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Herbert A. Bruce Scugog Township will name park in honour of one of the community’s most distinguished citizens One of Scugog’s most notable citizens is to be recognized by having a park named after him and a provincial heritage plaque dedicated to him. Dr. Herbert Alexander Bruce, who was born in Cartwright Township in 1863, will be recognized with a dedi- cation and unveiling ceremony in Port Perry on Thursday, August 19. The park, presently known as Perryview Park occupies eight acres immediately south of McDonalds on Simcoe Street. It will be renamed the Dr. Herbert A. Bruce Community Park at the ceremony. The Lake Scugog Historical Society has joined with the Ontario Heritage Trust to finance the production of a provincial heritage plaque commemorating Dr. Bruce. The plaque will be unveiled at the ceremo- Herbert A. Bruce _ »y organized by the Township of Scugog. Stewart Bruce and his wife Isabella, served as the parents of Herbert Bruce, moved to a 100 . acre farm at the north west corner of Lieutenant King andiSimcoe Streets at the south Governor of end of Port Perry. They bought this er farm:so that their children could Ontario in 1932 attend Port Perry High School. he park, to be named in his honour, is located at the north end of this property. After graduating from Port Perry High School in 1884, young Herbert worked in Allison’s Drug Store on Queen Street for a year as he was too young to attend micdically school. He went on to attend the University of Toronto medical school and emerged as the top student in his class and went to England to further his qualifications, He became one of the first Canadians aa 2a ue to become a Fellow of the Royal Col- lege of Surgeons. He returned to Toronto and established a highly successful practice Wellesley Hospital. In World War One he was appointed as the Inspector General of the Canadian Army Medical Corps. After the war Turn to page 6 Artist: Richard Jack. From the Government of Ontario Art Collection, Archives on Ontario. FOCUS - AUGUST 2010 7