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    Norman Duncan 1871 - 1916 Born in Brantford and later living in Mitchell, Duncan attended University of Toronto 1891-95. He followed his brother Robert to U.S.A. and received his Litt. D. from Univer

    The Founding of Brantford In the 1820's significant improvements to the Hamilton and London road attracted settlers to the Indian lands at Brant's Ford where this thoroughfare crossed the Grand River

   

    Plaque marking the birthplace of Adelaide Hunter Hoodless.

   

    Hon. George Brown 1818-1880 Across the Grand River at this point lies "Bow Park", once the farm of George Brown, a leading architect of Confederation, who built up an estate of some 800 acres beginni

   

   

   

    A group of schoolchildren pose for a photograph on the steps in front of the Federal Building, located at 60 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, Ontario.

    Sara Jeannette Duncan 1861-1922 An internationally renowned author, Duncan was raised in the adjacent house and educated locally. She taught school briefly, but then determinedly turned to journalism

    St. Paul's 1785 H.M. Chapel of the Mohawks This chapel, the first Protestant church in Ontario, was built by the Crown for the Mohawks of the Six Nations Iroquois who settled here in 1784. It replace

    This tomb is erected to the memory of THAYENDANEGEA, or Captain Joseph Brant, Principal Chief and Warrior of the Six Nations Indians, by his Fellow-Subjects, admirers of his fidelity and attachment t

    The Ontario School for the Blind In 1869, on the recommendation of the Rev. Egerton Ryerson, Superintendent of Education, funds were allocated to establish the first provincial school for blind child

   

    Dr. Augusta Stowe Gullen 1857 - 1943 Canada's first woman graduate in medicine was born in Mount Pleasant. She attended the Toronto School of Medicine, received her degree from Victoria University in

    Plaque at the Brant County Courthouse located at 70 Wellington Street, Brantford, Ontario.

    Thomas B. Costain, 1885 - 1965 Born and educated in Brantford, Costain began his professional writing careers as a reporter for two local newspapers, The Expositor and The Courier. He became the most