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Canada, Ontario Heritage Trust Historical Markers

"The Provincial Plaque Program is the [Ontario Heritage] Trust’s oldest and perhaps best-known activity, with nearly 1,300 familiar blue and gold plaques in communities across Ontario..." [from the Trust's website]. This series includes the blue and gold markers previously sponsored by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board and other name derivatives.
 
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1 ► Virginia, York County, Yorktown — The Queens Rangers 1776 — 1st American Regiment —
On Water Street at Buckner Street, on the left when traveling west on Water Street.
2 ► Ontario, Ottawa, Burritts Rapids — Christ Church —
On Donnelly Drive at Burritts Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Donnelly Drive.
3 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Batchawana Bay — The Trans-Canada Highway —
On Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 17) 0.8 kilometers west of Whispering Pines Road, on the right when traveling west.
4 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Bruce Mines — The Bruce Mines —
On Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 17) at Taylor Street, on the right when traveling east on Trans-Canada Highway.
5 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Desbarats — "Ripple Rock" —
On Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 17) 1.5 kilometers west of Kensington Road, on the right when traveling west.
6 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Elliot Lake — Elliot Lake Mining Camp / Le camp minier d'Elliot Lake —
On Provincial Highway 108 at Hillside Drive South, on the left when traveling north on Provincial Highway 108.
7 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Sault Ste. Marie — Anna Jameson — 1794-1860 —
On St Mary's River Drive 0.2 kilometers west of Foster Drive, on the right when traveling south.
8 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Sault Ste. Marie — Col. John Prince — 1796-1870 —
Near Lake Street 0.6 kilometers south of Queen Street East.
9 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Sault Ste. Marie — Precious Blood Cathedral —
On Queen Street East 0.2 kilometers west of Pim Street, on the right when traveling west.
10 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Sault Ste. Marie — Shingwauk Hall —
On Queen Street East 0.2 kilometers west of Riverside Drive, on the right when traveling west.
11 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Sault Ste. Marie — The "Chicora" Incident — 1870 —
On Canal Drive 1 kilometer west of Huron Street, on the right when traveling west.
12 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Sault Ste. Marie — The North West Company Post —
Near Hub Trail 0.1 kilometers east of Canal Drive, on the right when traveling east.
13 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Thessalon — Capture of the "Tigress" and "Scorpion" —
On Lakeside Drive just north of Stanley Street, on the right when traveling north.
14 ► Ontario, Algoma District, Wawa — The Michipicoten Canoe Route —
Near Trans-Canada Highway (National Highway 17) 1.4 kilometers south of High Falls Road, on the right when traveling south.
15 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brant — Syl Apps (1915-1998) —
On Elm Street at William Street, on the right when traveling south on Elm Street.
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16 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brant — The Hon. Harry C. Nixon (1891-1961) —
On Brant Highway 5 0.5 kilometers west of Sager Road, on the right when traveling west.
17 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brant, Mount Pleasant — Dr. Augusta Stowe Gullen — 1857-1943 —
On Mount Pleasant Road 0.2 kilometers south of Ellis Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
18 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brant, Paris — “King” Capron 1796-1872 —
On Homestead Road at Hiram Road, on the right when traveling east on Homestead Road.
19 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brant, Paris — Paris Plains Church — 1845 —
On Paris Plains Church Road 1.1 kilometers east of Pinehurst Road, on the left when traveling east.
20 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brant, Paris — The Asa Wolverton House —
On Grand River Street South at Burwell Street, on the right when traveling north on Grand River Street South.
21 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford — Brant County Court House —
On Wellington Street just west of George Street, on the right when traveling west.
22 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford — Brant County Court-House
On Wellington Street just east of Market Street, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
23 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford — Canada’s First Telephone Business Office 1877 —
On Tutela Heights Road 0.8 kilometers east of Mount Pleasant Road, on the left when traveling east.
24 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford — Hon. George Brown 1818-1880 —
On Colborne Street East just east of Johnson Road, on the right when traveling east.
25 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford — Lawren Harris — 1885 - 1970 —
Near Ava Road 0.4 kilometers north of Paris Road.
26 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford — Mohawk Village — Le village des Mohawks —
On Mohawk Street close to Morrison Road, on the left when traveling west.
27 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford — Rev. Peter Jones — 1802-1856 —
On Colborne Street East 0.3 kilometers east of Wayne Gretzky Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
28 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford — Sara Jeannette Duncan 1861-1922 —
On West Street just north of Chatham Street, on the left when traveling north.
29 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford — St. Paul’s 1785 H.M. Chapel of the Mohawks / St. Paul’s 1785 Chapelle Royale des Mohawks —
Near Mohawk Street close to Morrison Road, on the left when traveling west.
30 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford — The Founding of Brantford —
On Wellington Street just east of George Street, on the left when traveling east.
31 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford — The Mohawk Institute —
On Mohawk Street, on the right when traveling west.
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32 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford — William Charles Good — 1876-1967 —
Near Myrtleville Drive 0.3 kilometers west of Balmoral Drive, on the right when traveling west.
33 ► Ontario, Brant County, Brantford, Holmdale-Landsdowne — The Ontario School for the Blind —
On Saint Paul Avenue at Palmerston Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Saint Paul Avenue.
34 ► Ontario, Brant County, Oakland — The Battle of Malcolm’s Mills — 1814 —
On Oakland Road (County Route 4) at King Street South (County Route 24), on the right when traveling west on Oakland Road.
35 ► Ontario, Brant County, Ohsweken — Cogwagee • Tom Longboat — 1886 - 1949 —
On 4th Line close to Chiefswood Road, on the left when traveling west.
36 ► Ontario, Brant County, Ohsweken — E. Pauline Johnson — 1861-1913 —
Near County Highway 54 just east of Chiefswood Road, on the right when traveling east.
37 ► Ontario, Brant County, Ossweken — Ahyouwaeghs - John Brant — 1794 - 1832 —
Near Fourth Line Road at Chiefswood Road, on the left when traveling east.
38 ► Ontario, Brant County, Scotland — Duncombe's Uprising 1837 —
On Simcoe Street at Talbot Street, in the median on Simcoe Street.
39 ► Ontario, Brant County, St. George — Adelaide Hunter Hoodless — 1857-1910 —
On Blue Lake Road (County Road 35) 0.6 kilometers west of Brant Road (Provincial Highway 24), on the right when traveling west.
40 ► Ontario, Bruce County, Arran-Elderslie, Paisley — David Brown Milne 1882-1953 —
On Queen Street North (Bruce County Road 3) at Cambridge Street, on the right when traveling south on Queen Street North (Bruce County Road 3).
41 ► Ontario, Bruce County, Kincardine, Tiverton — Douglas Point Nuclear Power Plant / Centrale Nucléaire de Douglas Point —
Near Bruce County Road 20.
42 ► Ontario, Bruce County, Paisley — The Founding of Paisley —
On Goldie Street (Provincial Highway 11) at Queen Street South, on the right when traveling west on Goldie Street.
43 ► Ontario, Bruce County, Teeswater — The Founding of Teeswater —
On Clinton Street South at Union Street East, on the right when traveling north on Clinton Street South.
44 ► Ontario, Bruce County, Walkerton — The Founding of Walkerton —
On McNab Street 0.1 kilometers south of Durham Street East, on the right when traveling south.
45 ► Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Bothwell, Zone Township — The Founding of Bothwell, 1855 —
On Main Street North (Chatham-Kent County Road 22) at Elm Street East on Main Street North (Chatham-Kent County Road 22).
46 ► Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Chatham — Chatham Blockhouse — — 1794 — —
Near William Street North at Murray Street, on the left when traveling north.
47 ► Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Chatham — John Brown's Convention 1858 —
On King Street East just east of Prince Street South, on the left when traveling east.
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48 ► Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Chatham — Kent County Court House —
On Stanley Avenue at 7th Street, on the left when traveling east on Stanley Avenue.
49 ► Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Dresden — The Dawn Settlement / La Colonie de Dawn —
On Uncle Tom's Road at Park Street, on the right when traveling west on Uncle Tom's Road.
50 ► Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Dresden — The Founding of Dresden —
On Main Street at St. George Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
51 ► Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Morpeth — The Wilkins Expedition — 1763 —
On Gardiner Avenue at Lakeshore Road, on the left when traveling east on Gardiner Avenue.
52 ► Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Thamesville — Battle of Moraviantown, 1813 — Bataille de Moraviantown, 1813 — (Battle of the Thames) / (Bataille de la Thames) —
On Longwoods Road (County Route 2), on the right when traveling east.
53 ► Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Wallaceburg — James Paris Lee 1831-1904 —
On Dufferin Avenue 0.1 kilometers east of McNaughton Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
54 ► Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Wallaceburg — Wallaceburg —
On James Street at Fork Street, on the right when traveling east on James Street.
55 ► Ontario, Chatham-Kent, Wallaceburg, Chatham Township — The Baldoon Settlement — —- 1804-1818 —- —
On Saint Clair Parkway at Langstaff Line, on the left when traveling north on Saint Clair Parkway.
56 ► Ontario, Cochrane District, Cochrane — Niven's Meridian —
On Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 11) at Beadman Road (Zucks Road), on the right when traveling west on Trans-Canada Highway.
57 ► Ontario, Cochrane District, Cochrane — The Founding of Cochrane / La fondation de Cochrane —
On Railway Street 0.1 kilometers east of 7th Avenue South, on the right when traveling east.
58 ► Ontario, Cochrane District, Connaught — Frederick House —
On Frederick House Lake Road 1.6 kilometers east of Connaught Road, on the right when traveling east.
59 ► Ontario, Cochrane District, Iroquois Falls — The Founding of Iroquois Falls / La fondation d'Iroquois Falls —
On Cambridge Avenue at Synagogue Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Cambridge Avenue.
60 ► Ontario, Cochrane District, Iroquois Falls, Porquis Junction — Sergeant Aubrey Cosens, V.C. — 1921-1945 —
On Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 11) 1 kilometer south of Provincial Highway 67, on the left when traveling south.
61 ► Ontario, Cochrane District, Matheson — Great Fire of 1916 —
Near Fourth Avenue (Provincial Highway 101) just north of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north.
62 ► Ontario, Cochrane District, Porcupine — Porcupine Mining Area / Région minière de Porcupine —
On King Street (Provincial Highway 101) at Bellemare Street, on the right when traveling west on King Street.
63 ► Ontario, Cochrane District, South Porcupine — The Porcupine Fire / L'incendie de Porcupine —
Near Bloor Avenue 0.2 kilometers east of Crawford Street.
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64 ► Ontario, Cochrane District, Timmins — CFCL Radio / Station de radio CFCL —
On Riverside Drive (Algonquin Boulevard West) (Provincial Highway 101) 0.2 kilometers east of Craig Street, on the left when traveling east.
65 ► Ontario, Cochrane District, Tunis — The Forty-Ninth Parallel —
On Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 11) at Hanna Road, on the right when traveling north on Trans-Canada Highway.
66 ► Ontario, Dufferin County, Melancthon — Horning’s Mills —
On Mill Street 0.1 kilometers east of Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
67 ► Ontario, Dufferin County, Orangeville — Dufferin County Court House —
On Zina Street at Louisa Street, on the right when traveling west on Zina Street.
68 ► Ontario, Dufferin County, Shelburne, Horning — The Founding of Shelburne —
On Victoria Street at Main Street East, on the right when traveling north on Victoria Street.
69 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Ajax — The Founding of Ajax / La Fondation D’Ajax —
On Harwood Avenue South, on the right when traveling north.
70 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Ajax — The Founding of Pickering —
On Old Kingston Road just west of Church Street North, on the left when traveling west.
71 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Cannington — Robert Holmes 1861-1930 —
Near Peace Street just north of McRae Street, on the right when traveling north.
72 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Clarington — Joseph E. Atkinson 1865-1948 —
On King Avenue East 0.1 kilometers Beaver Street North, on the left when traveling east.
73 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Clarington, Bowmanville — Lt.-Col. Charles Robert McCullough — 1865-1947 —
On Temperance Street at King Street West, on the right when traveling south on Temperance Street.
74 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Clarington, Courtice — The Bible Christian Church / L’Église Bible Christian —
On Courtice Road at Bloor Street, on the right when traveling north on Courtice Road.
75 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Clarington, Kirby — Sir Ambrose Thomas Stanton M.D., K.C.M.G. — 1875 - 1938 —
On Old Kirby School Road at Ganaraska Road, on the left when traveling north on Old Kirby School Road.
76 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Clarington, Newcastle — Bishop Charles Henry Brent 1862-1929 —
On Mill Street South at Edward Street West, on the right when traveling south on Mill Street South.
77 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Clarington, Newcastle — Newcastle Fish Hatchery 1868 —
On Durham Regional Highway 2 0.2 kilometers east of Cobbledick Road, on the right when traveling west.
78 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Clarington, Newcastle — The Masseys at Newcastle / Les Massey à Newcastle —
On King Avenue East at Beaver Street South on King Avenue East.
79 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Clarington, Tyrone — Robert McLaughlin — 1836 - 1921 —
On Concession Road 7 0.5 kilometers west of Liberty Street North, on the right when traveling west.
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80 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Leaskdale — Lucy Maud Montgomery —
On Durham Regional Road 1 just north of Leaskdale Road, on the right when traveling north.
81 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Oshawa — R.S. "Sam" McLaughlin, C.C., 1871-1972 —
Near Simcoe Street North (Durham Regional Road 2) just south of Parkwood Court, on the right when traveling south.
82 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Oshawa, Lakeview — The Hon. Gordon D. Conant 1885-1953 —
On Simcoe Street South 0.2 kilometers south of Lakeview Park Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
83 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Port Perry — James Llewellyn Frise —
On Portview Road just east of Island Road (Durham Regional Road 7), on the right when traveling east.
84 ► Ontario, Durham Region, Whitby — Ontario Ladies’ College —
On Reynolds Street at Gilbert Street East, on the left when traveling south on Reynolds Street.
85 ► Ontario, Elgin County, Aylmer — The Founding of Aylmer —
On Talbot Street West at Centre Street, on the left when traveling west on Talbot Street West.
86 ► Ontario, Elgin County, Port Burwell — Lieut.-Col. Mahlon Burwell — 1783 - 1846 —
On Erieus Street near Pitt Street, on the right when traveling south.
87 ► Ontario, Elgin County, Port Burwell — Port Burwell Lighthouse 1840 —
On Robinson Street just south of Pitt Street, on the right when traveling south.
88 ► Ontario, Elgin County, Port Burwell — Trinity Anglican Church 1836 —
On Pitt Street at Strachan Street, on the left when traveling east on Pitt Street.
89 ► Ontario, Elgin County, Port Stanley — Lieut.-Col. John Bostwick — 1780 - 1849 —
On Colborne Street at Matilda Street, on the left when traveling south on Colborne Street.
90 ► Ontario, Elgin County, Port Stanley — The London and Port Stanley Railroad / Le Chemin de Fer London and Port Stanley —
On Bridge Street, on the right when traveling west.
91 ► Ontario, Elgin County, Springfield — The Founding of Springfield —
On Ron McNeil Line (County Road 52) at Whittaker Road (County Road 49), on the left when traveling west on Ron McNeil Line (County Road 52).
92 ► Ontario, Elgin County, St. Thomas — Captain. Daniel Rapelje — 1774-1828 —
On Talbot Street at Mondamin Street on Talbot Street.
93 ► Ontario, Elgin County, St. Thomas — Col. the Hon. Thomas Talbot 1771-1853 —
On Wellington Street at Queen Street, on the right when traveling east on Wellington Street.
94 ► Ontario, Elgin County, St. Thomas — Dr. Charles Duncombe (1791-1867) —
On Pleasant Street at Talbot Street, on the right when traveling south on Pleasant Street.
95 ► Ontario, Elgin County, St. Thomas — Hon. Mitchell F. Hepburn 1896-1953 —
On Talbot Street at Mary Street, on the right when traveling east on Talbot Street.
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96 ► Ontario, Elgin County, St. Thomas — RCAF Technical Training School / L’École de Formation de L’Aviation Royale du Canada —
On Sunset Drive (County Road 4) 0.4 kilometers north of John Wise Line, on the right when traveling north.
97 ► Ontario, Elgin County, St. Thomas — St. Thomas Canada Southern Railway Station / Gare ferroviaire de St. Thomas —
Near Talbot Street east of Horton Street, on the right when traveling east.
98 ► Ontario, Elgin County, St. Thomas — St. Thomas’ Church 1824 —
On Walnut Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling east on Walnut Street.
99 ► Ontario, Elgin County, St. Thomas — The Honourable John Rolph, M.D. — 1793-1870 —
On Fingal Line 1.6 kilometers west of Sunset Drive, on the right when traveling east.
100 ► Ontario, Elgin County, St. Thomas — The Quaker Settlement at Sparta / La Colonie Quaker de Sparta —
On Sparta Line 1.2 kilometers west of Quaker Road, on the right when traveling west.

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Nov. 13, 2026