view gallery |  Les Casernes Connaught - Connaught Barracks - Québec, Québec
in UK Historical Markers Les casernes Connaught, construite entre 1806 et 1814, sont situées sur la côte de la Citadelle, à Québec. The Connaught Barracks, built between 1806 and 1814, are located on Côte de la Citadelle, in Quebec City. posted by: Weathervane location: Québec, Canada date approved: 5/19/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Battle of Crysler's Farm - Morrisburg, Ontario
in UK Historical Markers This Battle of Crysler's Farm plaque is located on the site of the battle, and in proximity to the entrance to Upper Canada Village, in Morrisburg, Ontario. posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 5/19/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Fort Lennox - Saint-Paul-de-l'ile-aux-Noix, Québec
in UK Historical Markers Fort Lennox is the third fort built on this site. The Fort was alternately occupied by the French, English and Americans. posted by: Weathervane location: Québec, Canada date approved: 5/19/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Halifax Dockyard - Halifax, Nova Scotia
in UK Historical Markers The creation in 1758 or the royal dockyard, the first in North-America, recognized and enhanced the strategic importance of Halifax and its harbour. posted by: Weathervane location: Nova Scotia, Canada date approved: 5/13/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Admiralty House - Halifax, Nova Scotia
in UK Historical Markers Admiralty House is a dignified two-storey stone mansion set within the precincts of the Stadacona site of Canadian Forces Base Halifax. It now houses Canada’s Maritime Command Museum. posted by: Weathervane location: Nova Scotia, Canada date approved: 5/13/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Battle of the Restigouche - Pointe-à-la-Croix, Québec
in UK Historical Markers In the spring of 1760, a small French squadron under Sieur de la Giraudais were completely defeated by a superior British squadron under Commodore the Honourable John Byron. posted by: Weathervane location: Québec, Canada date approved: 5/13/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Landing of the Loyalist - Saint-John, New Brunswick
in UK Historical Markers This historic marker, commemorating the Landing of the United Empire Loyalist in St. John, New Brunswick in 1783, is located across from Market Square off North Market Wharf, in St. John New Brunswick. posted by: Weathervane location: New Brunswick, Canada date approved: 5/13/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Battle of the Lacolle Mill - Lacolle, Québec
in UK Historical Markers The Battle of Lacolle Mill ended the last American invasion of Lower Canada during the War of 1812. posted by: Weathervane location: Québec, Canada date approved: 5/13/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Nile Voyageurs - 1884-1885 - Ottawa, Ontario
in UK Historical Markers Upon a request for expert canoemen made by Viscount Wolseley, 400 Canadian Voyageurs volunteered to accompany the military expedition to relieve Major-General Charles Gordon who was besieged in Khartoum by Mahdist tribesmen. posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 5/11/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey - 1784-1857 - Ottawa, Ontario
in UK Historical Markers For his services as King's messenger during the Napoleonic Wars, Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey received a 405 ha land grant on the Ottawa River. posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 5/11/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Loyalist Landing Place - 1784 - Adolphustown. Ontario
in UK Historical Markers On June 16, 1784, a party of some 250 United Empire Loyalists landed from bateaux near this site and established the first permanent white settlement in Adolphustown Township. posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 5/11/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Fort Beausejour - Fort Cumberland - Aulac, New Brunswick
in UK Historical Markers Fort Beauséjour - Fort Cumberland National Historic Site of Canada, is a star-shaped late 18th- and early 19th-century military fortification built by the French in 1751 and captured by the British in 1755. posted by: Weathervane location: New Brunswick, Canada date approved: 5/11/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Bishop Alexander Macdonell - Kingston, Ontario
in UK Historical Markers Born in the Highlands of Scotland, he came to Canada in 1804 as chaplain of the disbanded Glengarry Fencibles and later became Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec. In 1826, he became the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Kingston, Ontario. posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 5/6/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Reverend William Bell - Perth, Ontario
in UK Historical Markers One of the most influential Presbyterian clergymen in Upper Canada, Bell was born in Airdrie,Scotland. posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 5/6/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Percy Erskine Nobbs - Montréal, Québec
in UK Historical Markers Born in Haddington, Scotland, Percy Erskine Nobbs contributed to the advancement of architecture in early 20th-century Canada. posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 5/6/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  William Notman - Montréal, Québec
in UK Historical Markers Born in Scotland, William Notman was one of the most successful Canadian photographer of the 19th century. posted by: Weathervane location: Québec, Canada date approved: 5/6/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, (Baron Sydenham) - Kingston, Ontario
in UK Historical Markers Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, (Baron Sydenham), born at Waverley Abbey House near Farnham Surrey, was appointed Governor General of British North America in 1839. posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 5/6/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Chippewa Bay Area - Hammond, New York
in UK Historical Markers This plaque provides information about people from Scotland who were encouraged to immigrate and settle in the area of Hammond, New York, in the early 1800's. posted by: Weathervane location: New York date approved: 5/1/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Burgoyne's Campaign - 1777 - Oswego, New York
in UK Historical Markers This plaque in relation to Colonel Barry St. Leger, who led a British Force against Fort Stanwix, is located across from Oswego's City Hall, on the grounds of the Oswego Police Department, at the corner of West 1st Street and West Oneida Street. posted by: Weathervane location: New York date approved: 4/28/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Fort Lévis - 1760 - France's Last Stand - Ogdensburg, New York
in UK Historical Markers This information panel about battles that took place during the French and Indian Wars, is located on the site of Fort La Présentation, in Ogdensburg, New York. posted by: Weathervane location: New York date approved: 4/28/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Commanding Officer Robert Ross - Halifax, NS
in UK Historical Markers In the Halifax Harbourwalk, along the pier of the C.S.S. Acadia, the only Ship to serve the Royal Canadian Navy in Both World Wars, stands a series of historical markers which relate stories of the War of 1812. posted by: T0SHEA location: Nova Scotia, Canada date approved: 4/28/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Andrew Bulger - Halifax, NS
in UK Historical Markers In the Halifax Harbourwalk, along the pier of the C.S.S. Acadia, the only Ship to serve the Royal Canadian Navy in Both World Wars, stands a series of historical markers which relate stories of the War of 1812. posted by: T0SHEA location: Nova Scotia, Canada date approved: 4/28/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Battle of Lundy's Lane Monument - Niagara Falls, Ontario
in UK Historical Markers This memorial monument was erected by the Canadian Parliament in 1895 to honour the Officers and Soldiers who took part and died during the battle of Lundy's Lane on July 25th, 1814. posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 4/24/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Arthur S. Whelan - Thorold, Ontario
in UK Historical Markers This plaque, in tribute to British born Arthur S. Whelan, is located in Beaverdams Park, in Thorold, Ontario posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 4/24/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Fort George, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario
in UK Historical Markers Constructed by order of Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe, 1796-99, Fort George served as the headquarters for Major-General Brock in 1812. posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 4/24/2022 last visited: never |
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