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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OVX_the-founding-of-maitland_Brockville-Ontario.html
In this vicinity, the site of a shipyard used during both the late French and early British periods, a village plot was laid out in 1824 for Jehiel and Ziba Phillips. Adjacent to it George Longley, a recent English emigrant, acquired an estate on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OVV_lieut-col-thain-wendell-macdowell-v-c-d-s-o_Brockville-Ontario.html
Born in Lachute, Québec, MacDowell moved to Maitland in 1897. He attended local schools and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1915. During World War I, he enlisted, on January 9, 1915, in the 38th Battalion, C.E.F. On April 9, 191…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NGB_the-brockville-van-or-caboose_Brockville-Ontario.html
This steel caboose was built in 1954 for the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) at their Angus Shops in Montréal. It served the Eastern Division of the railway for many years.Cabooses, or "vans" to trainmen, were usually used at the end of f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NG2_sally-grant_Brockville-Ontario.html
"Sally Grant" is the familiar name of the Statue of Justice which was conceived in 1841 by John G. Howard, the architect of this Court House, and carved by William Holmes, a Brockville carpenter and builder. The eleven foot high figure, made of ce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MT4_blockhouse-island_Brockville-Ontario.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MSW_the-brockville-tunnel_Brockville-Ontario.html
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,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MSS_william-buell-sr_Brockville-Ontario.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MSI_james-morris_Brockville-Ontario.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MSH_former-brockville-post-office_Brockville-Ontario.html
Completed in 1886 this structure was designed under the direction of Thomas Fuller, Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works from 1881 to 1896. The Brockville Post Office shows the sensitivity often displayed by Fuller and his staff. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MS2_leeds-grenville-county-court-house_Brockville-Ontario.html
Symbols of law and authority to a new and changing society, the district court houses of Upper Canada were architecturally prominent buildings in the colony. Of these, one of the most grandiose is the former Johnstown District court house which wa…