Richmond in Ottawa, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Richmond Military Settlement

1818

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 12, 2017

1. Richmond Military Settlement Marker

Inscription.
In August, 1818, some thirty disbanded veterans of the 99th Regiment, led by Captain G.T. Burke, arrived in newly surveyed Goulbourn Township. These formed the advance party of a military settlement planned and supported by the quartermaster-general's department. Here they laid out a town site named after the governor-general, the Duke of Richmond. Storehouses were built, settlers' cabins erected and the colonists provided with farm implements and rations. Under the general supervision of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Cockburn, about 400 heads of families, including some civilians, were established in the settlement by the end of 1818, thus forming the first large community within the present Carleton County.

Erected by Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Ontario Heritage Trust series list. A significant historical month for this entry is August 1818.

Location. 45° 11.705′ N, 75° 50.28′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Ontario, in Ottawa. It is on Perth Street just west of Huntley Road, on the right when traveling west. Marker is adjacent to the Richmond Fairgrounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6107 Perth Street, Richmond ON K0A 2Z0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Ontario

and in the Ottawa Metropolitan Area.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

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At least 8 other markers are within 11 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: County of Carleton/Richmond Agricultural Society (here, next to this marker); Breaking Through to the Jock River (within shouting distance of this marker); Richmond Settlement 1825 (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); War Memorial Cenotaph (about 90 meters away); St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (approx. half a kilometer away); Loyal Orange Lodge #151 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Charles Lennox (approx. 4.8 kilometers away); War Memorial (approx. 11.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 12, 2017

2. Richmond Military Settlement Marker

History of Richmond image. Click for more information.

via Richmond Village Association, unknown

3. History of Richmond

Richmond Village Association blog entry
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Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,518 times since then and 96 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 12, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on December 24, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.