Historical Markers and War Memorials in Spencerville, Ontario

By William Fischer, Jr., March 11, 2022

Spencerville Riverside Park Marker

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1 ► Ontario, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Spencerville — Spencerville Riverside Park — Why This Place Matters —

Downstream from present day Spencerville, the Roebuck area was once home to 1,600 Indigenous people. Based upon research done by Augusta Township we understand that this park is on aboriginal land that was inhabited by Indigenous peoples for . . . — — Map (db m193865) HM

2 ► Ontario, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Spencerville — The Founding of Spencerville —

By 1821 Peleg Spencer was operating a grist-mill and sawmill on the South Nation River on a Clergy Lot he had leased in 1817, having previously owned a sawmill on the site from 1811 till 1814. David Spencer, son of Peleg, took over the mills in 1822 . . . — — Map (db m89974) HM

3 ► Ontario, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Spencerville — Township Hall Clock —

This clock was installed in 1956 in honor of Dr. Pember A. MacIntosh B.A., M.D.C.M. in recognition of his services to the community since 1905. — — Map (db m193862) HM

4 ► Ontario, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Spencerville — War Memorial — Lest We Forget —

In loving memory of Our Heroes who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918 Their names shall never perish [World War I Honored Dead] Pte. Josie Cook, Apr. 22, 1915 • Sgt. Richard Goodin, May 7, 1916 Lieut. W. Roy Kingston, . . . — — Map (db m193874) WM