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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRM_capture-of-ogdensburg_Prescott-Ontario.html
On the morning of February 22, 1813, Lieutenant-Colonel "Red George" Macdonell of the Glengarry Light Infantry set out from Prescott with a force of some 480 regulars and militia to capture the strong United States military post at Ogdensburg. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MPV_major-james-morrow-walsh_Prescott-Ontario.html
Born and educated in Prescott, Walsh was trained at military schools at Kingston and by 1873 had attained the rank of Major in the militia. In that year he was commissioned in the newly formed North-West Mounted Police. While in charge at Fort Wal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MPQ_the-forwarding-trade-at-prescott_Prescott-Ontario.html
Before the completion of the canals between here and Montreal in 1847, Prescott was the eastern terminus of Great Lakes navigation. Established at the head of Galops Rapids in 1810, it soon became a centre for the forwarding, or shipping, trade an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MPJ_prescott-barracks-and-hospital_Prescott-Ontario.html
The front portion of this structure one of the earliest surviving military buildings in Ontario, was constructed as a residence about 1810 by Colonel Edward Jessup, the founder of Prescott. Following the outbreak of the War of 1812, the stone hous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KOZ_fort-wellington_Prescott-Ontario.html
English: The first Fort Wellington was erected on this site during the War of 1812 to shelter British regular troops and Canadian militia defending the vital St. Lawrence River transportation route. In February 1813 those soldiers crossed the ice …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KKU_col-edward-jessup_Prescott-Ontario.html
Born in Stamford, Connecticut, he forfeited 500,000 acres near Albany, New York, by taking up arms for the King on the outbreak of the American Revolution. He raised the Loyal (Jessup's) Rangers and served under Burgoyne. This corps was disbanded …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KKN_prescott-war-memorial_Prescott-Ontario.html
World War I
1914-1918
Arthur E. Baker · Howard Baker · Philip V. Blacklock · Cecil Bovaird · Ward W. Burke · John H. Davy · Jacob S. Doyle · G. Harvey Ewart · Ira H. Gl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KKL_bytown-and-prescott-railway-company-1850_Prescott-Ontario.html
This company, incorporated in 1850, built a railway from Prescott to Bytown (Ottawa) for the shipment of lumber and farm products to markets of the north-eastern United States and Montreal. Substantial funds were raised at Bytown, Prescott and oth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KJH_sir-richard-william-scott_Prescott-Ontario.html
English:
Born at Prescott, Scott was admitted to the bar in 1848 and practiced law in Ottawa. As a member of the legislature of United Canada (1857-63) he sponsored the Separate School Act of 1863. Subsequently, he represented Ottawa in the Ont…