Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Tae noa ki te rau tau 19, ko Clan Mackay te hapū nui i te rohe me te peka rangatahi o te hapu e whai ana i a Scourie; i te tau 1640, koinei te waahi whanau o Hugh Mackay, he rangatira Scottish i noho ki Netherlands ka whakahau i nga ope a William III i Killiecrankie
i te Hōngongoi 1689. Ko te whakamutunga o nga whenua Scottish o Mackays tae atu ki a Scourie i hokona i te 1829, ahakoa he ingoa noa iho te ingoa i te rohe.