Commemorating of historical plaque at Town Hall - June 12, 1966
Description
- Creator
- Ontario Department of Tourism and Information, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Photo of the commemoration of the historical plaque down at the Town Hall on June 12th, 1966.
Click on photo to see plaque as it appeared in 2003.
People in this photo:
Mrs. Thomas Near (of the St. Marys Women's Insitute)
Mrs. George Wilson (of the Perth County Historical Foundation)
The Honourable William A. Stewart (Ontario's Minister of Agriculture)
Mr. D.C. White & Mrs. J.C. Mills (descendants of pioneer families of St. Marys)
Mrs. J.R. Fultcher (representing the Archaeological & Historic Sites Board)
Mr. J. Fred Edwards (M.P.P. Perth)
Rev. Dr. R.D. Crosby
Mr. John W. Eedy
His Worship W.H. Somerville (Mayor of St. Marys) - Notes
- Condition: Fair. Image is good but paper is unevenly coloured and thin feeling. Use digital copy.
- Inscriptions
- Text on plaque:
FOUNDING OF ST. MARYS
When opening Blanshard Township for settlement in 1839, the Canada Company made an arrangement with Thomas Ingersoll, a brother of Laura Secord, to build mills at "the Little Falls" of the THames. In 1841-43 he erevted a sawmill and a grist-mill and in return obtained 337 acres of land in this vicinity. The mills formed the nucleus of a settlement named St. Marys. In 1854 the community was incorporated as a village. The building of railways, 1857-60, stimulated development and in 1864, when St. Marys became a town, it was already the centre for lumber and limestone quarry industries and the adjacent prosperous agricultural region. - Date of Original
- June 12, 1966
- Dimensions
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Width: 25.3 cm
Height: 20.3 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 24.1cm
Image Height: 19.1cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 0815ph
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum photo collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.2597919309773 Longitude: -81.1401352286339
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- Donor
- David White
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "Commemorating of historical plaque at Town Hall - June 12, 1966." St. Marys Museum, 0815ph.
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal study or research; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder.
- Reproduction Notes
- This image is a watermarked low resolution reproduction.
High resolution images are available at the St. Marys Museum for a fee.
- Contact
- St. Marys MuseumEmail:museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
Website:
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P.O. Box 998,
St. Marys, Ontario.
N4X 1B6
