Fonthill in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Joseph-Geneviève, Comte de Puisaye

Joseph-Geneviere, Comte de Puisaye Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 27, 2011

1. Joseph-Geneviere, Comte de Puisaye Marker

Inscription. Soldier, politician, diplomatist and colonizer, de Puisaye was born at Mortagne-en-Perche, France, about 1755 and enlisted in the French army at 18. Elected to the States General in 1789, he supported reform but, alarmed by the course of the Revolution, later organized resistance on behalf of the Royalists. Outlawed, he sought refuge in England and in 1795, as Lieutenant-General, led an ill-fated expedition to Quiberon, Brittany. Three years later, with some forty other émigrés, he arrived in Upper Canada and established a short-lived settlement in the Markham-Vaughan region. In 1799 he purchased a farm here on which he lived until he moved to England in 1802. There he died in 1827.

Erected by Erected by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board, Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, Non-US. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Ontario Heritage Trust series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1755.

Location. 43° 13.021′ N, 79° 3.6′ W. Marker is in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It is in Fonthill. It is on Niagara River Parkway south of Line Road 2, on the

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right when traveling north. This historical marker is located along the Canadian side of the Niagara River, midway between the towns Queenston and Niagara-on-the-Lake. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15608 Niagara River Pkwy, Niagara-on-the-Lake ON L0S 1J0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe

and in Niagara Canada.

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 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Count De Puisaye House 1800 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Count De Puisaye House (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Grand View (approx. one kilometer away in the U.S.); Thomas Moore (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); McFarland House 1800 / Maison McFarland, 1800 (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); The Field House / La Maison Field (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Capture of Fort Niagara 1813 (approx. 2 kilometers away); Upper Canada Heritage Trail (approx. 2.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 27, 2011

2. Joseph-Geneviere, Comte de Puisaye Marker

View of the historical marker situated along the rim of the Niagara River

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 27, 2011

3. Joseph-Geneviere, Comte de Puisaye Marker

View looking south along the Niagara Parkway Recreational Trail of the historical marker.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 27, 2011

4. Joseph-Geneviere, Comte de Puisaye Marker

View looking north along the Niagara Parkway Recreational Trail of the historical marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2011, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 714 times since then and 18 times this year. Last updated on September 2, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 11, 2011, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.