FIRST - Permanent White Settlement - Adolphustown, Ontario
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N 44° 03.664 W 077° 00.505
18T E 339141 N 4880616
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.
Waymark Code: WM1651A
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/07/2022
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Inscription on the plaque:
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. They had sailed from New York in the fall of 1783 under the leadership of Major Peter Van Alstine (1747-1811), a Loyalist of Dutch ancestry, and passed the winter at Sorel. Van Alstine was later appointed a justice of the peace, represented this area in the first Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada and built at Glenora the earliest grist-mill in Prince Edward County.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1784
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