(1815-1891)
John A. Macdonald, a father of Confederation and Canada's first prime minister, dominated the life of the new nation for a quarter century.Macdonald was a visionary statesman, a determined Conservative partisan, and a much-loved leader. His policies of westward expansion and of railways to the Atlantic and Pacific laid the basis of a successful transcontinental nation.Still prime minister, Macdonald died in Ottawa on June 6, 1891. A simple stone cross marks his grave, as he wished.HM Number | HM1OW3 |
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Year Placed | 1938 |
Placed By | Government of Canada |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 at 5:01pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 376934 N 4902151 |
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Decimal Degrees | 44.26220000, -76.54178333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 44° 15.732', W 76° 32.507' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 44° 15' 43.92" N, 76° 32' 30.42" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Closest Postal Address | At or near Beech Ave, Kingston Ontario , CA |
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