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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMORZ_the-royal-canadian-yacht-club_Toronto-ON.html
The province's first sailing association, the Toronto Boat Club, was formed in 1852 and two years later became the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. Dedicated to the promotion of yachting and naval interests, it initiated competitions which stimulated wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQL_sir-daniel-wilson_Toronto-ON.html
{in English:}A scholar of diverse interests and talents, Daniel Wilson was noted in Britain as the author and illustrator of studies of old Edinburgh and of Scottish prehistory. In 1853 he was appointed to the chair of history and English literatu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOPT_the-macdonald-mowat-house_Toronto-ON.html
Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, purchased this house in 1876 and lived here 1876-78. It was built in 1872 in the French Second Empire style by Nathaniel Dickey, a Toronto iron founder. Macdonald owned the property until 1886 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOPR_the-great-sauk-trail_Amherstburg-ON.html
Part of an ancient network of Indian paths, the Great Sauk Trail, as it came to be known, extended from Rock Island in present-day Illinois to the Detroit River. It played a significant role in the communications between the native peoples in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOP1_the-siege-of-detroit-1763_Windsor-ON.html
Shortly after the founding of Detroit in 1970 a village of Ottawa Indians was established on the south shore of the river in this vicinity and its inhabitants lived on friendly terms with the French garrison and settlers. However after the British…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOOW_le-chateau-ramezay-chateau-ramezay_Montreal-Quebec.html
[Royal Coat of Arms of Canada]Le gouverneur de Montréal Claude de Ramezay fit ériger ici en 1705, par Pierre Couturier, un édifice pour lui servir de demeure. La Compagnie des Indes occidentales, qui le posséda de 1745 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO6R_the-discovery-of-insulin_Toronto-ON.html
{The marker has a both an English and French version. In English:} In one of the most important advances in modern medicine, a team of investigators isolated and purified insulin in a building which stood on this site. On May 17, 1921, Frederic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNQY_st-andrew-by-the-lake_Toronto-ON.html
After the Toronto Island parish was established in 1875 Bishop Arthur Sweatman was the prime mover in the building of this Anglican church. Designed by Arthur R. Denison, architect, the Early English Gothic style frame church was opened at the cor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNQ2_louis-hennepin-1626-c-1705_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
{The west/city marker side, in English:}Born and educated in Belgium, Hennepin was ordained a Recollet (Franciscan) friar in France. He was an adventurer at heart and undertook priestly duties in several European countries before being sent to New…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNFY_to-the-memory-of-burrell-hecock_Niagara-Falls-ON.html
Tothe memory ofBurrell HecockofCleveland OhioAged 17 YearsWho lost his life in anheroic attempt to rescueMr and MrsEldridge Stantonof Toronto Ontariowhen the ice bridge inthe gorge immediatelybelow was swept downthe Niagara Riverand into theWhirlp…
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