Historical Markers and War Memorials in Renfrew, Ontario

By William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2021

First Municipal Council Meeting Marker

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1 ► Ontario, Renfrew County, Renfrew — First Municipal Council Meeting — 1858 • 1983 —

In commemoration of the first meeting of the Municipal Council of the Village of Renfrew held on 30 August 1858, by petition to Her Majesty's Signet, Lord Lyon King of Arms, unto the town of Renfrew was granted on 9 September 1982 this coat of . . . — — Map (db m181244) HM

2 ► Ontario, Renfrew County, Renfrew — Renfrew Fire Bell — Renfrew Fire Department — Est. 1873 —

This firebell was used from 1897 at the fire station on Duke Street. It was moved to this tower and remained in use until 1963. — — Map (db m181235) HM

3 ► Ontario, Renfrew County, Renfrew — Renfrew Fire Station —

Town of Renfrew Heritage Building Ontario Heritage Act 1974 Let it Flourish — — Map (db m181236) HM

4 ► Ontario, Renfrew County, Renfrew — Renfrew Public Library —

Town of Renfrew Heritage Building Ontario Heritage Act 1974 Let it Flourish — — Map (db m181250) HM

5 ► Ontario, Renfrew County, Renfrew — The Book Tree — Renfrew County — Share • Leave • Take —

Welcome to the Renfrew's Book Tree! [Informational and not transcribed] Renfrew's Book Tree means there are now 7 community Book Trees in Renfrew County - Arnprior, Killaloe, Petawawa, Pembroke, Cobden, Bonnechere Park on Round Lake and now . . . — — Map (db m181237) HM

6 ► Ontario, Renfrew County, Renfrew — The Founding of Renfrew —

Attracted by the development of the lumbering industry in the Upper Ottawa Valley, a few settlers had located in this region by 1830. Six years later Xavier Plaunt acquired land here near the second chute of the Bonnechère River and by 1848 was . . . — — Map (db m181233) HM

7 ► Ontario, Renfrew County, Renfrew — War Memorial —

To All Our Honoured Dead ✠ ✠ ✠ "They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will . . . — — Map (db m181253) WM