Colonel John Crysler Plaque

The plaque in memory of Colonel John Crysler stands at the southeast corner of Charles Street and Bridge Street in Crysler, Ontario.

Col. John Crysler
1768 - 1852

Col. Crysler came to Canada in 1784 as a U. E. Loyalist. He served in the Ontario Legislature from 1808 until 1824. He was a member of St. John's Anglican Church, Crysler, and donated land for three churches in the Village. He is buried in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Crysler.

The article about John Crysler in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography tells much more of his interesting life story.

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

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

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