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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MS1_sir-william-buell-richards_Brockville-Ontario.html
Born at Brockville and called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1837, Richards represented Leeds in the Legislative Assembly (1848-53) and served as Attorney General for Canada West in the Hincks-Morin administration (1851-3). Appointed puisne judge o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRJ_pointe-au-baril_Brockville-Ontario.html
English text:The barques "Iroquoise" and "Outaouaise", the last French ships of war that navigated Lake Ontario, were built on this point, then called Pointe Au Baril.On 17th August, 1760, the Outaouaise, commanded by Captain La Broquerie, was tak…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRI_senator-george-t-fulford_Brockville-Ontario.html
Born and raised in Brockville, George Taylor Fulford apprenticed at his brother's drugstore and took charge of it himself at age 22. Five years later, he was elected to the first of 12 terms as alderman. Fulford entered the patent-medicine trade i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRH_fulford-place_Brockville-Ontario.html
Built in 1899 - 1900, this eclectic mansion evokes the opulent lifestyle of Canada's industrial elite at the turn of the century. Designed by American architect A. W. Fuller, it was the spacious residence of Senator George T. Fulford (1852-1905), …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRF_george-chaffey_Brockville-Ontario.html
Born at Brockville, Canada West, Chaffey became a shipbuilder on the Great Lakes and the inventor of a new type of propeller. Subsequently he went to California where, in partnership with his brother, he built a model irrigation project and founde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KMY_gen-sir-isaac-brock-k-c-b_Brockville-Ontario.html
Brockville was named after the Provisional Civi Administrator of Upper Canada and the Commanding Officier of the British forces in Upper Canada during the War of 1812-1814.
The government of Upper Canada first named this community "Elizabet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KLO_ogle-robert-gowan-1803-1876_Brockville-Ontario.html
A prominent provincial politician, Gowan was born in County Wexford, Ireland. He came to Upper Canada in 1829 and immediately immersed himself in political affairs. Drawing upon his experience in the Irish Orange Order, Gowan established the Grand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KLN_johnstown-district-court-house-and-gaol_Brockville-Ontario.html
In 1808 the provincial government authorized the erection of a court house and gaol in Elizabethtown (Brockville) to serve the District of Johnstown created ten years earlier. By 1811 a brick structure had been built here on land donated by Willia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KLM_forsyths-raid-1813_Brockville-Ontario.html
On the night of February 6-7, 1813, Major Benjamin Forsyth of the United States Army, with a detachment of regulars and militia numbering about 200 men, crossed the frozen St. Lawrence River from Morristown, N.Y., and attacked Brockville. The vill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KLJ_william-buells-1816-map-of-brockville_Brockville-Ontario.html
This is one of the earliest maps of the Village of Brockville and shows many of the early details upon which the later Town, and then City of Brockville have been superimposed.
The war of 1812-15 has just been over for a short time. The area aro…