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"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.
By 1790 the mill, tavern and stores established here near the Bay of Quinté had stimulated the growth of a settlement. Named “Belleville” in 1816, the village progressed steadily as a milling and shipping centre, and in 1834, the thriving community . . . — — Map (db m255695) HM
[English] This imposing structure was erected in 1872-73 to house the public market and administrative offices of the rapidly expanding municipality of Belleville. It was designed by John Evans, a local architect, . . . — — Map (db m260657) HM
[English] Meyers gained fame as a loyalist spy during the American Revolution. He recruited soldiers, gathered intelligence, and carried dispatches through enemy lines for the British army in his native New York. . . . — — Map (db m255607) HM
[English] The largest Protestant denomination in Canada during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Methodist Church (Canada, Newfoundland, Bermuda) was established in 1884. Its formation marked the . . . — — Map (db m255697) HM
[English] A co-discoverer of insulin, J.B. (Bert) Collip was one of Canada's most prolific medical researchers in the first half of the 20th century. Born and raised in Belleville, Collip received a PhD in . . . — — Map (db m255555) HM
The only chaplain in World War II to receive the Victoria Cross, Foote was born and raised in Madoc. He entered the Presbyterian ministry in 1934 and enlisted in the Canadian Chaplain Service five years later. Assigned to the Royal Hamilton Light . . . — — Map (db m273168) HM WM
Mills constructed about 1832 by Donald MacKenzie, a Belleville merchant, and the ironworks erected by American entrepreneurs Uriah Seymour and John Pendergast formed the nucleus of a settlement here on Deer Creek. A post-office, Madoc, was . . . — — Map (db m273505) HM
Born at Deseronto, Kerr attended schools here and in
Toronto. With the outbreak of the First World War he
enlisted on September 22, 1914 with the 3rd Battalion,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, and arrived in France the
following . . . — — Map (db m308021) HM
Led by Deserontyun (Captain John), a group of Mohawks, supporters of the British during the American Revolution, in 1784 became this areas first settlers. Lands to the east of the Mohawks reserve were patented by John Culbertson in 1837. He began . . . — — Map (db m308027) HM
In September, 1615, a small party of Frenchmen commanded
by Samuel de Champlain, and some five hundred Huron
Indians, passed down the Trent River on their way to attack
the Iroquois who lived in what is now northern New York
State. Joined by a . . . — — Map (db m262281) HM WM
The viral disease of smallpox - widespread in 19th century Ontario - flared up in a severe epidemic in Hungerford Township in 1884. The outbreak claimed at least 45 lives in 202 reported cases and disrupted economic activity and family life for many . . . — — Map (db m74023) HM
By 1851, Lucius McConnell and Kenneth McBain, two of the earliest settlers in the area, had located here in Morris Township. Four years later, Donald McDonald laid out a village plot on the border between Wawanosh and Morris Townships and in July, . . . — — Map (db m278044) HM
Ball's Bridge was erected in 1885 to connect Goderich, the county seat, with outlying areas to the cast. The structure is an
excellent - and now rare - example of a two-span Pratt design
through truss, pin-connected wrought iron bridge. Its . . . — — Map (db m284039) HM
Born near here, Coats was educated locally and graduated in 1896 from the University of Toronto. In 1902 Mackenzie King, then Deputy Minister of Labour, persuaded Coats to become editor of the Labour Gazette. In this position he became convinced of . . . — — Map (db m284042) HM
One of North America's pioneer ethnologists and linguists,
Hale practised law in Clinton 1856-1896. Born in New
Hampshire he graduated from Harvard in 1837, and
accompanied the Wilkes Expedition to the Pacific, 1838-1842. His contribution to . . . — — Map (db m233539) HM
The Slomans and the CNR School on Wheels
In 1922 veteran educator J. B. MacDougall urged the provincial government to establish railway car schools to serve residents of Northern Ontario's outlying regions. Four years later two . . . — — Map (db m282571) HM
In 1833 the families of James Willis and William McConnell became the earliest settlers in this area. Within a year McConnell had erected mills here on the banks of the Aux Sables River near which a community known as Francistown developed. South of . . . — — Map (db m284034) HM
In the nearby tomb is buried Dr. William Dunlop, physician, author, woodsman, soldier, politician and raconteur. Born in Scotland, he served in Canada as an army surgeon during the War of 1812. His writings, including articles based on his residence . . . — — Map (db m282580) HM
With the outbreak of hostilities in 1939, one of Canada’s major responsibilities was to provide air training facilities removed from the theatre of war. On December 17, 1939, the Plan was inaugurated. The first schools were opened the following . . . — — Map (db m307346) HM
The Founding of Goderich
In 1826 the Canada Company, a newly chartered colonization
firm, acquired a large block of land known as the Huron Tract.
The following year William “Tiger” Dunlop, appointed Warden of
the Forests by . . . — — Map (db m307304) HM
In a storm that struck Lake Huron on November 9, 1913,
ten lake freighters were lost. Seven of them vanished,
ranging from the 30-year-old, 270-foot "Wexford” to the
550-foot "James Carruthers", launched six months earlier at
Collingwood. The . . . — — Map (db m192995) HM
A powerful Canada Company land magnate, Jones was born in England and acquired business training there.
By virtue of his London connections he obtained an appointment as a Company Commissioner and moved to York (Toronto) in 1829. He administered a . . . — — Map (db m307073) HM
In 1854 William Ainley purchased two hundred acres of
land here on the Middle Branch of the Maitland River.
The following year he laid out a village plot which he
named Ainleyville. A post office named Dingle was opened
in 1856. The community . . . — — Map (db m278042) HM
This house was built about 1846 by Constant Van Egmond, eldest son of Col Anthony Van Egmond, a leader of rebel military forces in the Rebellion of 1837. It has the sturdy proportions typical of the Canadian vernacular interpretation of the Georgian . . . — — Map (db m282516) HM
A native of Holland and veteran of the Napoleonic Wars,
Van Egmond settled in this region in 1828. Under the
general supervision of Dr. William "Tiger" Dunlop, he
constructed the newly-surveyed Huron Road for the Canada
Company. A large . . . — — Map (db m282536) HM
Founder of the Social Credit Party and premier of Alberta,
1935-43, Aberhart attended Seaforth Collegiate Institute
1893-98, and later graduated from Queen's University. In
1910 he moved to Calgary where from 1915-35 he was a
high school . . . — — Map (db m282503) HM
Anticipating the construction of the Buffalo, Brantford and
Goderich Railroad through this region, Christopher and
George Sparling acquired, during 1850-53, most of the
present site of Seaforth. George laid out a subdivision in
1856 and . . . — — Map (db m282508) HM
In the early 1850s, settlers began moving into the townships in the Queen's Bush north of the Huron Tract, One of these townships, Turnberry, was surveyed by 1853 and a plot for a market town designated where two branches of the Maitland River met. . . . — — Map (db m278078) HM
On Old Fort Island a half mile north of here, the Hudson's Bay Company erected a stockaded fur trading post about 1836. This was the first known European structure within present Kenora. In 1861 the post was moved to the mainland, where it formed . . . — — Map (db m106495) HM
Born at St. Sulpice, Quebec, and ordained in 1849, Father Lacombe took up mission work at Fort Edmonton in 1852. The following year he founded Ste. Anne, first of several Oblate missions he established in what is now Alberta. He won the confidence . . . — — Map (db m106498) HM
In January 1907, a hockey team from Kenora, comprising E. Giroux (goal), A.H. Ross (point), S.I. Griffis (cover point), T. Hooper (rover), W. McGimsie (centre), R. Beaudro (right wing) and T. Phillips (captain and left wing), defeated the Montreal . . . — — Map (db m199978) HM
In August, 1870, a force of British regulars and Canadian militia comprising some 1,200 men commanded by Colonel Garnet Wolseley, arrived in this area en route to the Red River to establish Canadian authority within the present province of . . . — — Map (db m106494) HM
In the 1870s, Canada needed a reliable all-Canadian transportation route between Lake Superior and the western prairie territories it acquired in 1869. After promising a rail connection to British Columbia, the federal government started to build a . . . — — Map (db m106540) HM
Patriot, colonizer and priest, he was born in the Highlands of Scotland. In 1804 he came to Canada as chaplain of the disbanded Glengarry Fencibles and later became Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec. As the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of . . . — — Map (db m141400) HM
Sangster, one of the most significant Canadian poets of the pre-confederation period, was born at the naval yard, Point Frederick. In 1849 he edited the "Courier" at Amherstburg but the following year returned to Kingston to work for the "British . . . — — Map (db m284026) HM
One of the most influential and controversial figures in Canadian history, Frontenac was born at St-Germain-en-Laye, France. As a member of the noblesse d'epee he was able in 1672 to secure the appointment as Governor-General of New France. Devoted . . . — — Map (db m39978) HM
Commemorating the services of the first permanent Militia Garrison of Kingston, assembled by Lieutenant-Colonel R.H. Bonnycastle to defend this city during the Upper Canadian Rebellion. The mobilization saved Kingston from invasion since the regular . . . — — Map (db m141444) HM
Born about 1736, Molly Brant (Degonwadonti) was a member of a prominent Mohawk family. About 1759 she became the wife of Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Province of New York and a powerful figure in that colony. . . . — — Map (db m141525) HM
English: A strategic location for the defence of the Loyalist settlement at Cataraqui (Kingston), this point was reserved in 1788 and named after Sir Frederick Haldimand, Governor of Quebec (1778-86). In 1790-91 a guardhouse and storehouse . . . — — Map (db m83571) HM
Boucher was born at Fort Frontenac (Kingston) where his
father, an officer with the French colonial regular troops,
was stationed. René-Amable also chose a military career
and served in the Seven Years War with the French defenders of . . . — — Map (db m207809) HM
Early in his celebrated career the explorer La Salle played a principal role in the expansion of the French fur trade into the Lake Ontario region. In 1673 he arranged a meeting between Governor-General Frontenac, who wanted to shift the . . . — — Map (db m284102) HM
The largest Loyalist Corps in the Northern Department during the American Revolution, the King's Royal Regiment of New York was raised on June 19, 1776 under the command of Sir John Johnson. Originally composed of one battalion with ten companies, . . . — — Map (db m39977) HM
The first optical astronomical observatory in the province,
the Kingston Observatory was established in 1855 after
a solar eclipse aroused public interest in astronomical studies. Under the auspices of a committee of British . . . — — Map (db m217693) HM
Born in Pennsylvania, Stuart was ordained in 1770 and sent to Fort Hunter, N.Y., as missionary to the Mohawks. An ardent Loyalist, he came to Canada in 1781 where he was appointed chaplain to the 2nd Battalion King’s Royal Regiment of New York. In . . . — — Map (db m144202) HM
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Once part of a large and active naval dockyard, this substantial stone building was erected as a warehouse for naval stores. Although initially planned in 1816, it was not completed until four years later when the need for storage . . . — — Map (db m83567) HM
The first Fort Henry was built during the War of 1812 to protect the British dockyards in Navy Bay. The present limestone citadel, constructed between 1832 and 1837, replaced the old fort as part of a larger plan for the defence of the recently . . . — — Map (db m284002) HM
By 1836 the earliest settlers on the site of Arkona, notably Henry Utter, Nial Eastman, and John Smith, had located in this vicinity. Within three years Utter, the first to arrive, had constructed a grist-mill around which a small community, the . . . — — Map (db m272868) HM
Froome (1807-1902) and Field (1815-74) Talfourd emigrated from England in 1832, and in the following year took up adjoining lots here in Moore township. Froome had previously served my H.M.S. Ariadne under Captain Frederick Marryat, the author. . . . — — Map (db m272669) HM
In 1858 Timothy Resseguie laid out the first village lots and the opening of a railway station here in 1859 on the recently completed Grand Trunk line from Guelph to Sarnia provided the nucleus around which this community grew. A general store was . . . — — Map (db m272866) HM
Grand Bend derived its name from a hairpin turn in the Ausable (Aux Sables) River a short distance inland from Lake Huron where sand dunes blocked the river's outlet to the lake. Frequent flooding hampered farming in the region; . . . — — Map (db m272874) HM
Following the discovery of oil at Oil Springs in 1857 prospectors extended their search to the entire township of Enniskillen. At the site of Petrolia, which contained two small settlements with post offices named Durance and Ennis, a well was . . . — — Map (db m78417) HM
In 1838 John Slocum, a native of New York, established a
commercial fishery on the site of a former military reserve
here where the St. Clair River flows out of Lake Huron. The
area remained sparsely populated until 1859 when it became
the . . . — — Map (db m272778) HM
First ship to sail Lakes Erie, Huron and Michigan, the “Griffon”, probably 40- 45 feet long, was built by Robert Chavelier, Sieur de La Salle, several miles above Niagara Falls in 1679. La Salle came to New France in 1667, became seigneur of . . . — — Map (db m197805) HM
Born on a nearby farm, Johnston became a co-founder and,
in 1915, the first president of the world's first Kiwanis
Club. He spent his childhood in this area, and in 1892
emigrated to Detroit, Michigan. Employed in the insurance
business, he . . . — — Map (db m284067) HM
Constructed about 1861, this house is a fine example of a blend of several Revival styles termed Ontario Classic Architecture, popular throughout the province during the second half of the nineteenth century. It was built for John Mackenzie, a . . . — — Map (db m272771) HM
Stimulated by the discovery of significant oil deposits in Enniskillen Township, Ontario's first commercial refineries were erected in 1857-62 at Sarnia, Oil Springs,
"Petrolea" and Hamilton. The industry, developed to produce coal-oil and . . . — — Map (db m272678) HM
The first woman to hold a vice-regal office in Canada, Pauline Emily Mills, was born in Sarnia, Ontario in 1910. After local schooling and a degree at Victoria College, University of Toronto, she married Donald Walker McGibbon in 1935. A . . . — — Map (db m272766) HM
The Founding of Sarnia. The French-speaking families of Ignace Cazelet, Jean-Baptiste Pare and Joseph LaForge arrived here 1807-1810. Other settlers, many of Scottish descent, came in 1832-1834 folLowing the 1829 survey of Sarnia . . . — — Map (db m272729) HM
The first international submarine railway tunnel in North America was built here, 1889-91, by the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. It connects Sarnia with Port Huron, Michigan, To compete with U.S. railways for the lucrative Chicago and . . . — — Map (db m272707) HM
In 1829 Henry Jones of Devon, England, a retired purser in the Royal Navy, brought a group of more than 50 emigrants from the United Kingdom to this area where he established a settlement on a 1,000 acre tract of land on Lake Huron. An early . . . — — Map (db m272851) HM
In 1858, during the construction of the Grand Trunk Railway through this region, Nelson Southworth purchased land here on the line, donated a site for a station and laid out a village plot which he named Thedford. The hamlet which developed, . . . — — Map (db m272871) HM
Joseph Little came to Warwick Township from Ireland in 1833 to manage the estate of a large landowner. The poverty of many pioneers so shocked him that, indifferent to his own comfort, he gradually gave away his savings wages, clothing . . . — — Map (db m272859) HM
This stone church, an attractive example of an early form of Gothic Revival architecture, was constructed in 1835–36 on land obtained from John Mitchell, one of Ramsay Township's earliest settlers. Built by the local congregation of the Established . . . — — Map (db m104031) HM
This is the boyhood home of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Born in a house which formerly stood on this lot, he entered McGill University in 1883 where he was active in athletics. In 1890 Naismith graduated in theology from . . . — — Map (db m104107) HM
The sawmill and grist-mill completed here on the Mississippi River in 1823 by Daniel Shipman provided the nucleus around which a community known as Shipman's Mills had developed by 1824. About 1850 two town plots were laid out here - "Victoria" by . . . — — Map (db m104000) HM
In 1857 James Rosamond built this mill on the Mississippi River, thereby firmly establishing the woollen industry in Almonte. An Irish-born entrepreneur, Rosamond was previously a resident of nearby Carleton Place where, in 1846, he had built one . . . — — Map (db m104009) HM
Victor in aerial combat over Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the First World War's leading fighter pilot and German national hero, Arthur Roy Brown was born at Carleton Place. In 1915 he qualified as a civilian pilot and was commissioned . . . — — Map (db m103968) HM
The families of Edmond Morphy and William Moore became in 1819 the first settlers on the site of Carleton Place. About 1822 Hugh Boulton built a mill here on the Mississippi River which provided the nucleus around which a community, known as . . . — — Map (db m103985) HM
Born at Coupar-Angus, Scotland, Buchanan graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University. He later became a Presbyterian minister and was called to Upper Canada. He arrived in Beckwith Township in August 1822, to become its first . . . — — Map (db m233987) HM
Beckwith Township, surveyed in 1817, had among its first settlers discharged military personnel and emigrants from the United Kingdom. The Reverend Michael Harris of Perth administered to the Anglicans until a resident clergyman, the . . . — — Map (db m233990) HM
In August, 1820, a government depot was completed on the site of this community to serve as the centre of a military settlement in the newly-surveyed townships of Lanark, Ramsay, North Sherbrooke and Dalhousie. By the spring of 1821 some 1,500 . . . — — Map (db m272880) HM
This grist-mill was constructed in 1830 by John Baird, a Scottish pioneer. In 1930 it was restored by Robert Tait McKenzie (1867–1938) the prominent Canadian surgeon, physical educator, and sculptor, as his summer home and studio. Born in . . . — — Map (db m104090) HM
This house was built in 1823 by James Boulton, one of Perth’s first lawyers. Modelled after "The Grange" in Toronto, the house was designed in the Adamesque style, which was popular in Upper Canada during the 1820’s, with overtones of the . . . — — Map (db m207798) HM
An astute public servant who played a significant role in the development of Western Canada, Morris was born in Perth. In 1861, after establishing a successful law practice in Montreal, he was elected to the legislature as the member . . . — — Map (db m207696) HM
Here died the victim of the last fatal duel fought in this province,
June 13, 1833. Two law students and former friends, John Wilson and
Robert Lyon, quarrelled over remarks made by the latter concerning a
local school teacher, . . . — — Map (db m233873) HM
A prominent Upper Canadian entrepreneur and politician, Cameron was born in Trois-Rivières. He began his business career in Perth, establishing himself as a general merchant and in 1834 co-founding the Bathurst Courier. In 1837 . . . — — Map (db m207786) HM
The son of Loyalists from the Morrisburg area, Daniel McMartin (1798-1869) established a law practice in Perth in 1823. Well-educated and well-connected, he acquired clients like timber baron Philemon Wright of Hull. McMartin chose a . . . — — Map (db m207667) HM
The present townships of Bathhurst, Beckwith and Drummond were settled under the jurisdiction of the Quarter Master General's Department. Scottish emigrants, quartered in barracks at Brockville during the winter of 1815-16, and soldiers . . . — — Map (db m207754) HM
One of the most influential Presbyterian clergymen in Upper Canada, Bell was born in Airdrie, Scotland. In 1808, he entered a Congregational academy in London to train for the ministry and, after completing his studies in Scotland and . . . — — Map (db m233976) HM
Constructed 1826-32 by the British government for military purposes, but used principally for commerce, the Rideau waterway, together with the lower Ottawa River, was the first canalized route from Montreal to the Great Lakes. Although eastbound . . . — — Map (db m142082) HM
In 1828, eight years after the original settlement of this area, the St. Andrew's Philanthropic Society founded the first public library within the old Bathurst District. A log building, known
as St. Andrew's Hall, housed the library for many . . . — — Map (db m272892) HM
On this island, formerly known as Hospital Island, stood the sheds erected to house emigrants who were victims of cholera in the great epidemic of 1832. Many persons died here, including Doctor Robert Gilmour, a native of Scotland and president of . . . — — Map (db m87065) HM
On the night of February 6-7, 1813, Major Benjamin Forsyth of the United States Army, with a detachment of regulars and militia numbering about 200 men, crossed the frozen St. Lawrence River from Morristown, N.Y., and attacked Brockville. The . . . — — Map (db m83482) HM
Born at Brockville, Canada West, Chaffey became a shipbuilder on the Great Lakes and the inventor of a new type of propeller. Subsequently he went to California where, in partnership with his brother, he built a model irrigation project and founded . . . — — Map (db m87019) HM
A prominent Canadian politician, Morris was born in Paisley, Scotland. His family immigrated to Canada in 1801 and later settled in Elizabethtown (Brockville). He joined his brothers, Alexander and William, in business there about 1820 and by 1836 . . . — — Map (db m87063) HM
In 1808 the provincial government authorized the erection of a court house and gaol in Elizabethtown (Brockville) to serve the District of Johnstown created ten years earlier. By 1811 a brick structure had been built here on land donated by William . . . — — Map (db m83480) HM
A prominent provincial politician, Gowan was born in County Wexford, Ireland. He came to Upper Canada in 1829 and immediately immersed himself in political affairs. Drawing upon his experience in the Irish Orange Order, Gowan established the Grand . . . — — Map (db m83479) HM
Born and raised in Brockville, George Taylor Fulford apprenticed at his brother's drugstore and took charge of it himself at age 22. Five years later, he was elected to the first of 12 terms as alderman. Fulford entered the patent-medicine trade in . . . — — Map (db m87015) HM
Construction of Canada's first railway tunnel, which runs from this point for 1,730 feet in a northerly direction, began in September, 1854. Designed to give the Brockville and Ottawa Railway access to the riverfront, it was opened on December 31, . . . — — Map (db m87075) HM
Renowned as the founder of Brockville, Buell was born in Hebron, Connecticut. Shortly after the outbreak of the American Revolution he moved to Québec where he joined the British forces and eventually served as a commissioned officer in the King's . . . — — Map (db m87079) HM
In 1828 Richard Duncan Fraser, the son of an early Loyalist settler, Captain Thomas Fraser, donated land here for the building of a church to serve the Anglicans in this area. Their minister, the Reverend J.G. Weagandt, the missionary stationed at . . . — — Map (db m86849) HM
The grist-mill built at Point Cardinal by Hugh Munro about 1796 fostered the development here of a small settlement. A sawmill and store were later erected, and in 1837 a post-office, "Edwardsburgh", was established. In 1858, attracted by abundant . . . — — Map (db m86852) HM
Opened in 1887, this charming two-room brick school, built by local contractor
Fred Taber, replaced a smaller wood-frame building. School Section No. 5 in
South Crosby is a very early example of the late 19th century campaign . . . — — Map (db m207541) HM
Born in Connecticut, Stone forfeited his home and property there when he fled to New York to serve with the Loyalist militia during the American Revolution. He came to Canada in 1786, settled with his family in New Johnstown (now Cornwall) and was . . . — — Map (db m90006) HM
Built about 1831-32, and designed in the late phase of the Neo-Classic style, this structure is among the best of its type remaining in Ontario. Constructed as a dwelling for John McDonald, a local landowner, merchant, postmaster and later a member . . . — — Map (db m83532) HM
On September 21, 1812, a United States force of some 200 regulars and militia under Capt. Benjamin Forsyth attacked Gananoque. The village was an important forwarding point for supplies moving up the St. Lawrence from Montreal to Kingston and was . . . — — Map (db m83531) HM
In 1789-90 a town plot of one mile square was laid out in this vicinity. Many Loyalists, including Sir John Johnson, obtained lots in the settlement. A sawmill and grist-mill were constructed, and in 1793 it was made the administrative centre of the . . . — — Map (db m86853) HM
Ontario's ninth Premier was born here in Kemptville, son of Charles Ferguson, a local doctor and member of the House of Commons. Following graduation from the University of Toronto in 1891, Howard studied law under Sir William Meredith and . . . — — Map (db m181217) HM
One of the earliest Canadian female medical missionaries, Elizabeth Rabb Beatty was born near Caintown and moved to Lansdowne where she attended local schools. She taught in Leeds County before entering Queen's University, Kingston, to study . . . — — Map (db m87198) HM
This international bridge system links Canada and the United States across the St. Lawrence River and islands from Ivy Lea, Ontario, to Collins Landing, N.Y. It was opened on August 18, 1938, by William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of . . . — — Map (db m124428) HM
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