composed "The Scarboura Bays Mans Lament" Now, if I am not mistaken, it mentions in that song "Of Thirty Years That"s Gone" which takes us back to the exact time when the Glendinnings were settled near Winnipeg by Lord Selkirk.
To get back to the lost? ballad, for the storm and tragedy to merit a mention in the history of the area I would imagine that the local papers would have detailed reports and that they may be a source worth exploring---are copies of these now on the web?.