Peterborough in Peterborough County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Sandford Fleming

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 1, 2024

1. Sandford Fleming Marker

Inscription.
Sandford Fleming arrived at this house from Scotland on June 7, 1845. He resided here with his cousin, Dr. John Hutchison, for nearly two years. During this time he surveyed and made a map of the townsite of Peterborough. Here he met his future wife, Ann Jean Hall. He later invented Standard Time Zones and was Chief Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway. This house contains memorabilia of Sir Sandford Fleming.

Erected 1988 by Peterborough Historical Society and Heritage Branch, Ministry of Culture & Communications.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Immigration • Railroads & Streetcars • Science & Medicine • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is June 7, 1845.

Location. 44° 18.425′ N, 78° 19.512′ W. Marker is in Peterborough, Ontario, in Peterborough County. It is on Brock Street just west of Bethune Street, on the right when traveling west. The marker is mounted on the picket fence directly in front of the subject house. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 270 Brock Street, Peterborough ON K9H 2P9, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in the Kawarthas Northumberland Area

and in Eastern Ontario.

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Hutchison House 1837 (here, next to this marker); The "Grover-Nicholls" House (about 180 meters away, measured in a direct line); The Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains / La cathedrale de St. Peter-in-Chains (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); The Peterborough Armoury / Le manège militaire de Peterborough (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); The Brock Street Burial (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Military (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Agricultural Fair (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Civic Park (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Peterborough.

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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 1, 2024

2. Sandford Fleming Marker

The marker is mounted on the left side of the Hutchison House front gate.

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1. Hutchison House Museum History (Peterborough Historical Society).

Excerpt: In 1845, the Hutchison family were joined by John’s young cousin, Sandford Fleming, newly arrived from Scotland to start a life in the Americas. Fleming would use the stone house as his home base for two years as he worked to carve a place for himself in Upper Canada. Sandford Fleming would go on to do many great things in Canadian history, including surveying the Canada Pacific Railway, as well as many others that connected the country, design Canada’s first postage stamp and develop and promote the idea of Standard Time, the latter of which saw him knighted by Queen Victoria in 1897.

(Submitted on November 13, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Sandford Fleming (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Sir Sandford Fleming FRSC KCMG (1827–1915) was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to colonial Canada at the age of 18. He promoted worldwide standard time zones, a prime meridian, and use of the 24-hour clock as key elements to communicating the accurate time, all of which influenced
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 1, 2024

3. The Hutchison House Museum
The Peterborough Historical Society restored the original stone structure to its formative years and now operates the Hutchison House as a museum. (The Sandford Fleming marker is obscured by flowers and shrubbery in this photo.)
the creation of Coordinated Universal Time. He designed Canada's first postage stamp, produced a great deal of work in the fields of land surveying and map making, engineered much of the Intercolonial Railway and the first several hundred kilometers of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and was a founding member of the Royal Society of Canada and founder of the Canadian Institute.

(Submitted on November 13, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

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