Aldershot in Burlington in Halton Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Sieur de la Salle

Photographed by Tim Boyd, October 16, 2025

1. Sieur de la Salle Marker

Inscription. Erected to commemorate the landing near this spot September 1669 of Sieur de la Salle French explorer believed to have been the first white man to set foot on these shores

Erected 1928 by Wentworth Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Exploration. A significant historical year for this entry is 1669.

Location. 43° 18.076′ N, 79° 50.751′ W. Marker is in Burlington, Ontario, in Halton Region. It is in Aldershot. It can be reached from Lasalle Park Road. The marker is in La Salle Park, accessible by foot approx. 120 metres southwest from the end of the parking lot entered from North Shore Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 839-841 Lasalle Park Road, Burlington ON L7T 4G9, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto,

specifically on the Golden Horseshoe,

in the Hamilton-Halton-Brant Area,

and specifically in the Toronto 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

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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: La Salle Park Pavilion (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); La Salle at the Head of the Lake / La Salle à L’amont du Lac (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Aldershot Corners (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); The Church of St. Matthew on-the-Plains (approx. one kilometer away); Sentinel of the Around the Bay Race (approx. 2.3 kilometers away); Royal Botanical Gardens/ Les Jardins Botaniques Royaux (approx. 2.7 kilometers away); HMCS Haida and the Tribal-Class Destroyers / Le NCSM Haida et les destroyers de classe Tribal (approx. 3 kilometers away); HMCS Haida - NCSM Haida (approx. 3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Burlington.

Also see . . . René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle 1670-1687.

By July, 1669, La Salle was ready to start searching for the “Vermilion Sea” (the Pacific Ocean), which he hoped to reach by way of the Ohio River. Such was
Photographed by Tim Boyd, October 16, 2025

2. Sieur de la Salle Marker
his enthusiasm that he who “would lief permit no other man the honour of finding the way to the South Sea and thence to China” sold his estate back to the people who had granted it to him, fitted out five trading canoes and hired fourteen men.

(Submitted on October 16, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Photographed by Tim Boyd, October 16, 2025

3. Sieur de la Salle Marker

Viewed from near the La Salle Park Pavillon, the marker is affixed to the boulder at the centre of the photo

Renée-Robert, Sieur de la Salle image. Click for full size.

4. Renée-Robert, Sieur de la Salle

Source: Wikipedia, via Project Gutenberg (public domain)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 54 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 16, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.