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 "CARIBOO CAMERON 1820-1888" ~ Summerstown Posted by:  Weathervane
N 45° 03.365 W 074° 34.063
18T E 534037 N 4989271
This plaque is located west of Summerstown on Road 2.
Waymark Code: WME6JC
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/09/2012
Views: 20
The text on the plaque reads as follows:
Born in this township, John Angus "Cariboo" Cameron married Margaret Sophia Groves in 1860. Accompanied by his wife and daughter, he went to British Columbia in 1862 to prospect in the Cariboo gold fields. That year at Williams Creek he struck a rich gold deposit. While there his wife died of typhoid fever and, in order to fulfil her dying wish to be buried at home, he transported her body in an alcohol-filled coffin some 13,840 km by sea via the Isthmus of Panama to Cornwall. She is buried in the nearby Salem Church cemetery. Cameron built this house, "Fairfield", in 1865, and in 1886 returned to the B.C. gold fields. He is buried near Barkerville, B.C.
Address or location of plaque: On the north side of Road 2, .2 km west of Road 27 (Summerstown Road)
Physical location of plaque: Village
"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": There are no physical remains at the site.
This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Person'
Condition of sign: Very Good
Is this a bilingual sign?: No !
What is the second/third language?: Not listed
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