Historical Markers and War Memorials in Teeswater, Ontario

By Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025

The Founding of Teeswater Marker

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1 ► Ontario, Bruce County, Teeswater — The Founding of Teeswater —

By 1855 the first permanent settlers on the site of Teeswater, the families of Matthew Hadwen and Peter Brown, had located here on the Teeswater River. In that year Brown erected a sawmill and later added a grist-mill. In 1856 a post otfice was . . . — — Map (db m278208) HM

2 ► Ontario, Bruce County, Teeswater — Olympian Jennie Fletcher — Jennie Fletcher Hyslop, a native of Leicester England 1890 - 1968 —

Jennie Fletcher was born March 19, 1890, one of nine children. Her father, John, was a fishmonger and a fish and chip shop owner who truly believed that his daughter should learn to swim. I won my first medal at 11," she said "I was a natural-born . . . — — Map (db m278200) HM

3 ► Ontario, Bruce County, Teeswater — Teeswater Cenotaph —

[west side] 1914 - 1918 "Who so giveth his life for my sake shall find it” World War 1914-1918 Culross and Teeswater Nursing Sister Maude C. Mcglynn · Alexander Bannerman · Alexander Alphonse Brick · George David Colvin · . . . — — Map (db m279007) WM

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