Downstream from present day Spencerville, the Roebuck area was once home to 1,600 Indigenous people. Based upon research done by Augusta Township we understand that this park is on aboriginal land that was inhabited by Indigenous peoples for . . . — — Map (db m193865) HM
By 1821 Peleg Spencer was operating a grist-mill and sawmill on the South Nation River on a Clergy Lot he had leased in 1817, having previously owned a sawmill on the site from 1811 till 1814. David Spencer, son of Peleg, took over the mills in 1822 . . . — — Map (db m89974) HM
This clock was installed in 1956 in honor of Dr. Pember A. MacIntosh B.A., M.D.C.M. in recognition of his services to the community since 1905. — — Map (db m193862) HM
In loving memory of
Our Heroes
who fell in the Great War
1914 - 1918
Their names shall never perish
[World War I Honored Dead]
Pte. Josie Cook, Apr. 22, 1915 • Sgt. Richard Goodin, May 7, 1916
Lieut. W. Roy Kingston, . . . — — Map (db m193874) WM