"LOYALIST LANDING AT CATARACOUI 1784" - Kingston
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unimoggers
N 44° 13.541 W 076° 29.018
18T E 381502 N 4898009
I found this bit of interesting history while in Canada recently.
Waymark Code: WM20V3
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/16/2007
Views: 66
Plaque Text:
Following the end of the American Revolution in 1783, Frederick Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, approved the resettlement of loyalist refugees in what is now southern Ontario. Favourable reports on the Cataracoui area led to its occupation by British forces in the spring of 1783 and to the commencement of surveys the following October. In June 1784 a party of Associated Loyalists from New York State under the command of Captain Michael Grass, part of a loyalist flotilla travelling from Montreal, established a camp here on Mississauga Point. Grass later recalled: "I led the loyal band, I pointed out to them the site of their future metropolis and gained for persecuted principles a sanctuary, for myself and followers a home".
Plaque Location
The County of Frontenac
The City of Kingston
Address or location of plaque: On the south side Ontario Street between Gore Street and Lower Union Street
Physical location of plaque: City
"Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link]
A web-site for more details.: [Web Link]
Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": I don't think the camp is there anymore!
This 'Plaque' describes: An 'Event'
Condition of sign: Excellent
Is this a bilingual sign?: Yes !
What is the second/third language?: Not listed
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