On the northwest corner of Beckwith Street South and Canal Street and seemingly a part of the Smiths Falls War Memorial stands a small stone (in need of repair) commemorating the opening of the Rideau Canal.
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Whatever had been here and the story it told it no longer tells it. |
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ERECTED IN 1927 BY
POONAHMALEE CHAPTER
IMPERIAL ORDER DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPITE
TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE RIDEAU CANAL 1832 |