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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU2U_yukon-saw-mill-office-historic-site_Dawson-YT.html
The Yukon Saw Mill Company was one of the first to cut timber in the Klondike, registering its first timber lease in March of 1898. At its peak, the company's machine shop was the largest north of Vancouver, and its lumberyard stretched over three…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU1J_west-dawson_Dawson-YT.html
West Dawson was settled c.1899 by people wanting to avoid overcrowding and typhoid outbreaks in Dawson. Farms also became established and later, as mining in the sixtymile area increased, a link with Dawson became necessary. In 1902 a ferry guided…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU1A_discovery-claim_Bismarck-YT.html
[English:]The names Robert Henderson, Skookum Jim, Tagish Charlie and George Carmack are inextricably linked to the discovery of gold on Bonanza Creek. Henderson was first to systematically explore the gold bearing potential of the region, only to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZD_duke-of-yorks-martello-tower_Fergusons-Cove-NS.html
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The Duke of York's Martello Tower was one of many small towers built for coastal defence throughout the British Empire. They were usually round, with stone walls too thick to be penetrated by cannon balls. This tower p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTXZ_nipissing-vein-no-96_Cobalt-ON.html
The deep gash in this hillside is all that remains of silver vein No. 96. The vein was originally discovered in 1908 by the Nipissing Mining Company Limited using an exploration method called trenching. Trenches are simply shallow channels dug dow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTVK_york-redoubt_Fergusons-Cove-NS.html
[English text]York Redoubt was the heart of the defences protecting the outer harbour approaches to Halifax. Begun in 1793, it was enlarged by the Duke of Kent who constructed a Martello tower here in 1798. The redoubt became an essential link in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTS0_baldwin-7717-steam-locomotive_Field-BC.html
[English]Baldwin #7717 Steam LocomotiveThis Baldwin 2-6-0 mogul steam engine - builders #7717 - road #6 - 36" gauge locomotive, was built for the North Western Coal & Navigation Co. in 1885. It was originally used to carry bituminous coal on a nar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTL2_deadmans-island_Halifax-NS.html
These men died in captivity while serving the United States of America on land and sea during the War of 1812. They lie in unmarked graves here on Deadman's Island.Followed by a list of 188 men identified by Name, Rank, Ship/Unit, and Date of Death.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTGJ_laura-ingersoll-secord_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
[Front side of Monument]:
This monument has beenerected by theGovernment of CanadatoLaura Ingersoll Secordwho saved her husband's lifein the battle on these heights,October 13th, 1812,and who risked her ownin conveying to Capt. Fitzgibbon,infor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRK_log-church-rectory_Whitehorse-YT.html
The Reverend Richard Bowen and his wife, veterans of the Klondike Goldrush arrived here August 1, 1900 at the call of Bishop Bompas. Bowen immediately undertook with volunteer labour to build this church of logs and held his first service on Octob…