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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM216F_glacial-terraces_Terrace-Bay-Ontario.html
About 20,000 years ago Ontario was covered by a great glacier, the fourth glaciation in this region within the past million years. The meltwaters from these gigantic ice-sheets filled the Lake Superior basin and progressively developed new drainag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM210V_sir-collingwood-schreiber_Schreiber-Ontario.html
This community, originally known as Isbester's Landing, was named in 1885 after Collingwood G. Schreiber. Born at Bradwell Lodge, near Colchester, England, Schreiber emigrated to Canada West in 1852. His training in England as a civil engineer ena…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM210T_japanese-canadian-road-camps_Schreiber-Ontario.html
During the Second World War, the federal government forcibly evacuated Canadians of Japanese ancestry from the coast of British Columbia. In the spring of 1942, several hundred young men were sent to Ontario to help build the Trans-Canada Highway.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZN_sir-william-c-van-horne_Thunder-Bay-Ontario.html
Born in Chelsea, Illinois, Van Horne, after a brilliant career with a number of railway companies in the mid-western United States, accepted the position of general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1881. Construction of this pioneer Cana…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZM_c-d-howe_Thunder-Bay-Ontario.html
The dynamic "Minister of Everything", Massachusetts-born Clarence Decatur Howe immigrated to Canada in 1908 and established an engineering firm in Port Arthur in 1916. Elected to the House of Commons in 1935, he was a dominate figure in Liberal ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZL_terry-fox_Thunder-Bay-Ontario.html
While in remission from cancer, Terry Fox set out to run across Canada in 1980 to raise money for cancer research. Despite having lost his right leg to the disease, this determined athlete ran 5,373 kilometres - nearly a marathon a day for 143 str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZJ_terrance-stanley-fox_Thunder-Bay-Ontario.html
"Dreams are made if people only try.I believe in miracles...I have to...Because somewhere the hurting must stop."Terry Fox inspired this nation with his dream - his MARATHON OF HOPE - a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research.This cour…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ST_the-reverend-richard-baxter-s-j-1821-1904_Thunder-Bay-Ontario.html
Born in Carlisle, England, Baxter came to Canada as a child. He studied in Toronto and at the Sulpician College in Montreal before becoming, reputedly, the first English-speaking Jesuit novice in Canada. After his ordination in New York in 1854, h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20SR_connaught-square_Thunder-Bay-Ontario.html
This square was named in 1936 for Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria. He was serving in Canada with his regiment in 1870, when Colonel Wolseley named Prince Arthur's Landing (later Port Arthur) in his honour. Created Duk…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20SO_thunder-bay-tourist-pagoda_Thunder-Bay-Ontario.html
This tourist kiosk was erected in 1909 to promote Port Arthur's social and economic merits to visitors and investors. Its eye-catching architecture and strategic location reflect civic boosterism and the city's rivalry with nearby Fort William dec…