Minister's Bench

The Minister's Bench, more properly named, The Bench of the Minister and his Wife, occupies a place on the south bank of the Mississippi River west of Bridge Street in Almonte, Ontario.

THE BENCH OF THE MINISTER
AND HIS WIFE

1859♥♥1876

WILLIAM McKENZIE
1824-1876

CATHRINE SHIELLS
1836-1914

R. Tait McKenzie 1935

STRANGER SIT AND REST AND DREAM
THE NOISY MILLSTONE TURNS NO MORE
BEFORE YOU RUNS THE RESTLESS STREAM
THAT SEEKS THE OCEAN EVERMORE

The view from the bench.
I sat on the bench, looked straight ahead and took this picture.