Near Glencoe in Middlesex County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Peter McArthur

1866-1924

Photographed by Tim Boyd, May 30, 2025

1. Peter McArthur Marker

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Born near Appin Upper Canada, McArthur attended the University of Toronto and worked briefly for the Toronto Mail before moving to New York in 1890. In 1896 he became editor of Truth and as such encouraged both Canadian and American writers. Returning to his birthplace in 1908 he combined farming with journalism, contributing many articles, essays, and poems to the press. Several compilations of his work were published, the best known of which is a collection of essays entitled In Pastures Green. He died in London, Ontario.

Né près d'Appin (Haut - Canada), McArthur étudia à l'Université de Toronto, travailla un temps au Mail de Toronto, et déménagea à New York en 1890. Rédacteur en chef du Truth en 1896, il en profita pour encourager les écrivains canadiens et américains. Revenu chez lui en 1908, il se consacra a l'agriculture et au journalisme. Il écrivit bon nombre d'articles, dessais littéraires et de poèmes quil fit paraitre dans les journaux. Plusieurs recueils de ses crits ont été publiés, dont le plus connu est une série d'essais intitulée In Pastures Green.

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Il mourut à London (Ontario).

Erected by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Arts, Letters, Music. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1890.

Location. 42° 44.623′ N, 81° 38.568′ W. Marker is near Glencoe, Ontario, in Middlesex County. It is on Longwoods Road 1.2 kilometers east of Taits Road, on the right when traveling east. The marker is in McArthur Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4421 Longwoods Rd, Glencoe ON N0L 1M0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Southwest Ontario Area

and in Southwestern 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 8 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Peter McArthur: the Sage of Ekfrid (within shouting distance of this marker); Glencoe (approx. 5.5 kilometers away); Glencoe Cenotaph (approx. 5.5 kilometers away); Village of Glencoe 1856 (approx. 5.6 kilometers away); Grand Trunk and Wabash Train Station (approx. 5.6 kilometers away); Glencoe Dominion Building (approx. 5.7 kilometers away); Glen Hall (approx. 5.8 kilometers away); Battle of Longwoods (approx. 7.5 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Glencoe.

Also see . . . Peter McArthur (Canadian Encyclopedia).

Photographed by Tim Boyd, May 30, 2025

2. Peter McArthur Marker

An early Canadian proponent of the back-to-the-land movement and a dedicated promoter of agrarianism, McArthur was drawn to an idealistic vision of Canada's rural past and stories of the heroic pioneer. His most successful essays reflect this belief: organized according to the routines of farm life or patterns of the natural world, they are the contemplative, first-person reflections of a contented farmer-philosopher who represents his farm as a place of peace, a place of refuge and a home far removed from the excesses troubling the modern world.

(Submitted on May 31, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

1919

3. Peter McArthur, 1919

Source: Wikipedia (Public Domain)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 88 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 31, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.