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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MS1_sir-william-buell-richards_Brockville-Ontario.html
Born at Brockville and called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1837, Richards represented Leeds in the Legislative Assembly (1848-53) and served as Attorney General for Canada West in the Hincks-Morin administration (1851-3). Appointed puisne judge o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRM_capture-of-ogdensburg_Prescott-Ontario.html
On the morning of February 22, 1813, Lieutenant-Colonel "Red George" Macdonell of the Glengarry Light Infantry set out from Prescott with a force of some 480 regulars and militia to capture the strong United States military post at Ogdensburg. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRL_justus-sherwood_Ontario.html
Born in Connecticut, Sherwood settled in Vermont in 1774. On the outbreak of the American Revolution he was arrested as a Loyalist, but escaped to join the British at Crown Point. He was taken prisoner at Saratoga in 1777, and after being exchange…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRK_the-blue-church_Ontario.html
On January 1, 1790, inhabitants of Augusta and Elizabethtown townships agreed to build a church here in the burying yard of the proposed town of "New Oswegatchie". Subscriptions were inadequate and nothing was built by 1804 when Barbara Heck, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRJ_pointe-au-baril_Brockville-Ontario.html
English text:The barques "Iroquoise" and "Outaouaise", the last French ships of war that navigated Lake Ontario, were built on this point, then called Pointe Au Baril.On 17th August, 1760, the Outaouaise, commanded by Captain La Broquerie, was tak…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRI_senator-george-t-fulford_Brockville-Ontario.html
Born and raised in Brockville, George Taylor Fulford apprenticed at his brother's drugstore and took charge of it himself at age 22. Five years later, he was elected to the first of 12 terms as alderman. Fulford entered the patent-medicine trade i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRH_fulford-place_Brockville-Ontario.html
Built in 1899 - 1900, this eclectic mansion evokes the opulent lifestyle of Canada's industrial elite at the turn of the century. Designed by American architect A. W. Fuller, it was the spacious residence of Senator George T. Fulford (1852-1905), …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRF_george-chaffey_Brockville-Ontario.html
Born at Brockville, Canada West, Chaffey became a shipbuilder on the Great Lakes and the inventor of a new type of propeller. Subsequently he went to California where, in partnership with his brother, he built a model irrigation project and founde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MQB_the-founding-of-cardinal_Cardinal-Ontario.html
The grist-mill built at Point Cardinal by Hugh Munro about 1796 fostered the development here of a small settlement. A sawmill and store were later erected, and in 1837 a post-office, "Edwardsburgh", was established. In 1858, attracted by abundant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MQ9_johnstown-1789_Ontario.html
In 1789-90 a town plot of one mile square was laid out in this vicinity. Many Loyalists, including Sir John Johnson, obtained lots in the settlement. A sawmill and grist-mill were constructed, and in 1793 it was made the administrative centre of t…