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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JXW_battle-of-cryslers-farm_Ontario.html
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Here, on the farm of John Crysler, was fought one of the decisive battles of the War of 1812. On 11 November 1813 Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Morrison, with 800 British and Canadian regulars, militia and Indians, engaged an American forc…
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In November, 1813, an American army of some 8000 men, commanded by Major-General James Wilkinson, moved down the St. Lawrence en route to Montreal. Wilkinson was followed and harassed by a British "corp of observation" consisting of abou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JXC_battlefield-of-cryslers-farm_Ontario.html
These plaques are found in the British Court of Honour and the Canadian Court of Honour at the Crysler's Farm Battlefield visitors center.
Battlefield
of Chrysler's Farm
Pro Patria
In Memory of
Captain Thomas Nairne and Lieutenant D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GFD_macleod-settlement_Dalkeith-Ontario.html
In 1793 some forty families, including members of several clans, emigrated from Glenelg, Scotland, under the leadership of Alexander MacLeod and landed at St. John's Island (now Prince Edward Island). The following year they came to Glengarry Coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GFA_sir-edward-robert-peacock-g-c-v-o_Maxville-Ontario.html
An internationally renowned financier, Peacock was born near here in the former Congregational Church manse and educated at Queen's University in Kingston. He taught at Upper Canada College for seven years before joining the Dominion Securities Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GDG_glengarry-congregational-church_Maxville-Ontario.html
This log structure, completed in 1837, is the oldest remaining chapel in Ontario built by Congregationalists. Its first minister, the Reverend William McKillican (1776-1849), emigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1816, and settled in Glengarry the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GCC_the-rev-charles-w-gordon_Maxville-Ontario.html
Born at Indian Lands (St. Elmo), Gordon was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1890. He served as a missionary in the North West Territories until 1893 and the following year was called to St. Stephens in Winnipeg. A chaplain during the War of 19…