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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOZ6_the-commissariat-office_Amherstburg-ON.html
The office for the Commissariat Department was built in 1831 near the government wharf and storehouse. Commissary officials purchased from local contractors the flour, beef, straw and firewood used by troops. They also managed Fort Malden's financ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOYU_french-settlement-on-the-south-shore_Windsor-ON.html
Front - In EnglishWindsor is the oldest known site of continuous settlement in Ontario. The government of New France, anxious to increase its presence on the Detroit River, offered land agricultural settlement on the south shore in 1749. That summ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOYR_the-wyandot_Amherstburg-ON.html
This area was once the home of the Wyandot, remnants of the Huron, Neutrals, and Petuns who were dispersed by the Iroquois in the 1640's. Some eventually reunited and settled along the Detroit River, where they became known as the Hurons of Detroi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOXI_lt-colonel-william-caldwell_Amherstburg-ON.html
Born about 1750 in Fermanagh County, Ireland, Caldwell emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1773. During the American Revolution he served with the British forces as a captain in Butler's Rangers at Niagara and Detroit. In 1784 he obtained land near the m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOXD_colonel-matthew-elliott_Amherstburg-ON.html
Near this site stood the house erected in 1784 by Matthew Elliott. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the American Colonies in 1761, and during the Revolution served with the British forces as a captain in the Indian Department. He was an Indian age…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOWD_capture-of-the-anne-1838_Amherstburg-ON.html
On January 9, 1838, a force of Canadians and Americans sympathizing with Mackenzie's rebellion, sailed from United States territory and landed on Bois Blane Island. The schooner "Anne," supporting the invasion, cruised along the Canadian mainland …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOW4_st-vincent-de-paul-church-1835_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
The Parish of St. Vincent de Paul is the direct successor of the many and often interrupted endeavors in the Niagara area since 1626. At first concerned with native peoples, later French and then English-speaking priests came as chaplains for the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOUF_the-battle-of-windsor-1838_Windsor-ON.html
Early on December 4, 1838 a force of about 140 American and Canadian supporters of William Lyon MacKenzie crossed the river from Detroit and landed about one mile east of here. After capturing and burning a nearby militia barracks, they took posse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOT6_sir-casimir-s-gzowski-1813-1898_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
First chairman of the Niagara Parks Commission (1885-93) Gzowski was born in Russia of Polish parents. Forced to emigrate, following participation in the Polish Rising of 1830, he came to Canada in 1841. An exceptionally able engineer, he first se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOSK_charles-william-jefferys_Toronto-ON.html
{Marker Text in English:}Writer, artist, and illustrator of historical novels and textbooks, Charles Jefferys emigrated to Canada from England in 1879. After studying at the Toronto Art Students League, he joined the New York Herald as an illustra…