The tree in remembrance of Vera Elizabeth Rae-Brown stands in Brewer Park on the south side of the path just south east of the baseball diamonds.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
VERA ELIZABETH RAE-BROWN
(NEE LOWE)
MAY 17, 1923 — NOV 1, 2006
FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
On the east side of Narrows Lock Road, south of the Narrows lock near it's east end a set of three plaques occupy a place behind a bench.
RIVERS LAKES AND LOCKS
The Rideau Canal is a series of rivers and lakes connected by man-made channels and locks. There are 18 miles of artificial cut and 47 locks grouped in 23 lock stations, as well as many water control structures. These make the Rideau river, the Rideau lakes, and the Cataraqui river one complete navigation. Originally canal craftsmen built a valuable military and commercial transport artery. Today this 19th century legacy of wood and stone lies in striking contrast to the modern world.
PARKS CANADA
RIVIÈRES, LACS ET ÉCLUSES
Le canal Rideau comporte une serie de rivières et de lacs reliés par des chenaux et des écluses. En tout, 18 milles du parcours total a fait l’objet d’ouvrages et l’on y retrouve 47 écluses réparties en 23 postes d’éclusages, ainsi que plusieurs ouvrages de contrôle du debit d’eau. Ces constructions rendent les rivières Rideau et Cataraqui et les lacs Rideau entièrement navigables. A l’origine, les constructeurs du canal avaient pour mission d’aménager une artère militaire et commerciale. Ce vestige de bois et de pierres du XIXe siècle contraste avec le monde moderne.
PARCS CANADA
THE ENEMY TO THE SOUTH
The War of 1812 had shown that a successful defence of Canada against an American attack depended upon secure supply lines. The Rideau Canal was built as an alternate to the easily attacked St. Lawrence supply route. Blockhouses were chosen as a means of defending the canal works. Lt. Col. John By R. E., the Superintending Engineer during construction had planned Blockhouses for all lock stations. However he was recalled to England to explain soaring construction costs and only four were finished.
PARKS CANADA
L’ENNEMI DU SUD
La Guerre de 1812 avait bien démontré que l’efficacité de la défense contre les attaques américaine au Canada dépendait d’un reseau d’approvisionnement sûr. Le canal Rideau fût construit afin de remplacer la voie d’approvisionnement du St-Laurent, qui pouivait facilement tomber entre les mains des ennemis. On eut recours à des blockhaus comme ouvrages de défense. Le lieutenant-colonel John By, member des Royal Engineers et ingénieur en chef de la construction, avait prévu l’aménagement de blockhaus à tous les postes d’éclusage. Il dut toutefous retourner en Angleterre afin d’expliquer la raison des coûts exorbitants de construction. Quatre blockhaus seulement furent achevés.
PARCS CANADA
TWO LAKES FROM ONE
Before the Rideau Canal was constructed the Narrows was but a shallow portion of one large lake. Original plans called for a channel to permit navigation. However, tough granite and malaria upstream at the Isthmus caused difficulties in digging across the height of land to Newboro Lake. This lockstation was built to raise the water level 4 ft. to reduce the depth of excavation across the Isthmus by a like amount. Upper Rideau Lake became a distinct body of water from Big Rideau Lake behind you. This new lake in front of you, is the summit level of the Rideau Canal. From it water flows both south to Kingston and north to Ottawa.
PARKS CANADA
D’UNE PIERRE DEUX COUPS
Bien avant la construction du canal Rideau, les Narrows n’étaient rien d’autres qu’un haut-fond dans un lac immense. A l’origine, les plans prévoyaient l’aménagement d’un chenal navigable. Totefois, la presence de granit et une épidémie de malaria (paludisme) à l’Isthmus compliquèrent le creusage du chenal jusqu’au lac Newboro. La construction de ce poste d’éclusage devait augmenter de quatre pieds le niveau de l’eau, réduisant ainsi des mêmes dimensions le profondeur des excavations à l’Isthmus. Le lac Upper Rideau devint alors une masse d’eau tout à fait indépendante du lac Rideau, situé derrière vous. Le nouveau lac, devant vous, constitue le point le plus élevé du canal Rideau. En cet endroit, l’eau coule tant au sud vers Kingston qu’au nord en direction d’Ottawa.
PARCS CANADA
The Dutch Tulip Celebration Garden occupies a place east of the corner of The Driveway and Lewis Street.
CNA DUTCH TULIP
CELEBRATION GARDEN
IN HONOUR OF THE NURSING SISTERS
OF CANADA
WORLD WAR II 1939-1945
IN MEMORY OF
SHARON NIELD
DIRECTOR, NURSING POLICY
1943-2002
CANADIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION
LE JARDIN DE TULIPES
DE L’AIIC
EN L’HONNEUR DES INFIRMIÈRES
MILITAIRES DU CANADA
SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE 1939-1945
À LA MÉMOIRE DE
SHARON NIELD
DIRECTRICE, POLITIQUES
DE SOINS INFIRMIERS – ÀIIC
1943-2002
ASSOCIATION DES INFIRMIÈRES
ET INFIRMIERS DU CANADA
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 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
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
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
