Near Baltimore in Northumberland County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Mount Ararat

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 7, 2025

1. Mount Ararat Marker

Inscription. In May 1847, Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899), one of Canadas distinguished early writers, moved with her husband, Thomas, and family from Wolf Tower to this farm which they damed Mount Ararat, "the highest elevation on the Rice Lake Plains.” This property (Lot 19, Concession 8, Hamilton Township) is the locale of Mrs. Traill's famous book for children, Canadian Crusoes (later called Lost In The Backwoods). In the spring of 1849, the Traill family moved a few miles east to Oaklands on Traill Road, their third home in the eleven years they lived in the Gore's Landing area.

Erected 1985 by Township of Hamilton/ Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1847.

Location. 44° 7.463′ N, 78° 11.029′ W. Marker is near Baltimore, Ontario, in Northumberland County. It is on Regional Road 15 0.4 kilometers west of King Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5102 Regional Road 15, Baltimore ON K0K 1C0, Canada. Touch

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Regionally, this marker is in the Kawarthas Northumberland Area

and in Eastern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in 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 13 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gravesite of German Workers (here, next to this marker); Harwood (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Gore’s Landing Dock (approx. 4 kilometers away); Gore’s Landing (approx. 4 kilometers away); Mina Benson (1870-1956) (approx. 9.6 kilometers away); Alderville First Nation Cenotaph (approx. 11.3 kilometers away); a different marker also named Alderville First Nation Cenotaph (approx. 11.3 kilometers away); Alderville Indian Reserve 1837-1987 (approx. 11.6 kilometers away).

Also see . . . Lost in the Backwoods (Project Gutenberg). Catharine Parr Traill’s account of life at Mount Ararat

There
Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 7, 2025

2. Mount Ararat Marker
lies, between the Rice Lake and the Ontario, a deep and fertile valley, surrounded by lofty wood-crowned hills, clothed chiefly with groves of oak and pine, the sides of the hills and the alluvial bottoms display a variety of noble timber trees of various kinds, as the useful and beautiful maple, beech, and hemlock. This beautiful and highly picturesque valley is watered by many clear streams, whence it derives its appropriate appellation of "Cold Springs."

(Submitted on June 9, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

1884

3. Catharine Parr Traill, 1884

Source: Wikipedia (Library and Archives Canada, public licence)

Rice Lake from Mount Ararat image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 7, 2025

4. Rice Lake from Mount Ararat

Credits. This page was last revised on June 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 203 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 9, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.