Monday, March 18, 2024

The Royal Sappers and Miners Plaque

The plaque commemorating The Royal Sappers and Miners stands at the entrance to the Royal Sappers and Miners Cemetery on the north side of County Road 42 about half a kilometre west of Newboro, Ontario.




THE ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS

In 1827 the Royal Sappers and Miners, the special construction corps of the British Army, raised the 7th and 15th Companies to serve in the building of the Rideau Canal. Comprising 160 skilled craftsmen and labourers under the Royal Engineers, the companies arrived that year in Bytown, where they built military structures and locks. The 7th Company was transferred in 1829 to assist in the completion of the canal here at the Isthmus, the only section beyond Bytown built under military supervision. Sappers and Miners from both companies executed other major projects, including a dam at the Hog's Back, and performed guard-duty at various locks. In 1831 seventy-one were discharged in Canada and several settled along the canal as lockmasters.

Erected by the Ontario Heritage Foundation,
Ministry of Culture and Recreation




Monday, March 11, 2024

Mel LaFloor Tree

The tree in memory of Mel LaFloor stands at the east side of Brewer Park on the west side of the pathway opposite the baseball diamonds.





MEL LAFLOOR
SEPT. 9, 1946 – OCT 5, 2018

Loving husband and father
Époux et père aimant

Only good times
Que de bons moments





Monday, March 04, 2024

Emmanuel Anglican Church

In Portland, Ontario, the Emmanuel Anglican Church occupies a location north of Highway 15 between Colbourne Street and Queen Street.


The Emmanuel Anglican Church overlooks the Village of Portland and Big Rideau Lake. The church was built in 1861 from locally quarried Cambrian sandstone, on land donated by farmer William Homer Sherwood. William Wiloughby did the masonry. J. Horton and J. Earl oversaw the carpentry. The Township of Bastard and South Burgess recognized the heritage values of the Emmanuel Anglican Church in By-law No. 601, under the Ontario Heritage Act, July 16, 1984.

References: Canada's Historic Places and Heritage Tour of Portland brochure.




Emmanuel
Heritage Centre


Portland on the Rideau
Historical Society






BASTARD AND SOUTH BURGESS

1862
EMMANUEL
ANGLICAN CHURCH


DESIGNATED UNDER
THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT




Monday, February 26, 2024

Rideau Canal Bell

The Rideau Canal Bell is in a plexiglass case on the second floor of the Heritage Building, formerly the Ottawa Teachers' College, on the northeast corner of Elgin Street and Lisgar Street.





Her Worship Marion Dewar

Rideau Canal Bell
The brass ship's bell was presented to the Mayor in 1983 by George Drummond, a member of the Celebrating Committee for the 150th Anniversary of the Rideau Canal (1832-1982). The construction of the Rideau Canal took six years and was never used for the intended purpose as a military supply waterway. The canal is 202 km and stretches from Kingston to Ottawa. It was designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 2007.

City of Ottawa Archives/2007.0115.1
Son Honneur Marion Dewar

Cloche du canal Rideau
La cloche de laiton a été présentée à la mairesse en 1983 par George Drummond, un membre du comité de célébration du 150e anniversaire du canal Rideau (1832-1982). La construction du canal a duré six ans, mais n'a jamais rempli sa fonctin militaire première de voie d'approvisionnement. Le Canal courre sur 202 km, de Kingston à Ottawa. Il a reçu la désignation de site du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO en 2007.

Archives de la Ville d'Ottawa/2007.0115.1



Monday, February 19, 2024

Methodist Presentation Bell

The Methodist Presentation Bell occupies the Crosby Cemetery at the southwest junction of Highway 15 and Crosby Road.










Testimonial
To Wm. E. Harding Esq, Oneida, NY,
Dear Sir,


The Trustees of the Crosby Methodist Church on this 26th day of August, 1902, being the fortieth anniversary of your arrival in this vicinity from the home of your childhood in Old England, desire to extend to you their hearty congratulations, on the good providence that has made it possible for you to meet so many of your old friends on this glad day, and to express their fervent hope that you may for many years to come be permitted to enjoy similar reunions with the friends of your youth in this locality.

They would also convey to you their unqualified appreciation of the magnificent Church Bell, by the presentation of which you have, in your generosity, chosen to signalize this anniversary day.


You could scarcely have selected a better method of testifying your goodwill to all, as this Bell is in a true sense a gift to the whole community and whether its tones are heard in the regular calls to worship, in the joyful wedding peal, or in the solemn funeral toll, they will be perpetual reminders of your thoughtful kindness and generous love.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees, John W. Clifsham, Chairman; Wm. J. Leggett, Secretary