It was granted in 1625 by King Charles I for the first Scottish colony on the Canadian mainland.

The town was founded in January 1736 and named after the Darien Scheme, a former Scottish colony in Panama.

Attempts to establish a Scottish colony in Central America as part of the Darien scheme ended in disaster in the 1690s.

In the 17th century, twenty Scottish traders formed the foundation of a successful Scottish colony in Poland.

The scheme was an attempt to establish a Scottish colony at the isthmus of Darien in Central America.

Panama was the site of the ill-fated Darien scheme, which set up a Scottish colony in the region in 1698.

Attempts to found a Scottish colony in North America in Nova Scotia were largely unsuccessful, with insufficient funds and willing colonists.

The area later became the site of a Spanish and still later Scottish colony during the 17th century.

In 1621, King James VI of Scotland allowed privateer William Alexander to establish the first Scottish colony overseas.

From 1629-1632, Nova Scotia briefly became a Scottish colony.