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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWZJ_the-battle-of-queenston-heights_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
In the early morning of 13 October 1812, American troops under Major-General Stephen Van Rensellaer crossed the Niagara River and took possession of Queenston Heights. Major-General Isaac Brock hurried from Fort George to lead a small force agains…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWZ3_the-parade-of-ships_Victoria-BC.html
These plaques commemorate famous vessels in the history of Victoria and pay tribute to pioneers they brought to this new land, the men and women who fought the good fight and built Victoria and British Columbia.This key plaque presented by Horace …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYG_log-cabin-to-victorian-parlour_Victoria-BC.html
As the Helmcken family grew, so did this house. You can see three stages in the structure.[Right section]The original 1852 log cabin was built in a fur trade post-in-sill style with hand hewn squared logs and cedar shingles. Hearths in three rooms…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYF_doctor-john-sebastian-helmcken_Victoria-BC.html
John Sebastian Helmcken was born in London in 1924. He trained to be a doctor at Guys Hospital, London.He arrived in Victoria as a surgeon and clerk for the Hudson Bay Company on March 24, 1850.Dr. Helmcken entered politics in 1856, becoming the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYE_st-anns-pioneer-schoolhouse_Victoria-BC.html
[English]St. Ann's schoolhouse was purchased by Bishop Demers for the four sisters of the order of St. Ann who came from Quebec in June, 1858, to teach in Victoria. It is believed to be the oldest building in Victoria which is still in use, possib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWVX_sir-james-douglas_Victoria-BC.html
[English]Justifiably described as "the father of British Columbia", Douglas was born in Demerara. He joined the North West Company in 1819, serving at Fort William and Ile a la Crosse where he was taken into the Hudson's Bay Company. Rising rapidl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWVW_st-anns-schoolhouse_Victoria-BC.html
This log cabin is one of the oldest buildings in western Canada. It was built in the French-Canadian fur trade post and sill style between 1843 and 1852.Bishop Modeste Demers purchased it from carpenter Leon Morel in 1855 and transferred it to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWVV_the-sisters-of-st-ann_Victoria-BC.html
In 1850, Marie Esther Blondin, now known as Blessed Marie Anne Blondin founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Ann, a Roman Catholic religious order dedicated to education and nursing in Lachine, Quebec.Bishop Modeste Demers of Victoria w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWVU_elliot-street-square_Victoria-BC.html
This area, designed and laid out by the landscape branch of the Provincial Department of Public Works in 1975, has been named Elliot Street Square, in memory of Andrew Charles Elliot, barrister, judge, gold commissioner, police magistrate, and fou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWVI_helmchen-house-historic-site_Victoria-BC.html
John Sebastian Helmcken arrived in Fort Victoria in 1850 to work as a physician for the Hudson's Bay Company.He remained here for the rest of his life, marrying Cecilia Douglas, the eldest daughter of Governor James Douglas. The young couple has a…