Historical Markers in Grey County, Ontario

By Doreen Thomson, July 15, 2016

Tom Thomson 1877-1917 Marker

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1 ► Ontario, Grey County, Leith — Tom Thomson 1877-1917 —

One of Canada's most distinguished painters, Thomson was born at Claremont, Ontario County but two months later moved with his parents to Leith where he lived until the age of twenty-one. After working in Toronto as a commercial artist until 1913, . . . — — Map (db m158761) HM

2 ► Ontario, Grey County, Owen Sound — Survey of the Great Lakes / Le levé des Grande lacs —

[English] In 1814-1816 the first Admiralty Survey of Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay was undertaken by Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen, after whom Owen Sound is named. His successor, Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield, completed the first survey of . . . — — Map (db m198330) HM